Schott’s Vocab is a repository of unconsidered lexicographical trifles — some serious, others frivolous, some neologized, others newly newsworthy. Each day, Schott's Vocab explores news...

When Kiss announced a summer tour that would allow four kids in free with an adult lawn ticket, it was natural to envision a circus-like atmosphere with Kiss toy booths dotting the hillside and...

A portion of the Pennsylvania Turnpike's old Allegheny River Bridge did not fall as expected this morning after a blast of explosives. "I guess you can say things didn't go exactly as planned," said...

A South Park man charged with causing a fatal traffic crash July 4 on Brownsville road in the township waived his right to a preliminary hearing this morning and will stand trial. Frank Munsky, 34,...

John Loughton, who won the Celebrity Hijack version of the reality show, had his Wikipedia page hijacked by a joker who chipped in personal details and knocked the youth campaign the former Scottish...

Something you can catch off your moby, docs have discovered. A regular antibiotic wipe's recommended. Fifty-five million Brits use mobile phones, so there should be a lot of pimply persons about....

State police are looking for a roommate of a man found dead in his Butler County home, saying his family is concerned for his safety. Clifford Stevenson, 56, of Harrisville was found dead Thursday....

A state arbitrator has upheld the firing of a Fayette County jail guard who falsified a duty log after an inmate hanged himself. Fired Fayette County guard Barry Simon, of Uniontown, didn't deny...

An indoor football team is coming to Western Pennsylvania. The Johnstown Generals are expected to begin playing in February as part of the Ultimate Indoor Football League. The league announced the...

Once the cradle of European civilization, Greece is now at the epicenter of Europe’s economic crisis. The now-fading consensus in the market and among opinion-makers was that Greece is likely...

Rami Khouri (“When Arabs tweet,” Views, July 23) believes there has been little impact on Arab regimes resulting from the current craze of blogging and tweeting among Arabs. Mr. Khouri...

Sen. John F. Kennedy declared today [July 29]: “I speak as a friend of France and a friend of freedom” when asked for his views on the Algerian situation. The Democratic Presidential...

It's been a long time since foreign leaders arrived on our shores saying that America is the future — so long, in fact, that when it does happen, we don't know what to make of it. For me this...

Colombia and Venezuela squared off Thursday in Quito, Ecuador, at an emergency meeting of the foreign ministers of the Union of South American States (Unasur), a recently created regional political...

July 30, 2010 Tom Davis grew up in Pensacola, Fla., enjoying everything the seaside town has to offer. But in the summer of 2000, when he was 21, a surfing accident left him paralyzed from the neck...

always is the picture of confidence, and defiance. Somebody should probably tell him that his self-confidence may not be warranted. First elected to Congress in 1970, Rangel, a key ally of...

The California State Board of Education almost certainly will vote on Monday to adopt the new national Common Core Standards. We say almost certainly because there's a lot of federal money at stake....

The State Board of Education is voting Monday on adopting national K-12 curriculum standards in a package that includes an obese, unteachable eighth-grade math course. Back in May 2009, Gov. Arnold...

Strong academic content standards are critical to ensuring that all students, no matter where they live, are prepared for success in post-secondary education and the workforce. Standards do not tell...

The controversy over the forced resignation of Shirley Sherrod at the USDA has raised the issue of race in this country, but this story is not really about race. It is about journalism and facts. ...

From her red carpet snub at Cannes to her confetti-speckled entrance to prison, Lindsay Lohan continues to gobble up news coverage. The media and public alike are vomiting speculation about her...

For the LA Times to miss the significance of the name of the project, "Cordoba House", is to truly misunderstand the intention of the symbol of this building, and location for it.For all of you who...

Investigators are trying to determine what killed an employee at the Sewickley sewage treatment plant Thursday and sickened three of his would-be rescuers who rushed into a deep underground shaft...

By M K Bhadrakumar The season of diplomacy on the Iran nuclear issue is once again approaching. Another harsh winter has passed. Rhetoric has touched a point of diminishing returns. The...

regional states concerned about the prospect of a possible Iranian nuclear bomb. Domestically, Ahmadinejad's statement in a press interview represents a political gamble that may make it...

By Clifford McCoy BANGKOK - Cambodia's first-ever multinational military exercise is part and parcel of intensifying competition between the United States and China for regional influence. ...

The (war) games go on By Donald Kirk SEOUL - The drama over United States and South Korean war games in the seas off the coasts of South Korea is about to enter its second act. The South...

By Jian Junbo SHANGHAI - China and Germany are moving toward a closer and friendlier partnership, a process that seemed highly unlikely just three years ago and which could provide Beijing...

By Andrew J Bacevich "In watching the flow of events over the past decade or so, it is hard to avoid the feeling that something very fundamental has happened in world history." This sentiment,...

By Chan Akya Three discrete events over the past couple of weeks have confirmed the worst suspicions of non-Keynesians that governments remain not just beholden to banks around the world but...

Gaming gamble for Google By Martin J Young HUA HIN, Thailand - Google is cooking up new recipes in its digital kitchen, with reports this week about a number of partnerships with online gaming ...

It is difficult not to resort to worn phrases like ‘double standards’ when comparing the British media reaction to the contents of the Afghan war logs with its reaction to (any) Israeli...

The government approved on Thursday the sell-off of an estimated $29 billion in state assets over three years in what promises to be the country’s biggest privatization since the controversial...

Cranberry's engineering department has completed a project to map the township's stormwater runoff. Joe Caparosa, a township engineering representative, presented the results of the project Thursday...

The 11th Five Year Plan seeks to achieve 4 per cent growth rate in agriculture by the end of the Plan period. The Planning Commission is working towards an overall 9 per cent to 10 per cent growth...

— PHOTO: AP Nepal's Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal who resigned last month (right) with the Chairman of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), Prachanda. The roots of the...

A little over a year ago, Ali Arshad, a resident of Okhla in Delhi, went to a well-known private sector bank to open a bank account. He thought his case would be fast-tracked because he had a banking...

Ecotourism and western-style conservation projects are harming wildlife, damaging the environment, and displacing and criminalising local people, according to a controversial new book. The pristine...

The words of the Constitution do not change whether they are being applied to immigration or same-sex marriage, or whether the statute is from California, Massachusetts or Arizona. The 10th Amendment...

Bell , only one thing is surprising: that it's taken this long to be noticed.For decades, the municipalities of southeast Los Angeles County have been notorious. Many of them are too small and too...

Failing to achieve sobriety using AA and other programs that insist alcoholics are powerless over their 'disease' doesn't mean an addict is without...

The Steelers report to training camp today, and this could truly be a case in which the last shall be first. The two widest open jobs in this camp, their 45th at Saint Vincent College near Latrobe,...

While President Obama's Justice Department scored a legal victory this week when a federal district judge blocked key provisions of Arizona's new immigration law, it will continue to lose in the...

The decision by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to allow patients to use medical marijuana in the 14 states where it is legal, including Colorado, is a humane and just call. As it stood, VA...

Jul 30, 2010 - 11:10 - WAM Abu Dhabi, Jul 30th, 2010 (WAM) -- " You cannot complain of heat after stepping into the kitchen. In the age of Google when every click of your mouse is recorded and every...

Friday, July 30, 2010 at midnight Because we support comprehensive immigration reform and considered Arizona’s new law targeting illegal immigration a counterproductive sideshow, we welcome a...

Friday, July 30, 2010 at midnight Even as the San Diego City Council struggles again today to fashion a long-term solution to City Hall’s financial problems, including an increase in sales taxes...

This week, Orthodox rabbis, teachers, women, signed "statement of principles” outlining an open, accepting approach to homosexuals who want to maintain ties with community, family and...

Mexico has a legitimate complaint about guns being smuggled across the border from the United States. The United States has a legitimate complaint about drugs being smuggled across the border from...

My husband rode to work on his bike this morning and somehow dropped his wallet along the way. A young man found the wallet and made some phone calls to get it back to my husband. To make a long...