President Obama Look-Alike Performs at Washington Events When Graves spoke at an environmental conference at a hotel in Arlington, Virginia, some people werent sure at first if he was President Obama. The audience smiled and laughed once they realize...
Remembering Richie Havens Richie Havens performance at Woodstock in 1969 catapulted him into music history, but the lanky, soulful folk singer wasnt supposed to open the festival - he was scheduled to play fifth that day. Plans changed when the openi...
Tourism, Development Threaten Burmese Lake Inle Lake is considered a jewel of Burma, where migrating birds, rare animal species and a handful of Burmese tribes share space around the 110 square kilometer freshwater reservoir. Now, a steady stream of...
Pakistani Voters Focus on Struggling Economy Zafar Saeed runs a vocational training center in a low-income neighborhood of the Pakistani capital. For more than a decade, his institution has trained thousands for work in an increasingly difficult econ...
Boston Bombing Suspect Exhibited Extremism at Local Mosque The two bombing suspects are seen in the background of many pictures taken by spectators. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, who wore a white baseball cap on the day of the bombing, is recovering at a Bo...
US Looks to Ease Japan-S Korea Tensions U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has said Japan and South Korea are central to containing North Korean aggression. So Washington is working to reduce tensions between Tokyo and Seoul. We believe that strong a...
Study: Immune System Weakens in Space During the final flight of the US space shuttle Atlantis in the summer of 2011, one of the most important pieces of scientific cargo on board was a medical experiment designed to test how the human immune system...
US Presidential Libraries Contribute to Research, Education President Lyndon Baines Johnson, or LBJ, died in 1973. But a life-like animatronic representation of him greets visitors to his library in Austin, Texas. Visitors find it entertaining. Prett...
California Debates Limits of Medical Marijuana In Oakland, California, the nation's largest dispensary of medical marijuana, Harborside Health Center, dispenses prepackaged marijuana and potted marijuana plants to a steady stream of users. Each has a...
Washington State Gears Up for Marijuana Industry Medical marijuana already was legal in Washington and 17 other states. At a Seattle dispensary called The Joint, a steady stream of patients comes and buys marijuana in its many forms, including mariju...
More Resources Are Needed for Pediatric AIDS In recent years, in developing countries, adults infected with HIV have had greater access to treatment. But UNAIDS says children still lag behind in accessing antiretroviral drugs, especially those formul...
Anti-Immigrant Attacks Spur Florence Artists to Action With its stunning architecture and countless galleries, Florence has long been at the heart of Western art. It is the birthplace of the Renaissance, the flowering of Western artistic endeavor tha...
New Procedures Improve Chances for Trauma Victims At one of the largest trauma centers in the United States, a multi-disciplinary team of doctors and nurses works quickly to save the life of a 60-year-old man suffering from multiple stab wounds. Dr....
London Marathon Runners in Solidarity With Boston Before the start of Sundays marathon, runners observed a 30-second silence to honor the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. This was the first race in the World Marathon Majors series since the Bo...
Afghan Businesses Look to Expand, Despite 2014 Worries Even for those Afghans who are not anxious about the security situation when foreign troops withdraw, 2014 still creates anxiety when it comes to businesses and the economy. Afghanistan's economy...
