Nov 3rd, 2008 · More than one third of all cruise ships can't dock at Shanghai's new terminal because they can't fit under a 165-foot high bridge down river. An executive says large ships won't come anyway because the market is in its infancy.
Oct 27th, 2008 · Unitarian minister Forrest Church was diagnosed with terminal esophageal cancer last February. He has written and edited over 20 books since 1985. His latest, Love and Death, is a memoir that confronts the fact of death and, in the process, offers readers a meditation on the end of life.
Aug 29th, 2008 · Special Counsel Scott Bloch terminated his spokesman and acting chief of staff, Jim Mitchell, Friday morning. Bloch is under investigation for retaliating against employees and allegedly destroying documents.
Aug 15th, 2008 · Legions of harpists play throughout the countryside, in the concert halls of the capital city and even in Asuncion's airport terminal. People play the instrument's 36 strings with their fingernails, and the resulting sound is the music of Paraguay — particularly when the songs are the country's traditional polkas.
Aug 7th, 2008 · JetBlue is making its frequent flyers a very special offer: Go to JFK International Airport to try its new terminal. The airline hopes to lure a thousand volunteers for its fake flights — with giveaways and free parking. Pretend passengers will check bags, go through security, then wait at the gate.
Jul 11th, 2008 · Talking Heads co-founder David Byrne has made New York's Battery Maritime Building sing — literally. The once-busy ferry terminal was fitted with wires, hoses and solenoids. This isn't Byrne's exercise in being arty. Anyone can play the building.
Jun 4th, 2008 · The former Talking Heads frontman has turned the inside of a defunct ferry terminal into a giant musical instrument by retrofitting an antique organ and wiring it to the pipes, the beams, and even the plumbing of the Battery Maritime Building.
Apr 3rd, 2008 · One week after it opened, Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 is cause for deep embarrassment for British Airways and the London Airport's owners. Flights are still delayed, and thousands of passengers are still without their luggage, making the terminal a national joke.