SEOUL — North Korea’s Ryugyong Hotel ranks among the world’s most remarkable — and mockable — buildings. It’s taller than New York’s Chrysler Building and wider at its base than an average city block. Constructed almost entirely of concrete, it looks like a rocket ship, casting a jagged shadow over Pyongyang’s gray vistas. Read full article > >

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North Korea’s super-sized hotel is set to open — 23 years behind schedule

In a large yet cozy house in North Arlington, Christen Bensten has a lot going on. Between carpools and ballet classes for three children under the age of 5, Bensten is painting old furniture, selling it online and blogging about it all as fast as she can. “I always wanted to be a writer,” she says. She never dreamed she would be writing about furniture rescue through a blog called Blue Egg Brown Nest . Read full article > >

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An Arlington blogger’s home renovation

In a large yet cozy house in North Arlington, Christen Bensten has a lot going on. Between carpools and ballet classes for three children under the age of 5, Bensten is painting old furniture, selling it online and blogging about it all as fast as she can. “I always wanted to be a writer,” she says. She never dreamed she would be writing about furniture rescue through a blog called Blue Egg Brown Nest . Read full article > >

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An Arlington blogger’s home renovation

Pseudomonas is detected in water outlets in the neonatal units at three more hospitals in Northern Ireland.

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Bug found in more hospital taps

A missile attack by an unmanned US drone aircraft in north-west Pakistan kills 10 suspected militants, Pakistani security officials say.

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US drone ‘kills 10′ in Pakistan

RICHMOND — Virginia will likely become the second state in the nation — after North Dakota — to allow private adoption agencies to turn away parents based on sexual orientation or religious and moral beliefs. Read full article > >

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Virginia adding ‘conscience clause’ to adoption laws

Explosions have hit a police station in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, scene of deadly attacks last month, and a market in Maiduguri to the west.

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Blasts rock north Nigeria cities

A Kircubbin woman has called for the hunting laws in Northern Ireland to be changed after her cat was killed by dogs from the North Down hunt.

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‘Barbaric’ hunting dogs kill cat

A Kircubbin woman has called for the hunting laws in Northern Ireland to be changed after her cat was killed by dogs from the North Down hunt.

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‘Barbaric’ hunting dogs kill cat

A 25-mile stretch of the A1 northbound in North Yorkshire has been closed after a series of accidents in icy conditions early on Monday.

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VIDEO: Northbound A1 closed in N Yorkshire

KABUL — At least five Afghan police officers and two civilians were killed Sunday when a car bomb was detonated outside the main police headquarters in Kandahar, officials said. Another 19 people, six of them police officers, were wounded in the blast, provincial officials said. Children were also among the victims. Read full article > >

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Car bomb kills seven outside police headquarters in Kandahar

Shortly after being introduced as Maryland’s head basketball coach , Mark Turgeon was asked about the prospect of facing his mentor, Roy Williams, once ACC play began. Full of pluck that afternoon in May, Turgeon replied, “The only place I fear Coach Williams is on the golf course.” Read full article > >

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Maryland basketball vs. North Carolina: Mark Turgeon finally matches up with mentor Roy Williams

A huge crustacean called a supergiant – more than 30cm long – has been discovered 7km down in the waters north of New Zealand.

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‘Supergiant’ found in deepest sea

A couple of Fridays ago, while making the dreaded trek down I-95 after work (for readers who don’t happen to live on the East Coast, this is pretty much what rush hour on the Beltway is like), NPR’s Science Friday came on the radio, kicking off with a segment on Martian meteorites. So what does that have to do with the Middle East? Well, the Martian meteorites being discussed on the show were those that fell in Morocco last July –a once-every-fifty-years event; and upon doing a little research, it turns out that meteorites of all origins –not just Martian– are not uncommon finds throughout the Sahara Desert in North Africa, though they’re rare enough to fetch a pretty penny. In fact, there’s a veritable black market for the sale of meteorites, much to scientists’ chagrin. According to a piece by The New York Times last year, this black market has seen an explosion in size “mainly because of a rush of new meteorites arriving from North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.” Why these areas? As the BBC explains , Meteorites land anywhere on earth and often end up in the oceans. On land, they are most likely to be found near the Equator because it has the largest surface area, and particularly in the Sahara, as the dry climate helps to preserve them. Providing they land on the flat hard pad rather than the soft sand dunes, meteorites are easy to spot in the desert and people will sometimes go in search of them if they see a meteor shower at night.

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Martian Meteors in Morocco: Hitting the Jackpot in North Africa

Action movie The Grey, starring Liam Neeson as a survivor of an airplane crash, goes straight to the top of the North American box office chart.

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Neeson movie tops US box office