BERLIN — Airlines lost at least $1.7 billion in revenue during the volcanic ash crisis, an industry group said Wednesday as the debate heated up over whether European governments were justified in shutting down their airspace for so long. Planes are flying into all of Europe’s top airports. Still experts predicted it could take more than a week to clear a backlog of stranded passengers after about 102,000 flights were canceled around the world.
LONDON — People playing computer games to train their brains might as well be playing Super Mario, new research suggests. In a six-week study, experts found people who played online games designed to improve their cognitive skills didn’t get any smarter.
LOS ANGELES — Crystal Bowersox was brought to tears Tuesday on “American Idol.” The soulful, 24-year-old musician from Toledo, Ohio, was overcome with emotion at the conclusion of her moody rendition of The Impressions’ “People Get Ready” on the Fox singing competition. The show’s judges weren’t put off by the tears from Bowersox, the final contestant to take the stage.
A four-run sixth-inning enabled Salt Lake to snap a 2-2 tie en route to an 8-5 victory over the 51s in a Pacific Coast League game in Salt Lake City on Tuesday night.
Cirque du Soleil’s Michael Jackson deal may set a record for spinoffs.
A man who dropped off a 2-day-old boy at a fire station last week did so legally under Nevada’s Safe Haven law, Las Vegas police said Tuesday.
A news brief in Saturday’s Business section was incorrect. Wells Fargo Bank acquired $500 million in deposits and $60 million in loans from Citibank customers in six Northern Nevada and California communities in April 2008.
SEATTLE — A woman who accused David Copperfield of luring her to his private island in the Bahamas and raping her — and who was later charged with fabricating sexual assault claims against another man — dropped her federal lawsuit against the magician Tuesday.
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In the glass: Borsao wine is a deep, dark blackish-red color with a dense opaque blood-red core going out into a dark purplish-red rim definition with high viscosity.
