For your healthWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 4:49PMMake a commitment - Make a personal commitment to become stronger in at least one area. Perhaps you want to get fit enough to go on a hiking expedition or learn a new work skill. Write it down. Then break it down into achievable steps that require specific actions within a specific time frame. read more
UK's Piers Morgan Replaces Larry King on Primetime ShowWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 4:28PMBritish TV host and journalist, Piers Morgan, most known as a judge on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” will replace Larry King on his primetime CNN show come January, the Time Warner -owned (NYSE:TWX) network said Wednesday.
Interview: Project Runway's Tim GunnWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 1:21PM"The advice I give most often is to ‘make it work.’ That’s not just a catchphrase. It’s a philosophy I’ve followed my whole life,” says Tim Gunn, mentor and resident cautionary sounding board for the dueling designers on Project Runway . In his new book Gunn’s Golden Rules: Life’s Little Lessons for Making it Work , Gunn shares eighteen tried-and-true principles for “making it work” in an age ...
Pirates seize ship with Georgian, Turkish crew off SomaliaWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 1:11PM(BRUSSELS ) - Pirates on Wednesday hijacked a Malta-flagged cargo ship carrying a crew of 15 Georgians and three Turks in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia, the European Union's anti-piracy mission said.
EU upset over Israeli bid to scan NGO fundsWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 1:11PM(STRASBOURG ) - The European Union, the world's leading donor to Palestinians, on Wednesday railed against a draft Israeli law to force NGOs to detail all funds donated by foreign governments.
Angelina Jolie is more than a pretty face for Pakistan flood reliefWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 12:29PMAngelina Jolie, a veteran of humanitarian work, has traveled to more than 20 countries. Pakistan’s crisis was greater in scope than any she had ever witnessed, Angelina Jolie said.
Czech Pilsen picked as Europe's capital of culture for 2015Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 11:11AM(PRAGUE ) - The European Union's selection panel has picked the western Czech city of Pilsen (Plzen) as Europe's capital of culture for 2015, its head, Sir Robert Scott, told reporters in Prague on Wednesday.
Turkish reform referendum 'step in right direction': EUWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 9:11AM(BRUSSELS ) - A referendum on constitutional reform in Turkey this weekend represents a "step in the right direction," but only if "vigilance" is applied in weak areas, the European Union has told Ankara.
New EU rules on animal testing ban use of apesWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 9:11AM(STRASBOURG ) - Europe banned the use of great apes in animal testing Wednesday as part of drastically tightened rules to scale back the use of animals in general in scientific research.