Dale Chihuly's 'Glass House' shines in Seattle

Sun, 20 May 2012 13:56:12 -0400

(Reuters) - Pioneering glass artist Dale Chihuly, whose work has been shown in over 200 museums worldwide, will be honored in his home city Seattle when "Chihuly Garden and Glass" opens on Monday,...

Google's Schmidt challenges: no screen time for 1 hour a day

Sun, 20 May 2012 16:45:51 -0400

(Reuters) - Google Inc Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt challenged college graduates on Sunday to take the radical step -- at least for their generation -- of tearing their eyes away from their...

Wanted: A dog to marry Lucky and help others in need

Fri, 18 May 2012 18:49:51 -0400

NEW YORK (Reuters) - In a midtown Manhattan hotel, a very special bride-to-be named Lucky, decked out in a frilly pink dress, recently celebrated her impending nuptials with friends over champagne,...

Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Hatay, Turkey

Fri, 18 May 2012 10:17:35 -0400

HATAY, Turkey (Reuters) - With thousands of refugees now taking shelter in Hatay after fleeing violence just across the border in their Syrian homeland, Turkey's panhandle province has been in the...

Travel Picks: Top 10 graduate destinations

Fri, 18 May 2012 10:46:00 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - You're in the final phase of revision before exams and the glorious release from academia. Soon it will be time for graduates to celebrate the successful completion of their...

Fiat's Elkann gets behind the wheel for Mille Miglia

Fri, 18 May 2012 03:06:48 -0400

BRESCIA, Italy (Reuters) - John Elkann, the media-shy chairman of one of the world's biggest car companies, got behind the wheel and demonstrated his driving skills on Thursday in Italy's legendary...

LVMH looks to burnish Vuitton mystique and buoy sales

Fri, 18 May 2012 11:55:29 -0400

PARIS (Reuters) - French luxury giant LVMH is struggling to retain its image as exclusive and high-end creators of $10,000 alligator handbags and goat-lined fur coats, while opening enough stores and...

Italian university switches to English for success

Fri, 18 May 2012 11:39:17 -0400

MILAN (Reuters) - Italians do it better. At least that's what the T-shirts say. The problem is in what language?

Kenya's 2012 tourism earnings to dip on euro crisis, attacks

Fri, 18 May 2012 10:10:24 -0400

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's white sandy beaches look set to have fewer visitor footprints meandering over them this year.

Storied battleship making final port call in Los Angeles

Fri, 18 May 2012 12:51:59 -0400

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The USS Iowa, which ferried the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt across the perilous Atlantic waters to a historic meeting with Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin in the...