Feb 4th, 2010 · Tim Farnsworth, a partner at a Manhattan law firm, has been beset by a mysterious condition — a compulsion to walk until he collapses from exhaustion. Like its protagonist, Joshua Ferris' new novel moves resolutely forward with a fixed, trancelike purposelessness.
Feb 4th, 2010 · Though relative unknowns in the U.S. at this point, these athletes will likely become hot water-cooler fodder during the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver. In the crew: a jovial cross-country skier, the darling of women's curling and a figure skating team with a controversial act.
Jan 23rd, 2010 · Jacmel, Haiti's fourth largest city, is one of the country's few tourist destinations and its arts center. The city suffered considerable damage and lost important members of the art community.
Jan 22nd, 2010 · Tourists in Los Angeles can now purchase a window into the world of gangs. For $65, LA Gang Tours will provide transportation to some of the city's most notorious gang destinations, a graffiti demonstration, lunch and a T-shirt.
Jan 4th, 2010 · Senegal's president, Abdoulaye Wade, is under mounting pressure to quit. The latest controversy: a 160-foot, $27 million monument he says celebrates African liberation from centuries of ignorance, intolerance and racism. Wade says he hopes it will rival the Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower as a tourist destination. Critics say it's just a colossal indulgence in a poverty-stricken country.
Dec 30th, 2009 · The sheriff's office in Pinellas County, Fla., say Gregory Oras called 911 three times early Tuesday morning. He said people were shooting at him. Police raced to the scene to discover the caller was just leaving a bar, and he wanted a ride to another bar. Police put him into a car, but not to his preferred destination. He was charged with making a false 911 call.
Dec 9th, 2009 · More than six decades after bringing home a photo album as a souvenir from Adolf Hitler's home in the Bavarian Alps, an 87-year-old former U.S. soldier discovers that it is one in a series of picture albums featuring works of art destined for Hitler's planned gallery in Linz, Austria.
Dec 7th, 2009 · The Louvre's famous pyramid turns 20 this year. When architect I.M. Pei first designed it in the 1980s, critics said tampering with the Louvre's majestic architecture was "sacrilegious." Today, it's a destination all its own.