All posts tagged "topstories"

  • Chief Administrative Officer Martha Choe. (© Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)
    Martha Choe looks forward to life after Gates Foundation

    By Tae Hong Martha Choe, 59, is all about following the rhythm of life as she prepares to step down from her post as the chief administrative officer of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in September...

    • Posted July 30, 2014
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  • People walk down a stairway leading to a parking structure across from Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus after flooding from a broken 30-inch water main under nearby Sunset Boulevard inundated a large area of the campus in the Westwood section of Los Angeles, Tuesday, July 29, 2014. The 30-inch (75-centimeter) 93-year-old pipe that broke made a raging river of the street and sent millions of gallons (liters) of water across the school's athletic facilities, including the famed floor of Pauley Pavilion, the neighboring Wooden Center and the Los Angeles Tennis Center, and a pair of parking structures that took the brunt of the damage. (AP Photo/Mike Meadows)
    Water main break floods UCLA campus, 10 million gallons of water lost

    LOS ANGELES (CNS) – A 93-year-old, 30-inch-diameter water main ruptured north of UCLA today, blasting a geyser of water through Sunset Boulevard and sending an estimated 8 million to 10 million gallons cascading down the street and inundating a number...

    • Posted July 29, 2014
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    South Korea’s largest-ever by-elections too close to call

    SEOUL, July 30 (Yonhap) — South Koreans began voting Wednesday in the country’s largest-ever parliamentary by-elections seen as a mid-term referendum on President Park Geun-hye’s conservative administration. The polls carry extra weight because a record 15 parliamentary...

    • Posted July 29, 2014
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  • Park Soo-kyung
    Real-life Charlie’s Angel?

    By Lee Hyo-sik The picture just does not fit: a big bulky man under the protection of a slender female bodyguard. Yoo Dae-gyun, 44, the eldest son of the deceased Yoo Byung-eun, once the nation’s most wanted...

    • Posted July 29, 2014
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  • Park Ji-sung
    Park Ji-sung got married

    Recently retired Korea’s football icon Park Ji-sung, 33, and television announcer Kim Min-ji, 28, got married on July 27, 2014 at the Sheraton Grande Walkerhill Hotel in Seoul. Former South Korean men’s football team head coach Guus Hiddink, left, former...

    • Posted July 28, 2014
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  • d07-duo
    Curious about marriage agencies?

    By Tae Hong Resorting to dating services may seem like conceding defeat to many, but the fact of the matter is, matchmakers have been around forever in Asia. Elders would even point to today’s soaring divorce rate and...

    • Posted July 25, 2014
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    644 plane fatalities this year, even before Air Algerie crash

    In case you’ve been counting, there have been three major plane-related accidents in the last week. According to the Aviation Safety Network, 644 people have died as a result of 11 plane incidents this year, a 71...

    • Posted July 25, 2014
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