GENEVA (AP) — The Sun-Drop Diamond of South Africa, a giant pear-shaped yellow gem weighing 110.3 carats, has sold for more than $10.9 million at auction Tuesday, beating previous records for a jewel of its type.Including commission the unidentified telephone bidder paid almost $12.4 million f

NEW YORK (AP) ― Chelsea Clinton began work at NBC News on Monday, the second daughter of a former president at the network.NBC said it had hired the 31-year-old Clinton to work on projects for “NBC Nightly News” and Brian Williams’ newsmagazine, “Rock Center.” She will report stories for the feel-good “Making a Difference” series.The only child of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is pursuing a doctorate at Oxford and working for the Clinton Foundation a

Simon Rattle anticipates intensity, depth in audiences during Berlin Phil’s Seoul performanceWhile preparing two very different symphonies by two very dissimilar composers, maestro Simon Rattle hoped to tell just one story; a story in which the audience and the orchestra become one and feel the same air. “On stage, you feel the atmosphere immediately. It is not the matter of sound, but the matter of the intensity of the audience,” Rattle, the star conductor of Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, said

Clubbers of a more discerning disposition will have an extra option in Seoul come Saturday.Robb Harker has been working in Korea’s club scene since 1998. Disappointed with the lack of underground options, he decided he would try to help fill the gap with Mine, a club night dedicated to underground sounds.He chose Argentinean DJ Ernesto Ferreyra to headline the first night.Ferreyra, who is based in Germany, describes his sound as a mix of Latin groove and Northern minimalism. He started DJing in

“Whenever we say we’re Mormon, a lot of people think we’re polygamists,” said Elder Tyson Bailey, 21, his voice betraying a hint of exasperation.Their frustration is understandable: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints banned the practice of plural marriage in 1890, about a century before the 21-year-old was born. Elder Kellen Fowers, 20, listed more misconceptions: They don’t worship the book of Mormon, or church founder Joseph Smith, for example. “We do not worship anything but Jesu

Four wheels, 13 countries and 13,620 km for two Brits who took the scenic route homeFor most expats, a year teaching English in Korea yields a satisfactory store of travelers’ tales with which to impress the folks back home. But Brits Tom McConville and Peter Hoyle merely whet their appetites for a much bigger adventure during their ESL stint in South Jeolla Province.Their year teaching at a hagwon in Suncheon, near Yeosu, became the launch pad for a 13,620 kilometer) cycle through 13 countries

NEW YORK (AP) -- Chelsea Clinton began work at NBC News on Monday, the second daughter of a former president at the network.In this April 22, 2008 file photo, former President Bill Clinton and his daughter, Chelsea, flank Dorothy Rodham, mother of then-Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Ro

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Gustavo Dudamel stands off to the side of an orchestra of T-shirt clad teens as they laboriously rehearse Brahms’ “Hungarian Dance No. 5.” He’s listening, not just with his ears, but also with irrepressible fingers that tap and pluck the air as if he’s actually conducting the piece.At the end, he hops on to the conducto’s podium and, beaming at his rapt pupils, demonstrates that the difference between playing music and performing it is passion.“Be wild, like the pop music,” th