A young Brooklyn boy who vanished while walking home from a day camp in one of the safest parts of the city was killed and dismembered by a stranger he had turned to for help after getting lost, police said today. An intense search for the missing 8-year-old, Leiby Kletzky,…
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If Greece defaults on its debts, the consequences could spread across Europe, and prove catastrophic for the euro The economic crisis in Greece is the most important thing to have happened in Europe since the Balkan wars. That isn’t because Greece is economically central to the European order: at barely 3% of eurozone GDP, the Greek economy could vanish without trace and scarcely be missed by anyone else. The dangers posed by the imminent Greek default are all to do with how it
Continue reading …No shirts or shoes will get you no service in most restaurants—and one Pennsylvania eatery is adding little kids to the no-no list. Seems McDain’s in Monroeville, hoping for more ambience and less squalling in its dining room, has banned even the most angelic human offspring under the age…
Continue reading …A two-headed snake has gone on display at a zoo in southern Ukraine. The “Skazka” (Fairy tale) zoo in Yalta on the Black Sea said today that the albino California Kingsnake has two heads that think, react, and eat separately, though one is more passive than the other. A zoo…
Continue reading …The Federal Reserve is ready and willing to pour more money into the economy if it has to, Ben Bernanke told Congress today. “The possibility remains that the recent economic weakness may prove more persistent than expected … implying a need for additional policy support,” Bernanke said. “The Federal Reserve…
Continue reading …It’s been 10 years since Nike pledged to distance itself from sweatshop labor practices, and it has succeeded … sort of. Indonesian contractors tasked with making high-tops for Nike’s Converse subsidiary are reportedly abusing their employees, the AP finds. In dozens of interviews with workers, who are paid about 50…
Continue reading …Not too surprising considering the bride supposedly tried to flee three times , but newlyweds Prince Albert and Charlene Wittstock don’t appear to be all that blissful on their honeymoon. A fantastically British ABC News correspondent describes Wittstock as appearing to be “sucking on a lemon” in all the photos, and…
Continue reading …Netflix’s new subscription plan, which hikes the cost of enjoying both streaming videos and sent-in-the-mail DVDs from $9.99 to $16—that’s 60%—isn’t winning it many friends. Amid a sea of anger, Newser picks some favorite reactions: Points for brevity: “Netflix sucks,” opines Pat’s Papers . No wonder then that…
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