VIENNA (AP) ― A round-faced young man with a thick head of hair depicted in a tiny 18th-century portrait that had the experts puzzled for centuries now has a name ― Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.Researchers at Salzburg’s Mozarteum museum announced Friday that they have definitely identified the person in the picture as the musical genius.And it’s not any likeness either. They say that of 14 known portraits, it is one of only a few showing him gazing directly at the viewer and without his signature whi

A 23-year-old contestant from Brooklyn, New York, has won the title of Miss America.Mallory Hagan won the Las Vegas beauty pageant Saturday night after tap dancing to James Brown's "Get Up Off of That Thing" and answering a question about whether armed guards belong in grade schools by saying we should not fight violence with violence.Hagan defeated Miss South Carolina Ali Rogers, who took second, and Miss Oklahoma Alicia Clifton, who finished third.Hagan wins a $50,000 college scholarship and g

Lotte Hotels and Resorts announced that it will open a new hotel on the famous Philippine resort island of Cebu. According to the hotel, the new Lotte City Hotel Cebu will be located on top of J Centre Shopping Mall in Mandaue City and is scheduled to open in 2014. The hotel is being built on the existing structure of the shopping mall, occupying the 6th to 23rd floors. Its construction began this month.The new hotel will feature 350 rooms as well as a swimming pool with kid’s pool, a sky lounge

The most trustworthy face is a round one with a large chin, a big mouth and brown eyes, according to a study at Charles University in Czech Republic. Karel Kleisner’s team conducted the survey of rating faces with different features. Eye color and face shape were manipulated. People thought brown eyes were more reliable than blue ones, while the round face shape with a large chin, a big mouth was assumed the most credible, the study said. The face shape becomes more critical when it comes to men

Fortified stone wall, once king’s war refuge, anticipates designation as UNESCO World Heritage Site

14th-century painting considered masterpiece of Buddhist painting

MADRID (AP) ― The owner of an antique shop in Spain was arrested after police investigators found a vase there dating back to the late second century B.C., officials said Saturday.The antiquity had been illegally plundered from an Iberian era archeological site in the province of Alicante, an Interior Ministry statement said.Inspectors found it in a cardboard box during a routine search of the shop in the eastern town of El Campello.  “We are not yet aware of the full importance of this discover

Experience the colorful history of Korean knots

A Chicago church distributed $12,000 to congregation members with instructions to use the funds to help their community.The Rev. Jackson Crum ended his sermon about the city's struggles with crime and other problems Sunday at the Park Community Church by passing out envelopes containing amounts of cash between $2 and $102, the Chicago Tribune reported Monday.Crum instructed church members to put the cash toward improving their community."Isn't that why we're here as a church?" Crum said. "Aren't

17th-century textbook on Korean medicine to reach audience beyond Korea

With its glossy pages of pouting models and racy romance tips, Myanmar's first sex education magazine has got the usually demure nation hot under the collar as it cashes in on new-found cultural freedom. "Hyno" has sparked fevered debate since hitting Myanmar's bookstores in November, where it has become a must-read among the young and curious, just a few months after the end of direct censorship in the former junta-ruled nation.Perhaps tame by western standards, Hyno's photo spreads of semi-cla