CAN a nation with a trillion-dollar economy be running out of money? That startling question is forcing itself upon every government official who must shape a budget, from President Nixon down to the head of the smallest local mosquito-abatement district
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CRIME: Murder In Miniature
On a bright September afternoon last week, the mothers of Chicago’s South Side brought their children to a vigil for a dead boy they had never met. They wanted their kids to see the scrawny corpse in the loose tan suit lying in a coffin, next to his stuffed animals, finally harmless
Record Store Day: Ten Great American Record Shops
This Saturday, April 16, is the fourth annual Record Store Day, when around 700 independent record shops across the country celebrate their continued existence as a cultural institution. Some will have sales, giveaways, performances and signings; upwards of 200 different limited-edition vinyl records and CDs will be appearing on their racks, too.
Lima’s Lure
The headquarters of Peru’s Interbank are hard to miss. While the building is not the tallest in the capital, Lima, it is the most entertaining on the city’s otherwise drab main drag.
Why eBay Must Win China
For all its reputation as the city of tomorrow, a place that will marry capitalism and cool as effortlessly as New York City or London, the city of Shanghai, truth be told, is not a particularly pleasant place during the summer.
Deadly barn collapse kills 10 in China
An old grain warehouse collapsed in southwest China on Saturday, killing 10 people and wounding nine, local media reported.
Top Iranian military officials killed in suicide attack
A man wearing an explosives-laden belt blew himself up during a conference between Shia and Sunni groups in southwestern Iran on Sunday, killing or wounding at least 60 people, local media said.
Hundreds still missing in aftermath of Indonesia quakes
Hundreds remained missing Sunday beneath mud and debris in Indonesian villages from a pair of devastating earthquakes that struck the country at its center.
Report: Man raped daughter, fathered four
An Australian man has been arrested for allegedly fathering four children with a daughter he repeatedly raped for more than 30 years, local media reported Thursday.
U.S. government sets up online ‘app store’
The Obama administration has unveiled a government “app store” designed to push the federal bureaucracy into the era of cloud computing.