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| Babylon's future written in its ruins
February 10, 2009 at 8:47 pm
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| BABYLON, Iraq (Reuters) - For a site whose historical importance ranks with Egypt's Pyramids, the ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon has suffered some rough treatment. |
| End of an era for the Amazon's turbulent priests
February 10, 2009 at 8:37 pm
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| ABAETETUBA, Brazil (Reuters) - They avoid taking buses, make sure friends know their schedules, and rarely go out when it's dark. |
| No stomach for market turmoil? Thank your genes
February 10, 2009 at 8:07 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - No stomach for the ups and downs of the financial market? Or maybe you lost everything in the global economic downturn? Genes important for mood and risk-taking likely played a clear role, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. |
| Old Hollywood dominates at Oscar fashion preview
February 10, 2009 at 7:14 pm
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| BEVERLY HILLS (Reuters) - Charcoal gray, platinum and white gowns paired with diamonds dominated a preview of red carpet Oscar fashions on Tuesday, recalling the glamour and understated elegance of old Hollywood stars like Grace Kelly. |
| Will Smith leads Forbes star bankability list
February 10, 2009 at 6:08 pm
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| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Will Smith was named Hollywood's most bankable star in a survey of movie industry professionals released on Tuesday by Forbes.com, the Web site of financial magazine Forbes. |
| Buena Vista bassist "Cachaito" Lopez dies at 76
February 10, 2009 at 5:57 pm
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| HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban bassist Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez, who rose to international fame as a member of the Buena Vista Social Club band, has died at 76 due to complications following prostate surgery, Cuban state media said on Tuesday. |
| California cities top list for household recycling
February 10, 2009 at 5:17 pm
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| NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Cities in California have topped an analysis that ranks 100 U.S. cities on their level of residential recycling, according to a survey. |
| NY Met manager says economy casts pall over opera
February 10, 2009 at 4:51 pm
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| NEW YORK (Reuters) - The economy has cast a pall over U.S. opera companies, but the head of New York's Metropolitan Opera said on Tuesday the show will go on in a new season with stars such as Placido Domingo and Renee Fleming. |
| Romance blooms at the office, U.S. survey says
February 10, 2009 at 4:35 pm
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| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Forty percent of U.S. workers have dated an office colleague, with 31 percent of them going on to marriage, according to a survey released on Tuesday. |
| Brazil Indians suspected of cannibalism: police
February 10, 2009 at 4:32 pm
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| BRASILIA (Reuters) - Police in Brazil's Amazon rain forest are investigating three native Indians suspected of murdering and eating a 21-year-old handicapped man in a rare case of cannibalism, local authorities said on Tuesday. |
| Blizzards add whizz to Scottish sledging business
February 10, 2009 at 12:55 pm
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| LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Record snow falls across Britain have caused traffic chaos for some, but they've brought a blizzard of success for one Scottish sledge maker who can barely keep up with orders. |
| Louvre sets stage for "Funeral of Mona Lisa"
February 10, 2009 at 10:43 am
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| PARIS (Reuters) - A giant, grey version of Mona Lisa with tears in her eyes and streaks of paint running down her front goes on display at the Louvre museum this week in the room next to the original by Leonardo da Vinci. |
| Siberian deer herders press Putin to stop dam
February 10, 2009 at 10:20 am
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| MOSCOW (Reuters) - An indigenous tribe who herd deer in Russia's frozen tundra petitioned Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Tuesday to scrap plans to build a giant hydro-electric dam on their land, their representatives said. |
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