Tokyo crowned gourmet capital of the worldSource: msnbc.com
The Epicurean king who oversees the Michelin Guide fears he may be banished from France. His shocking crime? Awarding Tokyo the new gastronomic capital of the world.
Tokyo crowned gourmet capital of the worldSource: msnbc.com
The Epicurean king who oversees the Michelin Guide fears he may be banished from France. His shocking crime? Awarding Tokyo the new gastronomic capital of the world.
Hundreds line up in Mich. for chance to meet PalinSource: msnbc.com
Hundreds of Sarah Palin fans lined up Wednesday at a Michigan book store to get the chance to meet the former Alaska governor as she kicked off a national tour for her book "Going Rogue."
East Coast storm damage tops $100 millionSource: msnbc.com
East Coast communities are totaling the cost of last week's storm damage, hoping to convince President Obama to declare their areas federal disaster areas, and qualify them for rebuilding funds.
Drought gets Texas to focus on water needsSource: msnbc.com
With the Texas population expected to nearly double over the next 50 years, lawmakers and water experts are trying to convey an important message: We\'re running out of water.
Science-based supercomputer fastest in worldSource: msnbc.com
At least for the moment, the world's fastest supercomputer is devoted to solving scientific questions that may save the planet - climate change, renewable energy, new medicines - rather than advances in nuclear weapons that might blow it up.
Palin talks politics, family ahead of book releaseSource: msnbc.com
Sarah Palin wouldn't reveal her political plans for 2012 in an interview with Barbara Walters, but when asked whether she'd play a major role replied that "if people will have me, I will."
AIDS patients to Obama: Send money southSource: msnbc.com
When Robin Webb lived in New York City, he was treated by HIV specialists and had access to counseling and nutritional programs. Now he lives in Mississippi, where few of those services exist.
Drillers seek Scotch lost in Antarctica in 1909Source: msnbc.com
"On the rocks" has a whole new meaning: A beverage company has asked a team to drill through Antarctica's ice for two crates of Scotch whiskey that were shipped there by British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton as part of his abandoned 1909 expedition.
Drillers seek Scotch lost in Antarctica in 1909Source: msnbc.com
"On the rocks" has a whole new meaning: A beverage company has asked a team to drill through Antarctica's ice for two crates of Scotch whiskey that were shipped there by British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton as part of his abandoned 1909 expedition.
Don't expect binding climate pact, Clinton saysSource: msnbc.com
Next month's climate summit in Copenhagen is not likely to produce a legally binding treaty to cut the greenhouse gas emissions, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says.
Lake Titicaca shrinking an inch each weekSource: msnbc.com
Evaporation blamed on global warming has reduced Lake Titicaca, one of the world's highest navigable lakes, to its lowest level since 1949, authorities said Thursday.
Britney's Twitter, MySpace accounts hackedSource: msnbc.com
Messages on Britney Spears' Twitter profile Thursday purported to be from the pop star and claimed she worshipped the devil. The handful of unusual messages were deleted after Spears' management regained control of the account.
U.S. adult smoking rate rises slightlySource: msnbc.com
Cigarette smoking rose slightly for the first time in almost 15 years, dashing health officials' hopes that the U.S. smoking rate had moved permanently below 20 percent.
UN: 200 million kids have stunted growthSource: msnbc.com
Nearly 200 million children in poor countries have stunted growth because they don't get enough to eat, according to a new report published Wednesday by UNICEF.
Lawyer: Letterman suspect just shopping screenplaySource: msnbc.com
David Letterman was on the receiving end of a sales pitch, not a shakedown, a defense lawyer said Tuesday as he argued that a TV producer accused of extorting the comic was simply peddling a screenplay.
1M window covers recalled for risks to childrenSource: msnbc.com
Close to 1 million roller blinds and Roman shades sold by IKEA, Bed Bath & Beyond and Hanover Direct are being recalled for posing a serious strangulation risk to small children.