Luciole Press Blog: Monthly Archives for October 2008

Photo: Young Indian girl Sonia dries clay 'diyas' (earthenware lamps) in Amritsar, ahead of the forthcoming Hindu festival of Diwali

Posted by kluciole at 10/23/2008 11:05 AM | Add Comment

Tina Fey glues her ears down to look like Sarah Palin

Posted by kluciole at 10/23/2008 8:58 AM | Add Comment

Global financial pain: photo from a Tokyo call center, as an employee presses her hand to her forehead

Posted by kluciole at 10/23/2008 8:55 AM | Add Comment

UN warns of millions could starve in North Korea, as 2.7 million people on North Korea's west coast will run out of food in October

Posted by kluciole at 10/23/2008 7:47 AM | Add Comment

Study finds leukaemia drug can halt, reverse effects of MS

Posted by kluciole at 10/23/2008 7:06 AM | Add Comment

Democrats' gloom deepens... As Obama said, "Don’t underestimate the capacity of Democrats to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory"

Posted by kluciole at 10/22/2008 11:02 PM | Add Comment

AP presidential poll: Race tightens in final weeks

Posted by kluciole at 10/22/2008 11:00 PM | Add Comment

Photo: Spectators look at 'In the Blue (2008)' by Fujiwara Takahiro, an installation art piece in Toronto's Eaton Centre during Nuit Blanche, an annual all-night cultural festival

Posted by kluciole at 10/22/2008 6:43 PM | Add Comment

Atheists plan ad campaign on side of London buses

Posted by kluciole at 10/22/2008 6:39 PM | Add Comment

Photos of twin four-week-old Persian leopard cubs at the Budapest Zoo

Posted by kluciole at 10/22/2008 12:13 PM | Add Comment

Palin says 'election result rests in God's hands'

Posted by kluciole at 10/22/2008 12:10 PM | Add Comment

Iraq says it "will not be bullied into signing US security pact," and seeks amendments

Posted by kluciole at 10/22/2008 12:03 PM | Add Comment

Minn. Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann calls her Hardball appearance a "big mistake," and regrets using the term "anti-American" while discussing Obama's views

Posted by kluciole at 10/22/2008 11:54 AM | Add Comment

The ongoing series from author and Luciole Press Contributor Kurt Kamm: Words of Firefighters - 24

Posted by kluciole at 10/22/2008 11:49 AM | Add Comment

Photo of the incredible fall foliage reflected on Julian Price Lake, off the Blue Ridge Parkway near Blowing Rock, North Carolina

Posted by kluciole at 10/21/2008 9:59 PM | Add Comment

AP INVESTIGATION: Alaska funded Palin kids' travel. The charges include $21,012 for the three daughters' air travel on commercial flights, flights on the state plane, hotel fares in luxury hotels, and more

Posted by kluciole at 10/21/2008 9:50 PM | Add Comment

'Walter Reed' for combat dogs opens in Texas: the $15 million veterinary hospital (Military Working Dog Center) for four-legged military personnel is at Lackland AFB

Posted by kluciole at 10/21/2008 9:43 PM | Add Comment

In Japan, retired men find new role as caregivers: Retiree Kohei Yoneyama says, "Care has been considered the field of women... If you take a modern approach, that doesn't mean you just receive the care – you have to participate in it as well"

Posted by kluciole at 10/21/2008 5:45 PM | Add Comment

Obama opens double-digit lead over McCain: poll

Posted by kluciole at 10/21/2008 5:42 PM | Add Comment

India readies 1st moon mission in Asian space race

Posted by kluciole at 10/21/2008 5:37 PM | Add Comment

Photos: The cats must be thinking, "Oh, the indignities of the cat show..." Meet Blade Runner, a Russian Blue cat who was presented as winner of Best in Show

Posted by kluciole at 10/21/2008 2:18 AM | Add Comment

Middle-aged women drive rise in U.S. suicides

Posted by kluciole at 10/21/2008 2:15 AM | Add Comment

Dead bear cub shot in the head and covered with Obama signs found at Western Carolina University

Posted by kluciole at 10/21/2008 2:10 AM | Add Comment

Iraq's National Museum could reopen after 2 years, the "very last step in Baghdad's journey to absolute normalcy"

Posted by kluciole at 10/20/2008 10:32 PM | Add Comment

Oral sex linked to throat cancer because of HPV (human papillomavirus)

Posted by kluciole at 10/20/2008 10:26 PM | Add Comment

Pa. woman Elizabeth Feudale-Bowes, who suffers from "environmental illness," has been ordered by a judge to tear down her chemical-free 'bubble'

Posted by kluciole at 10/20/2008 3:41 PM | Add Comment

Words of Firefighters #23, sent in by author and Luciole Press contributor Kurt Kamm: A touching remembrance of fallen firefighter Ryan Hummert

Posted by kluciole at 10/20/2008 3:36 PM | Add Comment

Long lines form as early voting begins in Florida

Posted by kluciole at 10/20/2008 3:30 PM | Add Comment

Palin breaks with McCain on gay marriage amendment; Palin supports the measure on a federal level, and McCain supports it on a state level

Posted by kluciole at 10/20/2008 3:23 PM | Add Comment

Two U.S. fighter planes were scrambled and ordered to shoot down a UFO over the English countryside during the Cold War

Posted by kluciole at 10/20/2008 9:10 AM | Add Comment

Photo: The colors of autumn and winter collide during a snowstorm alongside a highway in Kenai, Alaska

Posted by kluciole at 10/20/2008 9:03 AM | Add Comment

Travel article: "Argentina's culture on the cheap... Travelers flock to Buenos Aires, where steak, soccer, tango are passions"

Posted by kluciole at 10/19/2008 11:10 PM | Add Comment

Photo of Rusty, a Red Persian cat, resting during the 6th Annual Iams Cat Championship

Posted by kluciole at 10/19/2008 11:06 PM | Add Comment

Cuba's first Russian Orthodox cathedral opens: Our Lady of Kazan

Posted by kluciole at 10/19/2008 11:02 PM | Add Comment

Grocery bill still high? Blame 'sticky' prices

Posted by kluciole at 10/19/2008 11:00 PM | Add Comment

Insane dunk photo: a member of the Milwaukee Bucks "Rim Rockers" goes airborne for an acrobatic slam dunk to entertain fans during a break in the action against the Golden State Warriors (game played in Beijing)

Posted by kluciole at 10/19/2008 10:57 PM | Add Comment

Fashion critic Mr. Blackwell dies in Los Angeles at the age of 86. Sample criticisms included calling Madonna: "The Bare-Bottomed Bore of Babylon."

Posted by kluciole at 10/19/2008 10:54 PM | Add Comment

Upcoming events with Luciole Press Contributors! Ellyn Maybe will be reading at Beyond Baroque Oct. 24th, and Art Editor Diana Bonebrake's art show (with many special guests) will be at Beyond Baroque Oct. 25th

Posted by kluciole at 10/19/2008 6:33 PM | Add Comment

Parents press states for autism insurance laws

Posted by kluciole at 10/19/2008 6:29 PM | Add Comment

An oil painting of Francis Bacon by his close friend Lucian Freud, one of only two of its kind, was sold on Sunday for $9.4 million

Posted by kluciole at 10/19/2008 6:20 PM | Add Comment

Photos of Tex, a Tasmanian Devil, in his enclosure at Sydney's Taronga Zoo

Posted by kluciole at 10/19/2008 5:55 AM | Add Comment

Colin Powell endorses Barack Obama for president, expressing "disappointment in the negative tone of McCain's campaign" and saying he does not believe Palin is ready to take over as president if necessary

Posted by kluciole at 10/19/2008 5:51 AM | Add Comment

'Joe the Plumber' strikes back at media "for analyzing his personal life," though he may make an appearance with McCain on his trip to Ohio

Posted by kluciole at 10/19/2008 5:47 AM | Add Comment

Photo: Sarah Palin masks are popular for Key West's annual 10-day Fantasy Fest. This year's theme is 'Pirates, Pundits and Political Party Animals'

Posted by kluciole at 10/19/2008 5:43 AM | Add Comment

Photo: An Afghan woman holds her son as a health worker administers polio vaccines outside her house during a polio campaign in Kandahar, Afghanistan

Posted by kluciole at 10/19/2008 5:41 AM | Add Comment

Autumn foliage photos from around the world, including France, Japan, Romania, Norway, Belarus, Germany, Switzerland, and the U.S. (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont)

Posted by kluciole at 10/18/2008 6:21 PM | Add Comment

Missing King David statue stolen in Denmark; the 10.5-foot-tall statue, which has stood outside Our Lady's Church in Copenhagen since 1860, was sculpted by Jens Adolf Jerichau. Authorities fear it may be melted for its bronze content

Posted by kluciole at 10/18/2008 6:07 PM | Add Comment

Australia drops bid to take Iran to the International Court of Justice court over Israel comments

Posted by kluciole at 10/18/2008 6:03 PM | Add Comment

Top McCain aide Nancy Pfotenhauer says he's strong in 'real' Virginia. Pfotenhauer says, " 'real Virginia' I take to be... this part of the state that is more Southern in nature, if you will. Northern Virginia is really metro D.C."

Posted by kluciole at 10/18/2008 5:55 PM | Add Comment

ACORN controversy: Voter fraud or mudslinging? "By legal definition, to commit voter fraud means a person would have to present some kind of documentation at the polls (driver's license, etc.); submitting fake registration cards is another matter"

Posted by kluciole at 10/18/2008 5:48 PM | Add Comment

Photo: Obama speaks during a campaign event at the Gateway arch in the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St Louis, Missouri, "addressing a sea of 100,000 supporters"

Posted by kluciole at 10/18/2008 5:44 PM | Add Comment

London WWII-era bombproof tunnels up for sale; Kingsway Tunnels, originally built in 1942 to protect Londoners from German air raids, were taken over by Britain's foreign intelligence agency MI6 in 1944

Posted by kluciole at 10/18/2008 5:34 PM | Add Comment

Canada says BPA (bisphenol A, used to harden plastic and make it shatterproof) is toxic; will ban baby bottles with it

Posted by kluciole at 10/18/2008 5:29 PM | Add Comment

The ongoing series from author Kurt Kamm, Luciole Press contributor: Words of Firefighters - 22

Posted by kluciole at 10/18/2008 5:24 PM | Add Comment

Iran invites Guiness book of World Records to measure their giant sandwich, but the crowd in Tehran rushed forward and began eating it -- before it was measured by the three surprised Guiness reps

Posted by kluciole at 10/18/2008 5:04 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a Surinam horned frog is seated on top of a pumpkin at the Bronx Zoo's 'World of Reptiles' exhibit in New York

Posted by kluciole at 10/17/2008 11:07 PM | Add Comment

Hawaii ending universal child health care

Posted by kluciole at 10/17/2008 11:01 PM | Add Comment

Deep South drought creeping northward

Posted by kluciole at 10/17/2008 10:43 PM | Add Comment

Tina Fey: Anyone can imitate Sarah Palin's voice... "It's a little bit `Fargo,' it's a little bit Reese Witherspoon in `Election'"

Posted by kluciole at 10/17/2008 10:32 PM | Add Comment

Photo: A shelter cat in need of a home plays with a toy mouse at a preview for the CFA-Iams Cat Championship in New York

Posted by kluciole at 10/17/2008 8:38 AM | Add Comment

Poll: Voters souring on McCain, Obama stays steady

Posted by kluciole at 10/17/2008 8:34 AM | Add Comment

Government declares Alaska's beluga whales endangered. Gov. Palin has "strongly objected to the federal government's... declaration of the whale as endangered"

Posted by kluciole at 10/17/2008 8:27 AM | Add Comment

Photo: A child checks out a giant skull artwork made out of kitchen utensils by Indian artist Subodh Gupta, at the Frieze art fair in London

Posted by kluciole at 10/16/2008 11:17 AM | Add Comment

Nebraska State Senator Ernie Chambers' lawsuit against God thrown out "over lack of address"

Posted by kluciole at 10/16/2008 11:11 AM | Add Comment

Photos: John McCain's tongue features prominently at the debate, as he takes many opportunities to stick it out. Plus, Bob Shieffer looks less than amused listening to the debate

Posted by kluciole at 10/16/2008 9:44 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

What Crisis? Kremlin downplays financial woes; TV channels gloss over the subject and state news agencies are under orders to avoid frightening language as some supermarket shelves stand nearly empty

Posted by kluciole at 10/16/2008 9:35 AM | Add Comment

Last Titanic survivor Millvina Dean, 95, sells mementos to raise cash for nursing home expenses

Posted by kluciole at 10/16/2008 9:31 AM | Add Comment

Who Is Joe the Plumber? Mystery of the presidential debate explained... UPDATE: Joe and his employer are not licensed plumbers. Plus, video of the discussion where Obama explains his tax plan to "Joe the Plumber"

Posted by kluciole at 10/16/2008 9:23 AM | Add Comment

McCain, Obama get tough, personal in final debate

Posted by kluciole at 10/15/2008 7:02 PM | Add Comment

Photo of gorgeous Amur tiger Sasha in her new enclosure at The Highland Wildlife Park in Kingussie, near Aviemore in Scotland. Only 500 Amur tigers remaining in the wild around the Amur river valley in the far east of Russia

Posted by kluciole at 10/15/2008 9:48 AM | Add Comment

California firefighters gain upper hand as winds ease

Posted by kluciole at 10/15/2008 9:45 AM | Add Comment

The ongoing series from author Kurt Kamm (Luciole Press Contributor), taken from real situations: WORDS OF FIREFIGHTERS #21

Posted by kluciole at 10/15/2008 9:41 AM | Add Comment

Draft security pact would give Iraq the right to prosecute American troops and Pentagon contractors accused of major, premeditated crimes committed outside U.S. bases and when they were not on duty

Posted by kluciole at 10/15/2008 9:37 AM | Add Comment

Pre-debate talking points: Raising expectations

Posted by kluciole at 10/15/2008 9:35 AM | Add Comment

From HealthDay: Smoking Makes You Old Before Your Time... Smokers lose about 10 years of life expectancy

Posted by kluciole at 10/15/2008 9:28 AM | Add Comment

Nancy Reagan hospitalized with broken pelvis

Posted by kluciole at 10/15/2008 9:22 AM | Add Comment

Renowned flamenco dancer, choreographer Mario Maya dies (plus, photos of many flamenco performances and dancers, such as Isabel Bayon and Rafaela Carrasco)

Posted by kluciole at 10/14/2008 6:10 PM | Add Comment

The Passion of Flamenco: song and guitar by Ramon Ruiz, dance by Anita la Maltesa

Posted by kluciole at 10/14/2008 9:27 AM | Add Comment

Photos: Bhutanese dancers perform a mask dance in the capital Thimphu

Posted by kluciole at 10/14/2008 6:05 AM | Add Comment

Rolling Stone ends large format after 4 decades

Posted by kluciole at 10/14/2008 5:54 AM | Add Comment

106-year-old Obama-supporting nun Sister Cecilia Gaudette shocked by fame; says last time she voted in an election was in 1952

Posted by kluciole at 10/14/2008 5:45 AM | Add Comment

Palin mistakes fans for protesters at Va. rally

Posted by kluciole at 10/14/2008 5:42 AM | Add Comment

California battered by wind-whipped wildfires

Posted by kluciole at 10/14/2008 5:38 AM | Add Comment

Conservation group "Western Ark" petitions for species protection

Posted by kluciole at 10/14/2008 12:07 AM | Add Comment

Photo: the yellow color of autumn reflects in the quiet surface of the river Drammenselva near Drammen in Eastern Norway

Posted by kluciole at 10/14/2008 12:00 AM | Add Comment

French artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster turns Tate Modern a futuristic safe haven

Posted by kluciole at 10/13/2008 11:57 PM | Add Comment

Photo of a lovely bald eagle, peering from his cage at the Spring River Zoo in Roswell, N. M.

Posted by kluciole at 10/13/2008 4:19 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

EU tells music lovers to turn down MP3 players because of the damage done to ears and hearing ability

Posted by kluciole at 10/13/2008 4:14 AM | Add Comment

Pakistani tribesmen are raising armies to battle al-Qaeda and Taliban militants close to the Afghan border

Posted by kluciole at 10/13/2008 4:09 AM | Add Comment

West African first ladies to join fight against female circumcision

Posted by kluciole at 10/13/2008 4:05 AM | Add Comment

Blighted San Francisco Tenderloin district touts its history

Posted by kluciole at 10/12/2008 10:52 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Pediatricians double vitamin D recommendations

Posted by kluciole at 10/12/2008 10:12 PM | Add Comment

Holocaust survivors Herman and Roma Rosenblat's love story of their youth (separated by a fence, Roma brought food to Herman while he was in a death camp) has been made into a book: "Angel Girl"

Posted by kluciole at 10/12/2008 8:47 PM | View Comments (7) | Add Comment

Yale celebrates Noah Webster's 250th birthday; Webster's Dictionary was the first comprehensive "dictionary of the American language"

Posted by kluciole at 10/12/2008 2:50 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

UPDATE: Fire burns over 2,000 acres northeast of Los Angeles; 1,200 evacuated

Posted by kluciole at 10/12/2008 2:44 PM | Add Comment

Video: Mozart - Requiem - Lacrimosa

Posted by kluciole at 10/12/2008 2:39 PM | Add Comment

Italian woman in right-to-die case worsens... Eluana Englaro has been in a vegetative state for 16 years; her father has led the battle to let her die, but Catholic and anti-euthanasia groups protest

Posted by kluciole at 10/11/2008 11:40 PM | Add Comment

Photography from Luciole Press Contributor Jeaneth P. Skauvgold of Norway

Posted by kluciole at 10/11/2008 11:14 PM | Add Comment

From author and Luciole Contributor, Kurt Kamm: WORDS OF FIREFIGHTERS - 20

Posted by kluciole at 10/11/2008 11:04 PM | Add Comment

A gorgeous slideshow from super-talented artist DIANA BONEBRAKE (who is also the Art Editor of Luciole Press). See her amazing artwork, and check out the information for her upcoming show at Beyond Baroque (inc. poetry and music)

Posted by kluciole at 10/11/2008 7:24 PM | Add Comment

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