Heineken? Carlsberg? Budweiser? Wrong, and you’ve probably never heard of it unless you are from China. The answer is Snow Beer.
Reading While Eating for August 24: Be Prepared
Wednesday’s links get you ready for school, natural disasters and even a nuclear amusement park.
Travel Bookshop from ‘Notting Hill’ Movie Is Closing
Even being an iconic part of rom-com history — and a big tourist attraction — isn’t keeping yet another beloved small bookstore from meeting its end.
Calling All Psychics: Prove Your Worth for $1 Million
The $1 million treasure just sits there for the taking. Quite literally.
Pat Summitt’s Toughest Opponent Yet: Early Onset Dementia
Pat Summitt is the winningest coach in the history of college basketball, men’s or women’s — she has 1,071 of them. When she announced that she had been diagnosed with the early onset dementia, Alzheimer’s type, on …
Bees on a Plane: Swarm of Stingers Infests Russian Aircraft
These days it seems impossible to get on a plane without the threat of some creature disturbing the flight.
Watch: OK Go and the Muppets Star in New Video, Internet Explodes
Pop culture might have just reached its apotheosis.
Quote: Hurricane Irene’s Path Could Still Change
“People think hurricanes are a Southern thing, but people in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast need to take Irene seriously. We have a lot of time for people to get ready but we don’t have forever.”
— CRAIG FUGATE, the Federal …
Brand New, Upscale Hotel Tower in Las Vegas May Get Bulldozed
It seemingly had everything going for it: One of the most famous names in architecture—Lord Norman Foster—and a prominent location that anchors the corner of CityCenter in Las Vegas. But before MGM Resorts International even …
Five Ways to Track Hurricane Irene on Twitter
As Hurricane Irene swirls through the Atlantic and appears on a beeline path for the Carolinas, Twitter has become the ultimate source for real-time information about her wind speed, location and impending direction. Here are the …
Twitter Versus Real Life: How New Yorkers Really Reacted to the Earthquake
Did you guys hear there was an earthquake in Virginia, and people felt it all over the East Coast?
Watch: Rebels Storm Gaddafi Compound in Libya, Celebrate on Camera
Rebels stormed into Bab al-Aziziya, Muammar Gaddafi’s compound, symbolizing the start of a “new Libya,” according to rebels celebrating inside the compound, by destroying images of old Libya.