Skip to main content
Main
A pro-active PM seizes the agenda
Lawrence Martin
Who said these ridiculous quotes: Interstellar or Jaden and Willow Smith?
Matthew McConaughey, meet Willow Smith.
Japanese film star Ken Takakura, known for playing outlaws and stoic heroes, dies at 83
FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005 file photo, Ken Takakura, the main actor in his latest film "Qian Li Zou Dan Qi," which means, "riding alone for a thousand li "(500 kilometers; 300 miles), during a press promotion in Tokyo. Acclaimed Japanese film star Takakura, known for many stoic heroes he played on silver screen, has died of lymphoma on Nov. 10, 2014. He was 83. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)
One mom makes it her mission to encourage girls to seek careers in science
In this July 31, 2014 photo, Kelly Mathews reads "Rosie Revere, Engineer" to her 6-month-old daughter, Marilyn, at their home in Langhorne, Penn. The software engineer is on a mission - to get more girls interested in science, engineering, technology and math (STEM). (AP Photo/Joe Frederick)
Fracking to be permitted in parts of George Washington National Forest under new plan
FILE - In this May 10, 2013 file photo, Lynn Cameron of Mount Crawford, Va., looks out at the view while hiking the Mines Run Trail, on Shenandoah Mountain, Va., which is in the George Washington National Forest in Rockingham County, Va. Over the objection of environmental groups and Virginia’s governor, a federal management plan released Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014, will allow a form of natural gas drilling known as fracking to occur in parts of the George Washington National Forest, the largest national forest on the East Coast. (AP Photo/Daily News-Record, Nikki Fox, File)
Lawyer: Tracy Morgan 'still recovering' from brain injury suffered in June highway crash
FILE - In this April 9, 2014 file photo, actor Tracy Morgan attends the FX Networks Upfront premiere screening of "Fargo" at the SVA Theater in New York. Morgan’s lawsuit against Wal-Mart over a fatal auto accident in New Jersey last summer is headed to court. Attorneys are due to meet in federal court in Trenton, NJ., Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014, for a scheduling conference. A Wal-Mart truck slammed into the back of a limo van that was carrying Morgan and several friends on the New Jersey Turnpike back from a show in Delaware. James McNair, a friend of Morgan’s, was killed. Morgan suffered a broken leg and broken ribs and three others were injured. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File)
Japan's prime minister delays sales tax hike to 2017, calls snap election
Asia stock markets wallow as China property prices fall, Abe's next moves weighed
Money traders work in front of screens indicating the U.S. dollar is traded at 116.568 yen while the euro is at 145.414 yen at a foreign exchange brokerage in Tokyo Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014. Shares in Tokyo rose Tuesday on expectations the Japanese government will respond to a recession by postponing a sales tax hike and launching new stimulus. Other Asian markets were muted. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
November 18: Your daily horoscope
scorpio
Lives Lived: Dick DeShaw, 76
Dick DeShaw
Review: Good enough to say twice: 'Side Show' is a soaring, must-see musical the second time
In this image released by The O and M Company, Ryan Silverman, from left, Emily Padgett, Erin Davie and Matthew Hydzik appear during a performance of "Side Show," at the St. James Theatre in New York. The musical is about real-life conjoined twins who were vaudeville headliners in the early 1930s. (AP Photo/The O and M Company, Joan Marcus)
Toyota to begin selling emissions-free cars in December; lack of filling stations is an issue
In this photo taken Monday, Nov. 17, 2014, a Toyota Motor Corp.'s new fuel cell vehicle Mirai drives through its showroom test course in Tokyo. There will only be a few hundred, and they won’t be cheap, but Toyota is about to take its first small step into the unproven market for emissions-free, hydrogen-powered vehicles. The world’s largest automaker announced Tuesday, Nov. 18 that it will begin selling fuel cell cars in Japan on Dec. 15 and in the U.S. and Europe in mid-2015. The sporty-looking, four-door Toyota Mirai will retail for 6.7 million yen ($57,600) before taxes. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
Prev
123
Next