updated 5:44 p.m. ET Oct. 21, 2009 LOS CABOS, Mexico - Tropical Storm Rick hit Mexico's Pacific coast just north of the resort of Mazatlan(马萨特兰) on Wednesday, toppling trees and signs, after sparing Los Cabos (洛斯卡沃斯)on the Baja ...
How to get a good night's sleep. ...
Mariah Carey is not without flaws, as evidenced by the title of her new album(专辑) “Confessions of an Imperfect Angel,” but her behavior on her current publicity tour is calling into question the veracity(真实性) of the angelic c...
Flint, Mich., and Lincoln, Neb., have something in common: They are the two cities in the U.S. with the greatest difference between how many of their employers expect to add workers in the next quarter and how many expect to let them go. But ...
Television's biggest night of the year, tarnished(使失光泽) by fading ratings(评定结果), lackluster hosts and the growing domination of low-rated cable shows winning key awards, rebooted Sunday with a polished event that focused largely on good-na...
Composer Randy Newman singing the opening song, \\\\\\\\"Down in New Orleans\\\\\\\\", which will actually be performed by Dr. John in Disney's The Princess and the Frog....
You can't teach an old dog new tricks. 人老则守旧。 Let sleeping dogs lie. 別自找麻煩。 Barking dogs seldom bite. 吠叫的狗不咬人。 Curiosity killed the cat. 过份好奇是危险的。 The early bird catches the worm. 早起的鸟儿有虫吃。 When the...
1. Be sincere....
updated 6:38 p.m. ET Aug. 12, 2009 NEW YORK - After a lot of heartbreak, the nation's automakers aren't looking to commit. They're taking small, tentative(试探性的，试验性的) steps to raise production to meet the revived demand for new car...
New Stamps Salute(向...致敬) 1950's TV Show. ...
Two lawyers arrive at the pub(酒吧) and ordered a couple of drinks. They then take sandwiches from their briefcases(公文包) and began to eat. Seeing this, the angry publican(酒吧老板) approaches them and says, 'Excuse me, but you cannot eat your ow...
Soon after 4,000 U.S. marines flooded into Afghanistan's Helmand River Valley on July 2, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar called top Taliban regional commanders together for an urgent briefing. The meeting took place in southwestern Pakistan—...
Victoria Beckham holds son Romeo prior to the International Friendly match between France and England at the Stade de France on March 26, 2008 in Paris, France. Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon's wife Alena Seredova arrives to wat...
Water cannons and tear gases were used to break up anti-government protests in northern Thailand. Scores of peoples were injured in the clashes. ...
"Harry Potter and Half-blood Prince" has opened in theaters all across the country. But some critics say the show fire hit has some miss fires (达不到预想的效果). ...
updated 6:26 p.m. ET July 7, 2009 Tickets to the Michael Jackson memorial tribute were in heavy demand, with over 1.6 million requests for only 8,750 recipients, each of whom were entitled to a pair. Michael Jackson’s music co...
Men behind the monument Taken circa 1880, these pictures show the two great minds behind the Statue of Liberty: sculptor Auguste Bartholdi (right), and French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel. The latter, the man behind the Eiffel Tower in ...
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama enjoyed a date night in New York City on May 30, 2009, dining at Blue Hill Restaurant before taking in the Broadway(百老汇大街) show \\\\\\\\"Joe Turner's Come and Gone\\\\\\\\" at the Belasco T...
In this image issued by the government run Fars News Agency, demonstrators attend a state-organised rally (集会)in a square in central Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, June 16. Thousands of people waving Iranian flags and pictures of the supr...
Flood-affected villagers collect food packets dropped from an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter on Patharpatima Island in the Sundarbans delta (三角洲), about 62 miles south of the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on Wednesday, May 27. Nearly 200 ...