LOS ANGELES, Ca. — The world’s oldest person has passed away at the age of 115, according to the home where she lived and Guinness World Records. Gertrude Baines passed away at the Western Convalescent Hospital at the age of 115. Gertrude Baines said she attributed her longevity to not drinking or smoking. At her [...]
September 13, 2009
Her uniform looks good, with striped scarf and blue cap in perfect order, but railway employee Mitsue Endo has one thing to do before she faces the masses — she must pass her employer’s smile test. Endo, who works at hectic Shinagawa Station in central Tokyo for Keihin Express Railway Co., sits in front of [...]
September 12, 2009
LONDON – Curators at London’s Kensington Palace are seen inspecting the split drawers, right, which were worn by Britain’s Queen Victoria at the end of the 19th century. They are embroidered with a crown, VR, and a number so they could be kept track of when sent to the laundry. Queen Victoria had a 20-inch [...]
September 12, 2009
BEIJING — As the reigning table tennis world champion with two Olympic silver medals under his belt, China’s Wang Hao almost had it all — except a girlfriend. The 25-year-old was banned from dating until recently, when national team officials permitted his relationship with former national teammate, 23-year-old Peng Luyang, the government-owned China Daily reported [...]
September 12, 2009
NEW YORK — The broker’s website describes it as a vertical suite, with a kitchen, dining room and parlor on the first floor, a double living room on the second floor and a top-floor master bedroom suite. A trapdoor in the kitchen floor leads to a finished basement. It’s 9 feet wide and 42 feet [...]
September 12, 2009
TOKYO – The wife of Japan’s next prime minister claims to have had a close encounter with another world. “While my body was asleep, I think my soul rode on a triangular-shaped UFO and went to Venus,” Miyuki Hatoyama, the wife of premier-in-waiting Yukio Hatoyama, wrote in a book published last year. “It was a [...]
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