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Even as Beijing prepares to welcome the world for the Summer Olympics, some of the city’s foreign residents are planning their farewell parties. China’s epic economic transformation has, in recent years, swelled the city’s expatriate population to an estimated 250,000.

The economic pain is felt well beyond the hospitality industry. Business groups complain that the visa rules are keeping overseas investors from visiting factories, and blocking retailers from attending trade fairs. In Hong Kong, the autonomously…

Financial problems at Sirius and XM mean the lavish deals with Stern and other top talent may be a thing of the past.

Satellite radio subscriber growth is flat, the likely victim of a slowing U.S. economy and waning interest in the once-novel medium. Meanwhile cash is running dry. Last month, citing heavy debt costs, a tightening credit market and sluggish…

An insurance study has once again found that Sioux Falls has the safest drivers in the nation.

1. Sioux Falls, South Dakota2. Fort Collins, Colorado3. Chattanooga, Tennessee 4. Sterling Heights, Michigan 5. Warren, Michigan 6. Knoxville, Tennessee 7. Grand Rapids, Michigan 8. Cedar Rapids, Iowa 9. Lexington, Kentucky 10. Detroit, Michigan…

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For a time, it seemed that convincing America’s premier research institutions to fund or sponsor research on hallucinogenic drugs was nearly impossible. In fact, the recent Journal of Pharmacology study on magic mushroom effects represents a 30-year effort to rebuild legitimate psychedelic research programs from the ashes of 1960.

These are familiar sentiments to Roland Griffiths, the scientist who led a study of 36 volunteers, most of whom detailed similar experiences after taking the hallucinogenic compound. In a report published on July 1st in the Journal of…

The Championships, Wimbledon are in full swing at Londons All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. As Roger Federer and Venus Williams defend their singles titles at the only grass court Grand Slam tournament, we thought wed answer some questions about the worlds oldest tennis championship.

Why are the players wearing so much white? Because they have to. The All England Clubs dress code dictates that players have to wear predominantly white clothing throughout the tournament, a rule unique to the Wimbledon among its Grand Slam…

This kid is only 2 years old but he can already ride a skateboard pretty well. Imagine where he’ll be when he’s 6!

I’m sorry but the novelty is that he’s two. When he’s three I’m sure you can get him to drop in on a 10’ bowl. And he will do fine. But still it is entertaining only because he’s so…

This seasons top pitchers have not equaled the lan of their predecessors from 1968, but their craft seems to be on the rise.

The 1968 season had many telling details. The National League won the All-Star Game, 1-0, scoring on a double-play grounder in the first inning. Carl Yastrzemski won the American League batting title at .301, and he was the…

On Friday, the International Whaling Commissions annual meeting came to a close with a whimper. This years gathering was held in Chile, and the meetings chairperson made a gutsy and stupid decision. He wanted to avoid confrontations at this years meeting by not voting on important issues. For this reason, Japan’s delegate said the quote above.

After the meeting, Reuters ran an article with the title: “Whales lose, Japan wins as whaling meeting ends.” The article includes various quotes of people involved in the meeting, and basically confirms this author’s…

The idea of personal planes may conjure up dark visions of Blade Runner,? but the first batch of two-seater aircraft to fly on electricity rather than fossil fuels could reach more than a dozen buyers by year's end.

The glider weighs little more than 700 pounds and costs $133,000, only about one-third more than the electric Tesla Roadster, a hot toy for billionaires.Pipistrel's customers include Formula One driver Pedro de la Rosa. But even Google…