HOUSE OF THE DAY: A Modern Condo On The Upper East Side For Just Under $20...
An upscale condo on the Upper East Side with four bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms is on sale for $19.9 million. The condo spans three floors inside a limestone mansion. The building has a doorman. The home...
View ArticleHow 'Hookup Culture' Is Helping Women Gain Power
The "hookup culture" is helping women gain the independence they need to take over the world. Most scholars think the phenomenon of young people replacing serious relationships with casual ones hurts...
View ArticleThe Coolest Movie-Inspired Items You Can Actually Buy
The Tron Light Cycle. Lightsabers. The Hoverboard. They're not just fictional items in film favorites anymore. Now, you can buy nearly anything from a movie ... with enough cash. This is why I'm Broke...
View ArticleHere's The Real Reason There Are Abandoned Luxury Cars Around The UAE
Abandoned luxury cars left at airports across the United Arab Emirates may not entirely be the fault of expats escaping tough debt laws. Recent reports have highlighted high-end sports cars gathering...
View ArticleThe Grim Truth About Life As A Japanese Hostess
Well-paid, fun and pressure-free, working as a hostess in a Japanese bar sounded too good to be true. So it turned out ... Welcome to Aphrodite’s Hostess Club – the Tokyo nightclub where I was paid to...
View ArticleCuba Plunged Into Darkness In Mass Blackout
A large swath of Cuba was plunged into darkness on Sunday night in a widespread power failure, the cause of which was not disclosed. Electricity went out from the city of Ciego de Avila in southeastern...
View ArticleKim Jong-Un Gives Fitness Advice At Pyongyang Gym
Kim Jong-un, the portly head of North Korea, has toured a state-of-the-art gym in Pyongyang and provided expert "field guidance" to the staff. The three-storey Physical Exercise Centre is part of the...
View ArticleA Bunch Of Models Just Rocked Google Glasses At New York Fashion Week
Google took its presence at New York Fashion Week to a new level yesterday when it invaded the Diane von Furstenberg runway. The company, which has live streamed shows from The Tents at Lincoln Center...
View ArticleChinese Man Allegedly Pretended To Swallow A Diamond—While His Accomplice...
A Chinese man accused of swallowing a diamond worth £8,500 at a gem show in Sri Lanka actually ingested a fake stone in an elaborate bluff to allow the real thief to escape, police said on Tuesday....
View ArticleMIT Claims Top Spot In World University Ranking
Four of the world's top six universities are now found in Britain but Cambridge loses its top spot to MIT, according to new rankings published today. British universities make up four of the top six...
View ArticleAndy Murray Panicked When He Couldn't Find His Sponsor's Watch
After becoming Britain's first male grand slam winner on an emotional night in New York, Andy Murray dropped to his knees, took off his wristbands and discovered one element of his timing was missing...
View ArticlePakistan McDonald's In Trouble For Enforcing Its Own Moral Code
McDonald's is at the centre of a row over Islamic values in Pakistan after a customer complained he was told not to sit beside his wife because managers feared it would damage the restaurant's family...
View ArticleHere's The Real Reason Why People Are Going Crazy For Steak
Can London handle another 300-cover steak restaurant? The Danish restaurant group Copenhagen Concepts - which will open a branch of its steakhouse MASH in Soho this November - clearly thinks so. The...
View ArticleThe Top 100 Universities In The World
The top three spots on the QS World University Rankings changed this year, with MIT taking the top spot for 2012. MIT overtook the University of Cambridge, which took second place ahead of Harvard,...
View ArticleMarc Jacobs Messed With Heads At New York Fashion Week
Marc Jacobs is not your average fashion designer. Other designers want to sell you a dress; Jacobs wants to mess with your head. The Marc Jacobs catwalk show is the gravitational centre of New York...
View ArticleFinally, A Book Explains The Difference Between Modern Art And Children's Art
Susie Hodge’s guide tells us that to appreciate modern art you need to understand it. For anyone who has ever demonstrated indefatigable wit in a gallery of modern art by quipping that the canvas with...
View ArticleThese 'Booze Pouches' Are Now A $100 Million Trend In Drinking (And Laziness)
Can't be bothered to mix a cocktail yourself? Or are you too poor to ask a bartender to make one for you? Then squeezable pre-mixed alcohol pouches are for you! The new trend in booze-you-can-use is...
View ArticleA Must-See For Serious Whiskey Drinkers
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View ArticleHow The Private Sector Revolutionized The Space Race In A Few Short Years
Before 2004, the only people who could have dreamed of entering space were astronauts who had trained for years before being afforded the privelege. But all that changed when George Bush announced his...
View ArticleTake A Look Inside Apple Exec Jony Ive's New $17 Million Mansion In San...
Apple executive Jonathan Ive just bought a stunning home on San Francisco's Gold Coast for $17 million, according to The Wall Street Journal. The home was originally listed for $25 million. Ive,...
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