The Associated Press CASPER, Wyo. — It got so cold in Wyoming, even the Moscow Ballet couldn’t move. The travelling ballet group famous for performing “The Nutcracker” this time of year couldn’t start their buses Thursday morning in Casper. The temperature in the central Wyoming city plunged to 31 degrees […]
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By Candice Choi THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — What beverage goes best with lobster rolls, a bagel sandwich stuffed with whitefish, or a bowl of ramen? Coke wants you to think of soda. Coca-Cola is trying to sell more of its flagship beverage by suggesting the cola can accompany […]
By Joan Lowy And David Koenig The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Airlines could let passengers make in-flight phone calls using Wi-Fi under a proposal from federal regulators. Flight attendants and others have complained that the calls could be disruptive. But the Department of Transportation said Thursday that it envisioned allowing […]
By Asif Shahzad And Munir Ahmed The Associated Press GUG, Pakistan – Pakistani military helicopters on Thursday ferried remains of plane crash victims to the capital, Islamabad, as aviation authorities said they opened a probe into the crash that killed 47 passengers and crew the day before in the country’s […]
The Associated Press PARIS — France has signed an accord to allow Holocaust museums in Paris and in Washington, D.C., to digitize the vast French World War II archives so that the museums can more easily display information on the Vichy regime to the public. Speaking at the Paris ceremony […]
By Binsar Bakkara And Stephen Wright The Associated Press MEUREUDU, Indonesia — Humanitarian organizations descended on Indonesia’s Aceh province Thursday as the local disaster agency called for urgent food supplies and officials raced to assess the full extent of damage from an earthquake that killed more than 100 people. Volunteers […]
By Melissa D’Arabian The Associated Press Ask my daughter Octavia what her favourite food is and she will shoot back, without hesitation, “braised ribs.” Who doesn’t love the comforting meaty aroma that fills the house from ribs cooking slowly in Dutch-oven full of savory, gently-bubbling liquid? That’s wintertime comfort-in-bowl if […]
By Kim Cook The Associated Press The rocking horse, offspring of the hobby horse, seems to have appeared first in the early 17th century. Not much more than a log with board sides, it may have been inspired by the cradle, according to Alec Kinane of Legends Rocking Horses in […]
By Katie Workman The Associated Press This is a dazzler of a pasta dish. When you combine fresh pasta with big shrimp you are quickly telling your guests that they are in for a treat. But it’s not just the guests who will be happy. The whole dish comes together […]
The Canadian Press Whether making melt-in-your-mouth shortbread cookies or creating a show-stopper croquembouche tower, the December holiday period is one of the busiest for home bakers. Here are recipes for Anna Olson’s croquembouche, a grand tower of cream puffs glued together with caramelized sugar, and Karlynn Johnston’s whipped shortbread cookies. […]
By Ken Ritter The Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Maybe getting stuck at a traffic signal might not be so bad, if you know how long the wait will be. That’s what vehicle manufacturer Audi is hoping, with the debut this week in Las Vegas of a first-in-the-nation commercial system […]
By Michael Astor The Associated Press Russia and China used their veto power in the U.N. Security Council to block a draft resolution on Monday calling for a seven-day humanitarian truce in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo, leading the U.S. representative to accuse them of issuing a “death sentence” […]
