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Luciole Press Blog: Monthly Archives for June 2008

Sensitive China quake photo hinting at shoddy school construction removed from exhibit

Posted by kluciole at 6/15/2008 3:49 AM | Add Comment

Milanese tabby cat Pippo runs from a pet rabbit in Cassano D'Adda, Italy

Posted by kluciole at 6/14/2008 7:05 AM | Add Comment

2,000-year-old seeds of the Judean date palm tree found in Masada have sprouted and grown into a healthy tree

Posted by kluciole at 6/14/2008 6:57 AM | Add Comment

NBC's "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert dies of apparent heart attack

Posted by kluciole at 6/13/2008 12:12 PM | View Comments (10) | Add Comment

Photos from flood and storm ravaged Iowa, including an amazing tornado picture and two rescued cats named Ching and Sushi

Posted by kluciole at 6/13/2008 11:48 AM | Add Comment

Visitors flocking to see 'unicorn' deer at Center of Natural Sciences in Prato, near Florence, Italy

Posted by kluciole at 6/13/2008 11:45 AM | Add Comment

Mount Rainier hiker Eduard Burceag sacrificed himself to save his wife and friend during blizzard

Posted by kluciole at 6/13/2008 7:06 AM | Add Comment

2 articles on Canada's apology to Natives: "PM's apology 'forced,' says former student of Mohawk Institute" and "Canada Offers an Apology for Native Students’ Abuse"

Posted by kluciole at 6/12/2008 2:24 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Divided Supreme Court rules Guantanamo detainees have right to appeal to U.S. civilian courts

Posted by kluciole at 6/12/2008 2:17 PM | Add Comment

Obama launches online campaign against 'smears'

Posted by kluciole at 6/12/2008 2:12 PM | Add Comment

Photos: the Fashion Extravaganza during the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards weekend in Bangkok

Posted by kluciole at 6/11/2008 11:37 PM | Add Comment

New report from the National Endowment for the Arts, "Artists in the Workforce: 1990-2005," indicates 2 million artists in the US, "many struggling"

Posted by kluciole at 6/11/2008 11:29 PM | Add Comment

Photo: A man is reflected in artwork as he walks past "Andy Warhol and Members of the Factory" by artist Richard Avedon at the Art 39 in Basel, Switzerland

Posted by kluciole at 6/11/2008 8:03 AM | Add Comment

'Marry or be fired', Iranian state firm warns

Posted by kluciole at 6/11/2008 7:57 AM | Add Comment

5 Healthiest Anti-Aging Snacks

Posted by kluciole at 6/11/2008 7:50 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Bush says he regrets tough guy talk on war; now wishes he had used "a different tone for the global stage"

Posted by kluciole at 6/11/2008 7:37 AM | Add Comment

This hat worn at the Prix de Diane in Chantilly, outside Paris, looks a bit like a flamingo octopus...

Posted by kluciole at 6/10/2008 8:40 AM | Add Comment

Republicans block extra taxes on oil companies, saying bill will raise taxes for consumers

Posted by kluciole at 6/10/2008 8:37 AM | Add Comment

Tomatoes pulled off shelves amid salmonella scare; McDonald's, Wal-Mart, Burger King, Kroger, Outback Steakhouse, Winn-Dixie and Taco Bell were among the companies that voluntarily withdrew red plum, red Roma or round red tomatoes

Posted by kluciole at 6/10/2008 8:33 AM | Add Comment

Luciole Press, formerly La Luciole Magazine, has been renamed and redesigned. Comments welcome

Posted by kluciole at 6/9/2008 10:24 AM | View Comments (14) | Add Comment

Photo: A Pakistani model displays a creation of local designer Samar Mehdi in Karachi, Pakistan

Posted by kluciole at 6/9/2008 2:51 AM | Add Comment

Behind the scenes of `The Colbert Report'

Posted by kluciole at 6/9/2008 2:50 AM | Add Comment

Photo: An eight day old zebra baby is seen with its mother in Hanover, Germany

Posted by kluciole at 6/9/2008 2:48 AM | Add Comment

Cuba's urban farming program a stunning success

Posted by kluciole at 6/9/2008 2:43 AM | Add Comment

Article: "Racial attitudes pose challenge for Obama," with people still misunderstanding his religion and background

Posted by kluciole at 6/9/2008 2:36 AM | Add Comment

Scientists ID Brain Pathway That Stops Seizures

Posted by kluciole at 6/9/2008 2:33 AM | Add Comment

Scottish isle of Canna eradicates rats in bid to save birds

Posted by kluciole at 6/9/2008 2:31 AM | Add Comment

Low-carbon Radiohead take high-energy rock on the road

Posted by kluciole at 6/8/2008 3:15 AM | Add Comment

Beth Fouhy's analysis: Clinton loosens up — finally free of careful, poll-tested message of "strength and experience," and acknowledges what her pioneering quest means to women

Posted by kluciole at 6/8/2008 1:58 AM | Add Comment

CDC: Salmonella illnesses spread to 16 states, linked to uncooked tomatoes

Posted by kluciole at 6/8/2008 1:49 AM | Add Comment

6 dead in Tokyo stabbing spree; suspect told police he came there to kill people because he was tired of life

Posted by kluciole at 6/8/2008 1:46 AM | Add Comment

Two articles about Big Brown: "Promising day at Belmont ends on rough note for Dutrow, Big Brown" and "Da' Tara spoils Big Brown's bid for Triple Crown"

Posted by kluciole at 6/8/2008 1:33 AM | Add Comment

Big Brown poised for Triple Crown bid; he would be the first horse in 30 years to win the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont

Posted by kluciole at 6/7/2008 9:34 AM | Add Comment

Clinton suspends her historic presidential bid, telling supporters to unite behind Barack Obama

Posted by kluciole at 6/7/2008 9:21 AM | Add Comment

Quotes from Rosalía de Castro, and an anonymous poem, "Lord Arnaldos"

Posted by kluciole at 6/7/2008 3:58 AM | Add Comment

Yves Saint Laurent mourned at Paris funeral

Posted by kluciole at 6/7/2008 3:40 AM | Add Comment

Cubans guard glasses on John Lennon statue after thefts

Posted by kluciole at 6/7/2008 3:34 AM | Add Comment

Russia blames U.S. for global financial crisis

Posted by kluciole at 6/7/2008 3:31 AM | Add Comment

Remember Beauty, the injured bald eagle in a previous blog? She got her beak fixed! See the photos...

Posted by kluciole at 6/7/2008 3:24 AM | Add Comment

Caribbean monk seal becomes extinct

Posted by kluciole at 6/7/2008 3:18 AM | Add Comment

German businessman named Augusto R. Berns may have found, looted Inca city of Machu Picchu before Bingham arrived in 1911

Posted by kluciole at 6/6/2008 5:40 AM | Add Comment

Photo: A green parakeet carries a flower petal in its beak in Sao Paulo

Posted by kluciole at 6/6/2008 5:33 AM | Add Comment

Egypt uncovers 'missing' pyramid of a pharaoh, King Menkauhor. "You never know what secrets the sands of Egypt hide," says Zahi Hawass, antiquities chief

Posted by kluciole at 6/6/2008 5:24 AM | Add Comment

Artwork by Hiroshige Andô, from The Sketchbooks of Hiroshige: Catching Fireflies, circa 1840

Posted by kluciole at 6/5/2008 7:23 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Photo: A cow stands on a pasture next to a street on the the Saint Gotthard mountain pass in Switzerland

Posted by kluciole at 6/5/2008 6:50 AM | Add Comment

Obama Campaign Open to Helping Clinton Pay Off $20 Million Debt

Posted by kluciole at 6/5/2008 6:45 AM | Add Comment

Japanese patient's 'tumour' turns out to be 25-year-old towel from previous surgery

Posted by kluciole at 6/5/2008 6:37 AM | Add Comment

Missing Cape Cod lighthouse located in Montara, California

Posted by kluciole at 6/4/2008 9:15 PM | Add Comment

Obama toughens Iran stance, backs Israel on Jerusalem. Says will work for peace with a Palestinian state. By Caren Bohan

Posted by kluciole at 6/4/2008 9:11 PM | Add Comment

Stephen Colbert tells Princeton grads: "Please don't change the world"

Posted by kluciole at 6/3/2008 7:45 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Brigitte Bardot convicted in race case for "provoking discrimination and racial hatred of Muslims"

Posted by kluciole at 6/3/2008 7:37 PM | Add Comment

Clinton open to VP nod: "I want the nearly 18 million people who voted for me to be respected and heard"

Posted by kluciole at 6/3/2008 7:34 PM | Add Comment

Obama clinches nomination; Clinton seeks VP spot

Posted by kluciole at 6/3/2008 7:30 PM | Add Comment

Spanish pop star Alaska poses nude to protest bullfighting

Posted by kluciole at 6/3/2008 4:04 AM | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

Photos from around the world: protests in Venezuela as Hugo Chavez shuts down a private television station; Sikh New Year in London; dancers in Kuala Lumpur and Topanga; crowd harasses Falun Gong practitioner

Posted by kluciole at 6/3/2008 12:23 AM | Add Comment

At San Francisco museum Legion of Honor, new exhibit: "Women Impressionists: Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Eva Gonzales, Marie Bracquemond," will run June 21-Sept. 21

Posted by kluciole at 6/3/2008 12:19 AM | Add Comment

Key to All Optical Illusions Discovered: Cognitive scientist says "humans can see into the future about one-tenth of a second"

Posted by kluciole at 6/3/2008 12:10 AM | Add Comment

DreamCatcher Entertainment's new blog radio show about the collapse of The Longest Walk 2008 benefit concert. Hosts Judy Lopez and Graywolf

Posted by kluciole at 6/2/2008 6:18 PM | Add Comment

Rock pioneer Bo Diddley dies at age 79

Posted by kluciole at 6/2/2008 9:12 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Come see our main site, Luciole Press (formerly La Luciole Magazine)

Posted by kluciole at 6/2/2008 6:50 AM | Add Comment

Senator Edward Kennedy undergoing difficult surgery for brain tumor at 9 am EST at Duke University

Posted by kluciole at 6/2/2008 3:27 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Photo: Male trumpeter swan takes his newly hatched baby out for a swim at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago

Posted by kluciole at 6/2/2008 1:43 AM | Add Comment

Refugees from conflict in Uganda, women and children earn about 6 cents per 20 litres of crushed rocks at a dangerous and deadly rock pile

Posted by kluciole at 6/2/2008 1:34 AM | Add Comment

Clinton mulls over "how to end her historic candidacy with her dignity intact and future secure"

Posted by kluciole at 6/2/2008 1:25 AM | Add Comment

Blast outside Danish embassy in Pakistan kills at least four, leaving crater three feet deep

Posted by kluciole at 6/2/2008 1:23 AM | Add Comment

Legendary designer Yves Saint Laurent dies at 71

Posted by kluciole at 6/1/2008 7:37 PM | Add Comment

Home from Iraq, wary Marine Lance Cpl. Robert Crutchfield, 21, fatally wounded in robbery. Robbers told him: since he was "a Marine and didn't have any money he didn't deserve to live." They put the gun to his neck and shot him

Posted by kluciole at 6/1/2008 7:31 PM | Add Comment

Large fire devours movie sets at Universal Studios

Posted by kluciole at 6/1/2008 8:28 AM | Add Comment

Lhasa De Sela: video for "Con Toda Palabra"

Posted by kluciole at 6/1/2008 2:57 AM | Add Comment

A dark event inspires Louise Erdrich's new novel "The Plague of Doves" — the lynching of three American Indians, one of them a 13-year-old boy, in 1897

Posted by kluciole at 6/1/2008 2:48 AM | Add Comment

Princess Beatrice (daughter of Sarah Ferguson) wears a bouquet of butterflies on her head

Posted by kluciole at 6/1/2008 2:44 AM | Add Comment

Economic costs of confronting global warming — from higher electricity bills to more expensive gasoline — is driving Senate debate

Posted by kluciole at 6/1/2008 2:39 AM | Add Comment

Obama quits Chicago church steeped in controversy

Posted by kluciole at 6/1/2008 2:35 AM | View Comments (5) | Add Comment
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