Three weeks ago, Mohammad Saleem, 33, agreed to work at a construction site in a bustling city near New Delhi. He woke up without a kidney.

The Sound of Music (40th Anniversary Edition)
The Sound of music (40th Anniversary Edition) When Julie Andrews sang “The hills are alive with the sound of music” from an Austrian mountaintop in 1965, the most beloved movie musical was born. To be sure, the adaptation of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s Broadway hit has never been as universally acclaimed as, […]

Children’s Museum pays tribute to black Texans, Houstonians
The Children’s Museum of Houston,1500 Binz, will pay tribute to black Texans and Houstonians who have shaped the community and influenced history through Black History WonderWeek, which continues through Wednesday. General admission to the museum is free for members and children under 2, $4 for seniors 65 and older, and $5 for all others.

Germany’s beer sales hit lowest point in 15 years
Germany and beer go together like Porsches and the autobahn, but health-conscious residents are turning from the country’s traditional beverage in favor of juices and bottled water, sending suds sales down to the lowest levels in 15 years.

Matthew McConaughey talks of films, fatherhood and Oz
News.com.au - The opportunity to return to live in Australia for a six-month Queensland shoot — around Port Douglas, Lizard Island, the While still in film school in his home state of Texas, he moved to Los Angeles to be a production assistant in the hope of one SIX NEW DEPUTIES […]

Minnesota preemie critical after hospital oxygen hood ignites
Oxygen ignited inside a special hood worn by a prematurely born infant in a hospital, burning the boy’s head and face and leaving him in critical condition. The newborn was lying in an open-topped bassinet under a warmer at Mercy Hospital in suburban Coon Rapids on Tuesday when the accident happened, Allina Hospital and Clinics said in a statement.

North Korea suffering silently from food shortage
North Korea is facing its worst food shortage in years, yet its rich southern neighbor has yet to hear the usual cry for help.

Houston black women at higher risk of breast cancer
Black women in Houston die of breast cancer at a rate 45 percent greater than the mortality rate of white women, according to a new study whose findings are being attributed to the city’s crisis of uninsured residents.

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