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Children sexually abused on Pakistan's streets; more than 170,000 children live on the streets

Posted by kluciole at 8/26/2011 11:03 PM | Add Comment

London overtakes New York as top fashion capital

Posted by kluciole at 8/17/2011 1:18 PM | Add Comment

World Bank: Global food prices near 3-year highs, piling pressure on world's poor

Posted by kluciole at 8/15/2011 9:07 PM | Add Comment

Interesting article: "One-child policy a surprising boon for China's girls"

Posted by kluciole at 8/14/2011 8:45 AM | Add Comment

Quake-hit Christchurch, New Zealand unveils low-rise city plans dominated by parkland

Posted by kluciole at 8/13/2011 1:32 AM | Add Comment

Appeal launched to help millions left starving after East Africa's worst drought in decades

Posted by kluciole at 7/10/2011 3:19 AM | Add Comment

Picasso drawing stolen from San Francisco's Weinstein Gallery

Posted by kluciole at 7/5/2011 10:14 PM | Add Comment

University of Sydney's Picasso sells at auction for $22M

Posted by kluciole at 6/22/2011 11:49 AM | Add Comment

Controller halts pay for California lawmakers

Posted by kluciole at 6/21/2011 3:19 PM | Add Comment

North Carolina man robs bank of $1 to get medical care in jail

Posted by kluciole at 6/21/2011 3:12 PM | Add Comment

Irish writer Colum McCann wins IMPAC Dublin prize

Posted by kluciole at 6/15/2011 1:25 PM | Add Comment

Strong quakes again rock New Zealand

Posted by kluciole at 6/13/2011 11:02 AM | Add Comment

Asking too much of U.S. consumers? "Cut down on debt / boost spending as home values tumble and gas prices soar"

Posted by kluciole at 6/13/2011 10:53 AM | Add Comment

Borders staves off closing of six bookstores

Posted by kluciole at 6/11/2011 8:56 PM | Add Comment

Gold rush another blight to ailing Amazon jungle

Posted by kluciole at 6/11/2011 8:30 PM | Add Comment

Government cuts rates for hard-to-insure patients

Posted by kluciole at 5/31/2011 12:54 PM | Add Comment

Is There a Social Media Tech Bubble? (For example, Facebook has just been valued at 100 billion dollars)

Posted by kluciole at 5/30/2011 2:33 AM | Add Comment

Egypt permanently opens Gaza border crossing

Posted by kluciole at 5/28/2011 3:56 AM | Add Comment

Despite economic growth, India lets many of its girls die

Posted by kluciole at 5/4/2011 5:30 PM | Add Comment

TIME article: A Spanish Island's Quest to Be the Greenest Place on Earth

Posted by kluciole at 4/30/2011 2:45 PM | Add Comment

Report: Book "Three Cups of Tea" inaccurate

Posted by kluciole at 4/15/2011 8:39 PM | Add Comment

Census spotlights India's 'missing girls'

Posted by kluciole at 4/4/2011 3:01 AM | Add Comment

Japan disaster sparks social media innovation

Posted by kluciole at 3/31/2011 2:23 AM | Add Comment

Runway to Green: Green plan for fashion industry

Posted by kluciole at 3/29/2011 6:20 PM | Add Comment

Now starring in a Facebook ad near you... it's YOU (and they're not paying a penny)

Posted by kluciole at 3/24/2011 5:57 PM | Add Comment

Thought-provoking article: In this age of globalization, "Japan tragedy seared into the world's imagination"

Posted by kluciole at 3/19/2011 5:55 PM | Add Comment

Help Luciole's wonderful poet Ellyn Maybe and her band in their epic journey to make it to the Glastonbury Festival!

Posted by kluciole at 3/18/2011 7:32 PM | Add Comment

Touching article filled with kindness: "With aid slow to come Japanese fend for themselves"

Posted by kluciole at 3/18/2011 7:09 PM | Add Comment

U.S. Must Take Space Storm Threat Seriously, Experts Warn

Posted by kluciole at 2/22/2011 8:47 PM | Add Comment

Incredible photos (and article) of the destructive New Zealand quake. All good thoughts to NZ.

Posted by kluciole at 2/22/2011 8:35 PM | Add Comment

Planet could be 'unrecognizable' by 2050, experts say

Posted by kluciole at 2/21/2011 2:06 PM | Add Comment

Secret life of the Amazon Indians: Incredible images show near-extinct Awá tribe at work and play

Posted by kluciole at 2/15/2011 2:52 PM | Add Comment

Billion dollar boost for US health research?

Posted by kluciole at 2/15/2011 2:47 PM | Add Comment

Australians giving up on Aboriginals, according to poll

Posted by kluciole at 2/14/2011 4:35 PM | Add Comment

Bolivian lions Colorado-bound

Posted by kluciole at 2/14/2011 4:32 PM | Add Comment

Clothing prices to rise 10 pct starting in spring

Posted by kluciole at 2/14/2011 4:28 PM | Add Comment

A look inside America's poorest county

Posted by kluciole at 2/13/2011 4:20 PM | Add Comment

Katrina's ruins home to thousands of homeless

Posted by kluciole at 2/12/2011 9:42 PM | Add Comment

How India feeds 120 million kids a day

Posted by kluciole at 2/10/2011 1:25 AM | Add Comment

Fashion for the few casts its spell in Paris

Posted by kluciole at 1/23/2011 9:38 PM | Add Comment

Painting of muse by lovestruck Picasso up for auction

Posted by kluciole at 1/19/2011 9:10 PM | Add Comment

Through schooling, a few Gypsies join middle class

Posted by kluciole at 1/19/2011 8:59 PM | Add Comment

Second person denied Arizona transplant coverage because of state budget cut has died

Posted by kluciole at 1/6/2011 9:44 PM | Add Comment

GOP drops some of its campaign promises right out of the gate

Posted by kluciole at 1/6/2011 9:33 PM | Add Comment

Quinoa's popularity boon to Bolivians

Posted by kluciole at 1/4/2011 4:51 PM | Add Comment

Popular culture goes back to the Thirties

Posted by kluciole at 1/2/2011 5:28 PM | Add Comment

Israeli companies outsourcing to Palestinians

Posted by kluciole at 12/18/2010 9:36 PM | Add Comment

Why are hundreds of Dartmoor ponies being slaughtered and fed to tigers at the zoo?

Posted by kluciole at 12/12/2010 6:02 PM | Add Comment

Custer's 'Last Flag' sold for $2.2 million

Posted by kluciole at 12/10/2010 7:55 PM

Nearly all U.S. dollar bills in circulation 'have traces of toxic chemical on them'

Posted by kluciole at 12/10/2010 7:55 PM | Add Comment

Congress votes to avert Medicare doctor pay cut

Posted by kluciole at 12/9/2010 6:30 PM | Add Comment

Saudi women sue male guardians who stop marriage

Posted by kluciole at 12/5/2010 12:54 AM | Add Comment

Is the College Debt Bubble Ready to Explode?

Posted by kluciole at 12/5/2010 12:39 AM | Add Comment

Caged and bound for Britain: Factory-farmed monkeys are being shipped in the thousands to UK laboratories

Posted by kluciole at 11/26/2010 2:38 AM | Add Comment

Aidan Reed, 5, Raises His Spirits and Funds His Fight Against Leukemia by Selling Monster Drawings to 4,000 Fans

Posted by kluciole at 11/23/2010 7:44 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

The story of Sumiati, the Indonesian maid who suffered the plight of many immigrant maids: lips cut off, burns all over her body and broken bones

Posted by kluciole at 11/23/2010 7:32 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Please support the beautiful and talented Native American actress Irene Bedard

Posted by kluciole at 11/21/2010 10:32 PM | Add Comment

Dutch artists stage nationwide protests against cuts

Posted by kluciole at 11/21/2010 6:30 AM | Add Comment

Avedon auction in Paris reaps $7.5 million

Posted by kluciole at 11/21/2010 6:25 AM | Add Comment

Senate approves $4.6B for black farmers, Indians

Posted by kluciole at 11/19/2010 9:01 PM | Add Comment

Artist David Hockney applies brush to dog bowls

Posted by kluciole at 11/13/2010 10:01 PM | Add Comment

Chinese workers build 15-story hotel in just six days

Posted by kluciole at 11/12/2010 10:42 PM | Add Comment

Americans sicker but English die quicker, says study

Posted by kluciole at 11/4/2010 2:04 AM | Add Comment

Parents told to leave disabled kids at homeless shelters

Posted by kluciole at 10/29/2010 7:43 PM | Add Comment

Bohemian landmark NYC Hotel Chelsea up for sale

Posted by kluciole at 10/20/2010 8:51 PM | Add Comment

Israel unlikely champ in global real estate

Posted by kluciole at 10/14/2010 1:13 AM | Add Comment

TIME article: California Teachers Paying for Their Own Supplies and More (even to clean classrooms now)

Posted by kluciole at 10/11/2010 12:01 PM | Add Comment

Roman bronze helmet found in a field sells for £2.3 million; one of only three ever found in Britain, it is 2,000 years old and immaculately preserved

Posted by kluciole at 10/9/2010 8:03 PM | Add Comment

Isn't this gorgeous? This Giovanni Boldini painting (of his muse Martha de Florian) was found in a cobwebbed Paris apartment

Posted by kluciole at 10/9/2010 7:39 PM | Add Comment

America moves on from spill; Gulf coast feels abandoned: "It's amazing how quickly the American public forgot that this was one of the worst manmade disasters in U.S. history"

Posted by kluciole at 10/9/2010 7:10 PM | Add Comment

TIME article: "New Health Care Benefits Kick in Today: What to Expect"

Posted by kluciole at 9/23/2010 8:10 PM | Add Comment

"The New Poor: For the Unemployed Over 50, Fears of Never Working Again"

Posted by kluciole at 9/21/2010 1:58 AM | Add Comment

The curse of the blood rubies: Inside Burma's brutal gem trade

Posted by kluciole at 9/19/2010 7:23 PM | Add Comment

Incredible photo, plus article "Lax safety in Congo makes river travel dangerous"

Posted by kluciole at 9/6/2010 10:12 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

EU money helps Roma get jobs and fight stereotypes

Posted by kluciole at 9/6/2010 10:04 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

AP: In addition to success stories, "US wasted billions in rebuilding Iraq "

Posted by kluciole at 8/29/2010 5:48 PM | Add Comment

'Pregnant nun' ice cream ad faces ban in Catholic outcry

Posted by kluciole at 8/28/2010 5:17 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Silk's dark side: Uzbek kids made to grow cocoons

Posted by kluciole at 8/28/2010 5:14 PM | Add Comment

China bets future on inland cities

Posted by kluciole at 8/3/2010 5:46 AM | Add Comment

Court orders 'Bookseller of Kabul' author Aasne Seierstad to pay damages

Posted by kluciole at 7/29/2010 3:11 AM | Add Comment

BP chief executive Tony Hayward will walk away with a payoff of up to 18.5 million dollars

Posted by kluciole at 7/26/2010 1:38 AM | Add Comment

Gadget makers forced to look at links to Congo war

Posted by kluciole at 7/25/2010 5:42 AM | Add Comment

Women's empowerment fuel economic hopes and fashionable dreams in Pakistan's turbulent Baluchistan

Posted by kluciole at 7/19/2010 9:40 PM | Add Comment

Help Gulf Coast Animal Shelters

Posted by kluciole at 7/19/2010 9:30 PM | Add Comment

The Coming Birth Control Battle: Health-care reform spurs conservative activists to fight against coverage

Posted by kluciole at 7/14/2010 11:11 AM | Add Comment

Presbyterians: End Israel aid over settlements. "Israel's peace will not come until they seek peace with Palestinians"

Posted by kluciole at 7/10/2010 12:00 AM | Add Comment

How Postal Rate Hikes Foretell America's Future

Posted by kluciole at 7/7/2010 3:46 PM | Add Comment

"Marmaduke" movie has dog groups prepping for dumped Great Danes

Posted by kluciole at 7/6/2010 5:27 PM | Add Comment

U.S. Is Richest Nation, But Not Happiest

Posted by kluciole at 7/1/2010 11:52 PM | Add Comment

Tycoon trio wins control of France's Le Monde

Posted by kluciole at 6/28/2010 3:13 PM | Add Comment

China's young college grads toil in 'ant tribes' as they "run up against the realities of China's rapid economic ascent"

Posted by kluciole at 6/27/2010 3:51 PM | Add Comment

Opinion article: "Art Is Fundamental -- and Fundamental to Support" by Maria Shriver

Posted by kluciole at 6/26/2010 9:53 PM | Add Comment

Congress considers cracking down on 'puppy mills'

Posted by kluciole at 6/24/2010 5:19 PM | Add Comment

TIME article: Is Germany's Government Headed for a Breakdown?

Posted by kluciole at 6/24/2010 5:15 PM | Add Comment

$75M mansion near Orlando selling 'as is' -- no carpet, tiles or interior walls

Posted by kluciole at 6/22/2010 6:49 PM | Add Comment

Luciole Press friend and contributor, author and publisher Ami Kaye, has a new book and a new website to check out!

Posted by kluciole at 6/22/2010 12:22 AM | Add Comment

Little Maddison wants to raise money for operation for her 'disfigured' foal Diego: "He is my best friend and I don't care what he looks like, to me his face makes him special"

Posted by kluciole at 6/20/2010 1:01 PM | Add Comment

VA quietly giving benefits to Marines exposed to toxic water on Camp Lejeune

Posted by kluciole at 6/20/2010 12:52 PM | Add Comment

Israel agrees to ease Gaza land blockade

Posted by kluciole at 6/17/2010 9:18 AM | Add Comment

At spill hearing, BP CEO says he's 'deeply sorry'

Posted by kluciole at 6/17/2010 9:14 AM | Add Comment
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