There are indications of nuclear weapons testing, warhead and detonator development, IAEA saysVIENNA (AP) ― The U.N. atomic agency said for the first time Tuesday that Iran is suspected of conducting secret experiments whose sole purpose is the development of nuclear arms, an assessment that draws on 1,000 pages of intelligence and nearly a decade of research.The report by the International Atomic Energy Agency is its most unequivocal yet suggesting that Iran is using the cover of a peaceful nuc

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― An asteroid as big as an aircraft carrier zipped by Earth on Tuesday in the closest encounter by such a massive space rock in more than three decades.Scientists ruled out any chance of a collision but turned their telescopes skyward to learn more about the object known as 2005 YU55.Its closest approach to Earth was pegged at a distance of 325,088 kilometers at 6:28 p.m. EST. That’s just inside the moon’s orbit; the average distance between Earth and the moon is 384,633 kilomet

WASHINGTON (AP) ― A defiant Herman Cain declared he would not end his bid for the Republican presidential nomination in the face of allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior and called his latest accuser a troubled woman and tool of the “Democrat machine” in America.Cain spoke at a news conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Tuesday, one day after Chicagoan Sharon Bialek became the fourth woman to lodge complaints of unwanted sexual advances.He denied that he even knew Bialek, saying he watche

NEW YORK (AFP) ― A Pop Art canvas by Roy Lichtenstein, “I Can See the Whole Room! ... and There’s Nobody in It!,” popped previous world records for the landmark contemporary artist when it sold for $43.2 million in New York on Tuesday.The sale at Christie’s beat the artist’s previous auction record of $42.6 million and led a strong performance for contemporary works.“I Can See the Whole Room! ...” was executed in 1961 with oil and graphite in Lichtenstein’s familiar cartoon style, depicting a st

The merit of going to a chamber music concert is being able to enjoy individual artists’ different performing styles along with the harmony of the instruments.The intimate nature of chamber music will be displayed at the Kumho Art Hall and Seoul Arts Center’s IBK Chamber Hall through to the end of the year.At the Kumho Art Hall, a series of three chamber music concerts will be held on Thursday, Dec. 8 and Dec. 29.The first performance is by Curtis and Friends, consisting of pianist and Yonsei Un

Substantial support needed to bolster traditional craft industryAlthough he has been hammering Korean traditional patterns on metal for nearly half a century, artisan Park Moon-yeol’s life only began looking rosy in 1993, when he figured out the secret of the seven-step lock. Hearing about the existence of a peculiar Joseon Dynasty lock, he visited a folk museum in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, to take a look. It was tucked away in the back of the museum and the owner prohibited him from tak

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Heavy D, the self-proclaimed “overweight lover” of hip-hop who became one of rap’s top hit-makers with wit, humor and a positive vibe, has died. He was 44.Lt. Mark Rosen of the Beverly Hills police said Heavy D died in a Los Angeles hospital Tuesday after collapsing at his condominium building.Rosen said Beverly Hills police officers were dispatched to Heavy D’s condominium building Tuesday morning after receiving a report of an unconscious person laying on the walkway of a bu

BEVERLY HILLS ― Writer-filmmaker Woody Allen may be a private kind of a guy, but when it comes to deconstructing Woody, everybody’s eager to lend a hand.Documentary filmmaker Robert Weide managed to charm his way into Allen’s good graces and the result is the two-parter on PBS’ “American Masters,” “Woody Allen: a Documentary,” airing Nov. 20 and 21.“I’ve known him a little bit for a number of years because years ago I headed development for Rollins and Joffe, who were his producers’ managers,” S

The air outside GreenBar Collective craft distillery in Monrovia, California, is getting warm, but it still crackles with the crispness of fall. Inside the bright, white warehouse, two employees bottle fresh apple bitters while Keith Taylor, the bar manager for sprawling Echo Park restaurant Mohawk Bend, chats with GreenBar’s founders and master distillers, Melkon Khosrovian and Litty Mathew. They stand beside a silver tank of ruby red hibiscus liqueur that Taylor uses to make a limoncello-based