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Fashion’s most relatable new trends arrive early

FashionJan 2, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) ― You’ll find a drop-waist dress when you set off on your first shopping spree of the new year, and you probably already can find a flouncy ruffle attached to a chic, trim jacket or sheath in stores. But for all the talk about fast fashion, few looks move directly from the runway to the real world without some tweaks and adjustments.Designers, manufacturers and retailers use the months between splashy previews and on-sale dates to harness big ideas and turn them into the garments t
Viagra may help treat heart failure

HealthJan 2, 2012

BOCHUM, Germany, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra, may ease heart symptoms because it makes stiffened cardiac walls more elastic, U.S. and German researchers say.Dr. Wolfgang Linke of the Ruhr-Universitat Bochum Institute of Physiology, in cooperation with colleague
Musician views handicap as blessing, not burden

PeopleJan 1, 2012

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― One of the most crucial abilities of any jazz musician is to improvise, and that is exactly what John Britton has done ― not just onstage ― but throughout his life.Britton was born with all 10 of his fingers cut off below the first knuckle after the umbilical cord wrapped around his hands.He was also born into a musical family in Odenton, Maryland, just outside of Washington. All four of his brothers and sisters play instruments or sing, and rather than opting out of music bec
Viennese cafe icon Hawelka dead at 100

CultureJan 1, 2012

VIENNA (AP) ― Andy Warhol stopped by for a cup of his coffee. So did princes, paupers, playwrights, poets and untold thousands for whom a visit to Vienna was unthinkable without a cup of steaming brew served by the bow-tied little man with the perpetual dancing smile.In this city of more than 1,900 cafes, Leopold Hawelka was an icon, as much part of Cafe Hawelka as its tables ― scarred by burned-out cigarettes, their marble tops worn smooth by the elbows of four generations. He served tourists,
Woody Guthrie archive to land in his native state

CultureJan 1, 2012

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) ― Woody Guthrie’s writings, recordings and artwork will land in his native state after an Oklahoma foundation bought the collection, with plans for a display that concentrates on his artistry rather than the populist politics that divided local opinion over the years.Guthrie, known for the anthem, “This Land is Your Land’’ and his songs about the poor and downtrodden, is remembered mostly as a musician, composer and singer, but was also a literary figure and an artist, said Bo
A human touch for ancient scripts at Italy’s book hospital

CultureJan 1, 2012

ROME (AFP) ― Ancient manuscripts are treated like hospital patients at a famous book restoration institute in Rome that has worked on everything from the Dead Sea Scrolls to one of the oldest Korans in the world.“Look at this poor man suffering!” exclaimed Marina Bicchieri, head of the chemistry department at the Institute of the Pathology of the Book, as she examined oxidation levels on the unique institution’s most recent project.Bicchieri was looking at a chart with the scientific analysis of
Bill Gates sees philanthropy bug spreading

PeopleJan 1, 2012
McDonalds serves up McWeddings

CultureJan 1, 2012
As sales soar, experts warn about energy drinks

HealthJan 1, 2012
Vancouver still world’s most livable city: survey

PeopleJan 1, 2012
Vancouver still world's most liveable city: report

TravelJan 1, 2012
Slim ranks as world’s richest person

PeopleJan 1, 2012
New Orleans lets the good times roll for Mardi Gras

TravelJan 1, 2012
U.S. first lady to write kitchen garden book

PeopleJan 1, 2012
Wedding and baby boom expected for ‘black dragon year’

CultureDec 30, 2011

Many couples and mothers-to-be believe 2012 will be luckyPlanning to wed sometime next winter, 27-year-old Jeon Hye-seong said that she would choose December 2012 rather than wait until 2013. “I heard that 2012 is supposed to be lucky, being the black dragon year. Given that I get to choose sometime in the winter, why not choose the lucky year?” said the bride-to-be. “Although, it seems that there are so many special years, like the golden pig year which passed a few years ago, that I sometimes