Amid holiday canned-food drives, U.S. food banks take up farming
(Reuters) – Surrounded by rows of kale and collard greens, Bill Shick ticks off statistics about yields and the man-hours it takes to harvest the...
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Authors James McBride, George Packer win National Book Awards
(Reuters) – Writers James McBride and George Packer won National Book Awards, among the most prestigious literary prizes in U.S. publishing, at a gala dinner...
Conservative U.S. Catholics Feel Left Out of the Pope’s Embrace
SMYRNA, Ga. — When Pope Francis was elected in March, Bridget Kurt received a small prayer card with his picture at her church and put it up...
Singer Adam Levine named People’s sexiest man alive
(Reuters) – Singer Adam Levine, the frontman of the Grammy Award-winning rock group Maroon 5 and a judge on the hit NBC singing show “The...
6 Steps for Building a Photography Portfolio to Be Proud Of
Building a photographic portfolio is not an easy task. Most of the people involved in this profession are not able to give effective results. They...
Dogs first tamed in prehistoric Europe, DNA reveals
(Reuters) – Humans first made dogs their best friends in prehistoric Europe, where groups of hunter-gathers learnt to tame dangerous wolves into companions between 19,000...
Black jockey shakes up African racing
S’manga Khumalo recently became the first black jockey to win the prestigious Vodacom Durban July – Africa’s biggest horse race. He has come a way...
A Bicycle Without Roads
My zest as a cyclist goes with my fancy as a collector. I have a few collection of bicycles, and a caboodle of souvenirs and...
Apps help parents track Halloween trick or treaters
(Reuters) – Parents worried about letting their children go trick-or-treating at Halloween can download new apps that track kids and send alerts when they venture...