With budgets pared to bare essentials, museums are feeling the pressure. Mark Hall-Patton, administrator of the Clark County Museum and the Howard W. ...
Pink dress that Jackie Kennedy wore during 1962 White House holiday season on display in Mass. A deep pink silk dress worn by ...
Lion cubs at Ohio zoo ready to see and be seen outdoors An Ohio zoo is ready to show off its newest additions — a trio of lion cubs. The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium said that beginning Tuesday Kitambi (ki-TAHM'-bee) and his ...
Google documents artifacts of Iraq's national museum, photographs to be posted online Google is documenting Iraq's national museum and will post photographs of its ancient treasures on the Internet early next year, Google chief Eric Schmidt announced Tuesday. The museum was ransacked ...
Salazar announces 38 lease sales for oil and gas on public lands, including in Alaska Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says the government has scheduled 38 oil and natural gas lease sales for public lands next year, including one in Alaska's National Petroleum ...
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A major work by French painter Paul Delaroche thought to have been virtually destroyed during a World War Two German air raid on London in 1941 has been unrolled and found to be in good condition. "Charles I ...
Models of Obama homes in Chicago and White House in holiday train shows at botanical gardens Models of the Obama White House, the Obama home in Chicago and the house Michelle Obama grew up in are on display at holiday train shows ...
Google chief Eric Schmidt, front, is welcomed by Qais Rasheed, chairman of the state board of antiquities and heritage,left, as U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Christopher Hill, second left, looks on outside the Iraq's national museum, in Baghdad, on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009.Google ...
Sparkly reindeer-dung necklaces selling at Ill. zoo; 450 dung Christmas ornaments already sold Sparkly reindeer-dung necklaces are going on sale at an Illinois zoo that hopes to attract the same holiday shoppers who swept up its dung Christmas ornaments last year. The ...
This November 2009 photo supplied by the Chicago Botanic Garden shows a model of the house in Chicago's Kenwood neighborhood where the Obama family lived before moving into the White House. The 2-foot-tall model, made from plant material by Paul Busse, is ...
This November 2009 photo supplied by the Chicago Botanic Garden shows a model of the house in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood. The 2-foot-tall model, made from plant material by Paul Busse, is new this year to the garden's annual Wonderland Express holiday ...
Grand Canyon to change backpacker permit system The Grand Canyon National Park is changing the system for getting backcountry permits. Starting Feb. 1, 2010, the park will consider only written requests for backcountry permits four months in advance of trips. The requests ...
