Aug 06 Heads of State Who Harmonize If Wyclef Jean is elected president of Haiti, he'll join an ensemble of world leaders and politicians with a gift for melody. Here is a list of a few of the most harmonic handshakers. Continue reading
Aug 06 Preview: In Indianapolis, Moving Art Outdoors Attracts More Museum Visitors In a city that known more for its sports teams than for its art scene, the Indianapolis Museum of Art is making moves to redefine itself as a center for contemporary art with the addition of a new art park. Continue reading
Aug 06 Retiring ‘Mission Accomplished’ and the Long Hot Summer Perhaps Oprah brought the president a cake when she joined his tight circle of Chicago friends for a birthday dinner this week. That's more of a celebration than he has been able to have for any of his other landmark… Continue reading
Aug 06 Jobs Report Brings More Bad News for the Unemployed Heading into Friday morning, no one was expecting much good news from the July jobs report. Unfortunately, the picture it provided of the jobs market is even worse than many expected. Payrolls shrank by more than projected. Roughly 130,000… Continue reading
Aug 06 The ’99ers’ Share Their Stories Editor's Note: Last month, Congress extended federal unemployment benefits for people who had been out of work up to 99 weeks. But for the millions of Americans who have been jobless longer than that -- the "99ers" -- there will… Continue reading
Aug 06 Friday: Unemployment Unchanged at 9.5%; BP Closer to Sealing Well Private employers added 71,000 jobs in July, up from a revised 31,000 in June but not nearly enough to help the unemployment rate, which remained unchanged at 9.5 percent. Overall, the economy lost 131,000 jobs in July, the… Continue reading
Aug 05 Rapper Wyclef Jean Files to Run for Haitian Presidency Grammy-winning recording artist and philanthropist Wyclef Jean has confirmed reports that he plans to run for president of his homeland of Haiti. On Thursday, he filed the paperwork to run at an electoral council office in Port-au-Prince. Jean, who said… Continue reading
Aug 04 Slide Show: Berlin’s Tacheles Gallery Hoping to Avoid Extinction By Tom LeGro Formed as a squat by artists seeking to save the building from demolition in the 1990s, the Tacheles Gallery in Berlin provides space for artists while remaining freely open to the public. The building, which is also a tourist attraction,… Continue reading