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LONDON (Reuters) - Malian ngoni player Bassekou Kouyate, whose album "Jama Ko" urged his countrymen to stand together just as Mali erupted in conflict, has won the Best Artist accolade in the annual

The decision follows national medical guidance but upsets expectant mothers who planned to give birth in birthing tubs.

Bagatelle’s $470 sundae and $530 ring. We get it — your sandwich/burger/dessert isn’t exciting enough, so what do you do, as a restaurant owner who wants to create a buzz? You add precious metals that you otherwise wouldn’t eat to a grilled cheese or a piece of jewelry to a sundae, crank the price up, call it a Super Expensive Food Item and get everyone talking about it.

Airline boarding passes have barely evolved in the last twenty years. I’m referring to paper boarding passes here. Aside from switching over to the newer 2D barcode, boarding passes have remained pretty much the same. I concede that you can now print your boarding passes at home, or even scan your mobile phone to hop on board the plane, but the ones issued over the counter still look dated, fit oddly in your passport, and display information in the weirdest, most incomprehensible fashion.

(paul bica)A few weeks back, new General Motors CEO Mary Barra hedged on whether her company would hide behind the shield of its 2009 bankruptcy in order to block lawsuits tied to the ongoing ignition-related recalls, telling lawmakers only that “we have civic responsibilities as well as legal responsibilities.” In the weeks since, GM has made it very clear that it will do everything it can to use its own financial incompetence and ineptitude to put up a wall against these lawsuits. As we’ve explained before, when GM went belly-up during the recession its restructuring plan included selling its assets to a new corporate entity called NGMCO Inc.

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Despite being just a hop away from oceans of water, Beijing is suffering from a serious water shortage. China’s capital city has a chronic lack of water despite recent attempts to move more water to its 22 million inhabitants, and the problem has become so serious that the city plans to turn to the nearby sea.

Surveillance cameras at San Jose International Airport successfully captured the teenager on the tarmac, climbing up the landing gear of a jet.

The six-play schedule opens in September with Nina Raines’ highly acclaimed “Tribes.” Jonathan Williams, producing artistic director of Capital Stage, selected the theater’s 2014-15 lineup. “You can never get everything to fit exactly right, but you do the best that you can,” he said.

MURPHYSBORO, Ill. •  HIV cases in southern Illinois reached the highest number in nearly a decade last year, with more than half the infections from the virus that causes AIDS reported in peop…

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Buddhist monks cremated the remains of Sherpa guides who were buried in the deadliest avalanche to hit Mount Everest, a disaster that has prompted calls for a climbing boycott by Nepal's ethnic Sherpa community. A Sherpa boycott could critically disrupt the Everest climbing season, which is key to the livelihood of thousands of Nepali guides and porters.

The notion of introducing a new food to the American public is almost inconceivable in an era of TV chefs, global cuisine and foodie websites. But that's what happened 50 years ago at the 1964 New York World's Fair in Queens, N. Y., when a family from Belgium introduced Belgian waffles, topped with fresh whipped cream, powdered sugar and sliced strawberries. Once Maurice and Rose Vermersch and their daughter MariePaule began serving the delicacy, there was no turning back the crowds. "From the moment we opened there was a line.

Kraft has recalled 96,000 lbs. of the “Classic Wieners” (on the left) because there is a chance they might contain Cheese Dogs that belong in the packaging on the right. While I’ve been known to enjoy the occasional hot dog with cheese, I’ve never quite understood the appeal of those hot dogs that come pre-loaded with cheese inside the wieners.

(Reuters) - Australia's government might fail to get the necessary backing for its planned A$1.55 billion ($1.45 billion) fund to pay big emitters to cut pollution, after a Senate minority party on