Solar eclipse excitement sweeps Asia updated Tue, July 21, 2009
Skywatchers are gathering from parking lots in western India to music festivals on remote Japanese islands to witness what NASA describes as an "exceptionally long" total solar eclipse that will cross half the planet on Wednesday.
Midnite Disturbers: A Jazz Fest supergroup updated Fri, May 1, 2009
At the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, some of the best music happens miles from the Fairgrounds, hours after the crowds have gone and the last of the crawfish bread has been consumed.
Witness: Top of Beijing luxury hotel 'exploding' updated Mon, February 9, 2009
A massive fire engulfed a newly constructed, unoccupied luxury hotel in central Beijing on Monday night as crowds watched a nearby fireworks display marking the end of Lunar New Year celebrations.
