Project Runway Korea contestant Lee Seung-hee, now a creative director, started late but aims for topThis is the fourth in a series of articles on up-and-coming Korean designers. ― Ed.Women’s wear brand Leyii’s founder and creative director Lee Seung-hee’s last year was hectic ― participating in eight foreign shows including Tranoi and Prt-a-Porter in Paris, Train in New York and Fashion Weeks in

DALLAS ― Michael Decker is always reachable. The 42-year-old creative director from Dallas sleeps with his phone nearby on his nightstand. From when he wakes up and checks it until he sets it down before bed, his phone is constantly with him.“It’s an intrusion into your own private life,” he says. “It leads to burnout if you can never turn it off.”Decker, who owns an iPhone, a laptop and an iPad,

Double amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius qualifies for athletics worldsWith less than 40 days to go until the kickoff of the World Athletics Championships, Daegu is gearing up to make the biennial event a unique competition. And it is now looking certain to be a special event with double amputee athlete Oscar Pistorius expecting to compete in the men’s 400-meter race. The South African, who is nick

LA PLATA, Argentina (AP) ― Luis Suarez scored in the 53rd and 58th minutes to lead Uruguay past Peru 2-0 on Tuesday and into the Copa America final.Uruguay, which reached the semifinals of last year’s World Cup, will be looking for a record-15th Copa America title in Sunday’s final against either Paraguay or Venezuela, which meet in the other semifinal Wednesday in Mendoza. The final will be playe

STOCKHOLM (AP) ― Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva will make her Diamond League debut at the DN Galan meet in Stockholm on July 29.Isinbayeva took a break from competition last year and skipped the inaugural Diamond League season. The world record-holder made her season debut in Belgium last weekend, jumping 4.60 meters to win a meet in Heusden ― her first outdoor competition since September

Compared to the generation born before World War II, modern toddlers reportedly have a life expectancy of 20 years longer, according to a report by the Daily Mail. A nurse inspects a newborn baby at a nursery in a hospital in Taipei. (AFP-Yonhap News)Due to remarkable economic development and medical science, as well as healthier lifestyles and working conditions, average life expectancy is up to

WASHINGTON, July 19, 2011 (AFP) - Nearly one in five dishes served at US restaurants has at least 100 more calories than advertised, a difference that could pack on up to 15 kilograms (22 pounds) per year, said a study on Tuesday.While most of the 269 foods measured at random in the three-state survey were close to the calorie count listed on the menus, some varied wildly, such as one order of chi

A new study revealed that people who don’t get enough sleep are more likely to blame others depending on the outcome as lack of sleep leads to skeptical and negative judgments, MSNBC reported. (MCT)Associate professor of psychology at the University of Arkansas, David Mastin presented the abstract of his research which linked sleepiness to alteration in people’s thoughts, at SLEEP 2011, the 25th a