3/5/2013 12:15 AM
Summer concerts scheduled
A pair of concerts have been added to the Centennial Terrace summer music scene, with tickets going on sale Saturday at 10 a.m. for the Doobie Brothers and the Happy Together show.

3/6/2013 3:18 AM
Comet dresses up night skies
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., — The first of two comets heading toward the sun this year made its closest approach to Earth today and will be visible in the Northern Hemisphere beginning on Thursday.

3/6/2013 3:18 AM
Playboy launches Hebrew edition
JERUSALEM — Israelis can now read Playboy ‘for the articles’ as a Hebrew language edition came to the holy land today.

3/5/2013 12:17 PM
Online trade threatens elephants
BANGKOK  — Conservationists say there's a new threat to the survival of Africa's endangered elephants that may be just as deadly as poachers’ bullets: the black-market trade of ivory in cyberspace.

3/6/2013 3:19 AM
UK court rejects Tesla, BBC lawsuit
LONDON  — Britain's Court of Appeal today threw out a lawsuit against the BBC by electric car maker Tesla Motors over a program that criticized its Roadster vehicle.

3/5/2013 12:15 AM
Authors! Authors! lineup complete
An American historian who writes about U.S. presidents will be the third speaker in this spring’s Authors! Authors! series, the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library announced Monday. The series is presented by The Blade and arranged by the library.

3/6/2013 3:18 AM
Bieber late to London show
LONDON — Justin Bieber apologized today to his young fans — and their outraged, overtired parents — after they accused him of taking the stage almost two hours late for a concert in London.

3/5/2013 12:00 AM
Philly upgrades school lunches
PHILADELPHIA — It sounds more like a restaurant order than a school lunch menu: baked ziti with a side of roasted fennel salad and, for dessert, cinnamon apple rice pudding.

3/5/2013 12:30 AM
Corned beef is a tradition
The only food I enjoy more than corned beef is corned beef hash.

3/4/2013 12:55 PM
Queen Elizabeth II leaves hospital
LONDON  — Queen Elizabeth II returned home today after receiving treatment for a stomach infection that prompted a brief and rare hospitalization for the 86-year-old monarch.