Washington - It's known as "America's attic," but the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History in Washington has shed its dusty image.
A two-year, 85-million-dollar renovation of the museum has flooded its atrium with light in a vast space that on Wednesday hosted US President George W Bush for a rededication ceremony.
Cairo - The Cairo International Film Festival was as much about politics as it was about cinema, with discussions ranging from celebrity activism to the historic victory of US president-elect Barack Obama.
Academy Award winner Susan Sarandon said all films were political, even those not categorized as such.
A vocal critic of the US invasion of Iraq, Sarandon told reporters at CIFF, "I do not think of myself as outspoken, but as someone who asks questions."
New York - Worry lines and creases between the eyes apparently are no longer a sign of virility among men in the US.
More and more men are using botox to get rid of the wrinkles. Demand for the nerve-deadening treatment has risen considerably. In 2001 about 100,000 US men got a shot of botox in their foreheads and their numbers had tripled by 2007.
Washington - Chief executives from the United States' iconic Big Three automakers faced a skeptical audience this week as they took their plea for a 25-billion-dollar bail-out to US lawmakers.
Despite warnings of an economic "tsunami" if any one of General Motors Corp, Ford Motor Co or Chrysler LLC declares bankruptcy, legislators are unwilling or unable to give the ailing automakers what they want, at least for now.
Washington - President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled new members of future White House staff and key policy directors as US media speculated on his potential cabinet picks for health, justice and the top job in US diplomacy.
The names released so far include many familiar faces from the administration of former president Bill Clinton, the last Democrat in the White House, as well as some of Obama's top campaign officials.
San Francisco - Worldwide sales of computer chips will fall by 5.6 per cent in 2009, the Semiconductor Industry Association forecast Wednesday.
It would be the first decline since the aftermath of the dot-com bust in 2001.
The trade group predicted 2009 chip sales worth 246.7 billion dollars, down from projected sales of 261.2 billion dollars this year, which would be a sales increase of 2.2 per cent from 2007.
Washington - It's known as "America's attic," but the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History in Washington has shed its dusty image.
Cairo - The Cairo International Film Festival was as much about politics as it was about cinema, with discussions ranging from celebrity activism to the historic victory of US president-elect Barack Obama.
New York - Worry lines and creases between the eyes apparently are no longer a sign of virility among men in the US.
Washington - Chief executives from the United States' iconic Big Three automakers faced a skeptical audience this week as they took their plea for a 25-billion-dollar bail-out to US lawmakers.
Washington - President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled new members of future White House staff and key policy directors as US media speculated on his potential cabinet picks for health, justice and the top job in US diplomacy.
San Francisco - Worldwide sales of computer chips will fall by 5.6 per cent in 2009, the Semiconductor Industry Association forecast Wednesday.
