The 26th Harbin International Snow Sculpture Art Expo is in full swing in China. Known as the largest festival of its kind the world, it’s always pretty spectacular. we thought we’d round up some pictures to give you a sense of the wonder: Article source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/12/22/256338070/something-cool-photos-of-huge-snow-sculptures-in-china?ft=1&f=1001
i i hide captionFlower, a 2009 release from thatgamecompany, is one of two video games the Smithsonian American Art Museum has acquired for its permanent collection. Sony Entertainment/Smithsonian American Art Museum Flower, a 2009 release from thatgamecompany, is one of two video games the Smithsonian American Art Museum has acquired for its permanent collection. Sony
i i hide captionBurak Karan was a rising German-Turkish soccer player before leaving Germany to fight in the Syrian civil war. He was killed in northern Syria in October at age 26. Karan is shown here in Aachen, Germany, in 2008. Marcel Decoux/EPA/Landov Burak Karan was a rising German-Turkish soccer player before leaving Germany to
i i hide captionChris Serrano, left, and Clifton Webb kiss after being married, as people wait in line to get licenses outside of the marriage division of the Salt Lake County Clerk’s Office in Salt Lake City, on Friday. Kim Raff/AP Chris Serrano, left, and Clifton Webb kiss after being married, as people wait in
A U.S. military aircraft running an evacuation flight out of South Sudan was fired upon on Saturday, leaving four service members injured, a spokesman for U.S. Africa Command said. The aircraft was fired while flying out of Bor, which NPR’s Gregory Warner reports is not under government control. The AP reports that once the V-22
hide captionThe degraded pump module as seen from from the helmet cam of Rick Mastracchio. NASA We’re about half-way through what is expected to be an epic 6 1/2-hour space walk today on the International Space Station. As NPR’s Geoff Brumfel reported, astronauts will braze space to repair a faulty piece of cooling equipment. It
i i hide captionAt a Ford plant in Michigan, workers load a battery into a Ford C-MAX plug-in hybrid vehicle. The economy picked up speed in the third quarter. Economists caution, though, that it may slow in coming quarters. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images At a Ford plant in Michigan, workers load a battery into a Ford
i i hide captionOops. Twitter Oops. Twitter Among the memorials to Nelson Mandela put up across India is a billboard in Tamil Nadu that features a photo of actor Morgan Freeman, not the iconic anti-apartheid hero from South Africa who died earlier this month. The businessman who paid for the sign says it will be
i i hide captionDominicans of Haitian descent protest outside the Constitutional Court in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on Oct 3. Manuel Diaz/AP Dominicans of Haitian descent protest outside the Constitutional Court in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on Oct 3. Manuel Diaz/AP Politicians in the Dominican Republic have long courted Dominicans in the U.S. That relationship
i i hide captionFour of the stars of Duck Dynasty, from left to right: Phil Robertson, Jase Robertson (Phil’s son), Si Robertson (Phil’s brother) and Willie Robertson (Phil’s son). Zach Dilgard/AP Four of the stars of Duck Dynasty, from left to right: Phil Robertson, Jase Robertson (Phil’s son), Si Robertson (Phil’s brother) and Willie Robertson
i i Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Target Corp. acknowledged early Thursday that there was a massive security breach of its customers’ credit and debit card accounts starting the day before Thanksgiving and extending at least to Dec. 15 — the heart of the holiday shopping season. “Approximately 40 million credit and debit card accounts may have
i i hide captionMark Obama Ndesandjo. His half-brother is President Obama. Vincent Yu/AP Mark Obama Ndesandjo. His half-brother is President Obama. Vincent Yu/AP The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly. Kelvin Chan of The Associated Press reports that President Obama’s half-brother Mark Obama Ndesandjo is publishing a memoir in February