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Even if most Americans don't know the Li Ning name yet, many will remember the man. After his historic 1984 performance, the tycoon leaped back into the Olympic spotlight - literally - during the opening ceremony at the 2008 Beijing Games. Suspended by cables, Li soared into the air and ran...
Treasury Assistant Secretary Michael Barr says the principal-reduction program is voluntary, not mandatory, and that there's no guarantee homeowners will not default on the new refinanced loans. "We don't want to be overly optimistic about that," said Barr during a briefing on Friday. "Modifications are hard - they...
But don't write off Aceh yet. Thanks largely to four weekly flights from Kuala Lumpur operated by the budget carrier AirAsia, tourists are trickling into Banda Aceh, the provincial capital, and for good reason. The city itself is leafy and slow-paced, while Acehnese people are proud, hospitable and...
Most female astronauts in the U.S. and other countries don't have children not because of the adverse effects of spaceflight but because they have intentionally delayed getting pregnant. Female astronauts who want to have kids tend to put it off early in their careers because of unpredictable flight schedules...
This remedy, however, is not likely to be of much interest to China, whose one-child policy demonstrates the nation's ongoing commitment to curbing - not encouraging - population growth. Beijing, it seems, is not so much concerned with disrupting family planning - if it were, it might consider astronaut applications from...