RED BUD, Illinois (UPI) ― The last of the three March 30 Mega Millions lottery winners came forward Wednesday and accepted their over-sized cardboard check for $218 million.Merle and Patricia Butler of Red Bud, Illinois, near St. Louis, were presented with the check in a ceremony at Red Bud City Hall, which represented a one-third share of the largest multistate lottery jackpot in history. Red Bud had been rife with speculation among locals and reporters who descended on the small town the past

Chadwick International School has appointed David Maher, academic dean of a U.S. secondary school, as the inaugural principal of its high school.Maher is academic dean of the Fountain Valley School of Colorado and also an academic director at World Leadership School, which facilitates global immersion education programs for U.S. students in developing countries.He will oversee the high school program of Chadwick International Upper School slated to begin this fall semester. “It is a tremendous h

MILAN (AFP) ― Austere furniture for austere times was the message from this week’s Milan design fair, where the aesthetics of the sober 1940s and 1950s prevailed and extravagance gave way to functionality.“Design needs to take into account a significant economic crisis which has led to a re-interpretation to make products more functional while avoiding provocations,” architect Marco Romanelli, a fair organiser, told AFP.“The attention is increasingly on the materials,” Romanelli said.The yearly

LONDON (AP) ― More than three decades after Britain produced the world’s first test-tube baby, Europe is a patchwork of restrictions for people who need help having a child.Many countries have strict rules on who is allowed to get fertility treatments. And recent court rulings suggest nothing’s likely to change anytime soon.France and Italy forbid single women and lesbian couples from using artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization, or IVF, to conceive. Austria and Italy are among those

ST. LOUIS ― Jake Watters is a typical teenager who loves listening to music, playing video games and annoying his parents. But he also faces a health challenge that used to only be seen in much older people.Fatty liver disease, a condition historically diagnosed in adults with diabetes or alcoholism, is increasingly diagnosed in obese children and teens.About 6 million young people in the U.S. have the chronic condition that can lead to liver scarring, inflammation and failure. Nearly all of the

Your teeth and jaw are hugely important to your appearance. Think of the many TV personalities and sports stars whose appearances have benefitted from corrective jaw bone surgery. Though your eyes, nose, forehead, eyebrows and lips may be perfect, a simple protrusion or retrusion of your teeth or asymmetrical jaw line can make a huge difference to how you look, says Dr. Lee Jin-gew, oral and maxillofacial surgery specialist at M Dental Clinic.“From an aesthetic point of view to health reasons, o

In spring when all things come to life, buds appear on the trees and pollen fills the air. But there are some patients who fear going outside during this good season. These patients have allergies that include allergic rhinitis, or inflammation of the nasal passage, conjunctivitis and allergic asthma. Allergic rhinitis is defined as the specific response of the nose to a variety of stimuli. In addition, pollen-induced allergies are defined when the pollen acts as an antigen and triggers allergy

A government-civilian panel to promote nine “seowon,” or private Confucian academies established dur­ing the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), as UNESCO world heritage sites was launched in a ceremony in Seoul on Wednesday.The panel is comprised of 19 experts in the government and the private sector, including Kim Chan, administrator of Korea’s Cultural Heritage Administration, and Choi Gun-duk, chairman of the Korea Seowon Association.The Presidential Council on National Branding and the CHA have pus

Manchester United midfielder Park Ji-sung agreed to serve as the goodwill ambassador of Asiana Airlines for another year, the air carrier said Wednesday. Park and his parents will be provided with top class seats on all of Asiana’s routes free of charge. It is Park’s sixth year as the goodwill ambassador of Asiana.In addition to Park, Asiana offers air tickets to professional golfers Choi Kyoung-ju, Yang Yong-eun, Kim Kyung-tae and Noh Seung-yul.(sophie@heraldm.com)

NEW YORK (AP) ― The Brooklyn Museum’s feminist art center is marking its fifth anniversary this year by commemorating famous women of the next millennium ― placing them alongside luminaries of the past.The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art is using Judy Chicago’s work, “The Dinner Party,’’ a massive triangular banquet table, to envision a place where these high achievers might meet.Each wing of Chicago’s triangle pays tribute to a millennium ― 13 women for each ― beginning with primor