Published on May,23 2012 - by Reuters
(Reuters) - An estimated 5,000 people participated on Tuesday in a "walk of unity" to Joplin, Missouri, along the path of a deadly tornado that tore through the city one year ago, killing 161 people. The anniversary of ...
Published on May,22 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
Britain is preparing to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee with 10,000 street parties taking place all over the country. More than 6,500 roads will come to a standstill to mark the occasion with double the number of ...
Published on May,20 2012 - by Reuters
JOPLIN, Mo (Reuters) - Having the president of the United States speak at commencement would normally be the most memorable day in the life of a high school senior. But not in Joplin, Missouri, where President Barack ...
Published on May,18 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
With retro recipes all the rage, Xanthe Clay whips up some classic jubilee snacks. If ever there was an excuse for a party, a jubilee with an extra bank holiday is two. Bring on the bunting, invite round the neighbours ...
Published on May,18 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
With five Ivor Novello awards and 45 million record sales to his name, Gary Barlow knows more than a thing or two about how to write a song. But that did not deter the Prince of Wales, who sat the Take That singer ...
Published on April,30 2012 - by Forbes
On Thursday, three groups of business students were awarded a combined $1 million to implement three social business plans meant to have a significant impact on the world?s poorest people. Attending the third annual Hult ...
Published on April,23 2012 - by Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group of former E.F. Hutton & Co. executives plan to relaunch a new boutique financial-advisory firm under the same name, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The group, led by former E ...
Published on April,17 2012 - by Variety
LONDON -- A new TV comedy set in President Nixon's Oval Office starring U.S. satirist Harry Shearer is to bow in the U.K. because Shearer believed U.S. web heads wouldn't get the joke. "Nixon's the One" is based on ...
Published on April,16 2012 - by Reuters
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - The death toll rose to six from a tornado that ripped through an Oklahoma town during a weekend outbreak of dozens of twisters across the Great Plains, officials said on Monday. While storms ...
Published on April,16 2012 - by McClatchy and Tribune Newspapers
WICHITA, Kan. _ As tornadoes brewed in the Wichita region late Saturday, National Weather Service meteorologist Andy Kleinsasser issued a new kind of bulletin that detailed just how bad things could get. "Major house and ...