TYCOON PLANS $8 BILLION CHINESE HOLLYWOOD
By WANG YISHAN and KELVIN CHAN Wanda Chairman Wang Jianlin speaks during a press conference after a launching ceremony of Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis in Qingdao in east China’s Shandong…
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HO– USE BACKS BILL TO BOOST LOGGING IN NAT’L FORESTS
By MATTHEW DALY FILE – This March 18, 2011 file photo shows a Douglas fir tree on federal forest land outside Ruch, Ore. The blue paint marking a tree for…
WATERSHED PROTECTION GOAL OF USDA, COCA-COLA PACT
By TAMMY WEBBER FILE – In this March 5, 2013 file photo, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Vilsack is scheduled to be at at the…
MORE AMERICANS EXERCISE WHILE THEY WORK
By SAM HANANEL Josh Baldonado, an administrative assistant at Brown & Brown Insurance, works at a treadmill desk in the firms offices in Carmel, Ind., Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013. Workers…
9/11 ANNIVERSARY MARKED WITH SOMBER TRIBUTES
By JENNIFER PELTZ New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo rides with firefighters and first responders with the FDNY Motorcycle Club Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, from FDNY Rescue 1 headquarters to the…
LARGEST FERRIS WHEEL NEARS COMPLETION IN LAS VEGAS
By HANNAH DREIER FILE – In a Tuesday, July 30, 2013 file photo, the world’s tallest observation wheel, know as the High Roller is seen behind David Codiga, executive project…
JAPANESE ANIMATION MASTER MIYAZAKI BIDS FAREWELL
By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MARI YAMAGUCHI Hayao Miyazaki, one of animation’s most admired and successful directors, smiles during a press conference on his retirement in Tokyo Friday, Sept. 6, 2013.…
NYC MAYOR HOPEFULS MARCH IN WEST INDIAN DAY PARADE
By JONATHAN LEMIRE Dressed in costume, Kelva Joseph makes her way along Eastern Parkway in the Brooklyn borough of New York during the West Indian Day Parade, Monday, Sept. 2,…