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  • Where Y'Eat: Dim Sum and Then Some at Royal China
    A daily dim sum service and a hybrid style akin to "Louisiana fishing camp Chinese" are the specialties at a long-time suburban outpost for Cantonese…
  • Orthodox Jews celebrate Siyum HaShas by dancing and singing at MetLife stadium in New Jersey on Wednesday.
    Jewish 'Super Bowl' Praises Years Of Talmudic Study
    Orthodox Jews around the world have been reading the Talmud, cover to cover, for almost seven and a half years straight. Day by day, they read each of the more than 2,000 pages of the holy book, and this past week, they finished the last page together in celebration.
  • Condoleezza Rice, the secretary of state during the Bush administration, is scheduled to speak from the main podium at the Republican National Convention later this month.
    Republican Convention Speakers Include Old And New Faces
    Republicans slated to speak at the convention in Tampa include 2008 nominee John McCain and Condoleezza Rice, the Bush administration secretary of state and national security adviser. The list also includes two up-and-comers who highlight diversity in the GOP governors' ranks.
  • Crime Keeps Falling Despite A Recession — But Why?
    Some experts say its Americans responding to their better nature, others say it's smarter policing.
  • On Jan. 3, Iowans will caucus at 1,774 precincts across the state, in the first contest of the 2012 presidential nominating process. Above, Iowans caucus in 2004 at St. John's United Methodist Church in Des Moines, Precinct 87.
    Confused About The Iowa Caucuses? Here's A Guide
    On Jan. 3, all across Iowa, the campaigning ends and the voting begins. Thousands of Iowans will enter gyms, libraries and private homes to participate in a ritual of the American political system.
  • The iconic root beer mug at Ted's Frostop is right-side-up again.
    Frostop-Side-Up Again at Ted’s
    Long a symbol of post-Katrina defiance, the refurbished sign at vintage burger joint kindles the past and points to the future.People who might have…
  • American comedy duo Jerry Lewis (left) and Dean Martin (right) with the English playwright and actor Noel Coward at an unknown location in 1953. Lewis and Martin were famous for their cabaret acts in the 1940s and 1950s.
    Cabaret Wanes As The Oak Room Is Felled
    One of New York City's most famous cabaret clubs, the Oak Room at the Algonquin Hotel, is closing. Murray Horwitz, a veteran Broadway writer, is feeling the loss. In this essay he explains just what it is that makes cabaret such an important art form.
  • Sarah Ryan, left, and Shelby Knox, with Change.org arrive at the Apple store at Grand Central to deliver petitions asking Apple to change its manufacturing practices.
    Protesters At Apple Stores Demand 'Ethical' Products
    The protesters delivered a petition with 250,000 signatures at six stores worldwide.
  • Unemployment Rate Edges Down To 8.3 Percent
    Private employers added 257,000 jobs to their payrolls, the Bureau of Labor Statistics also says. A slight drop in employment at government agencies brought the overall gain in jobs down to 243,000.
  • Peng Liyuan, the wife of Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, sings during a July 2007 performance celebrating the 80th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army of China.
    Chinese VP's Wife Shows Off Vocal Pipes, Stripes
    "Peng Liyuan has been touted now as sort of the Carla Bruni of China," says one music critic. She's regularly featured on Chinese television's blockbuster Spring Festival Gala, and she's also a major general in China's People's Liberation Army.
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