Casino el Camino might best be described as goth-Mayan-punkabilly in style, with sensational decoration from the wizards at Blue Genie Art Industries. It’s darker than a cavern inside, but the flame-paint accents brighten the room somewhat; it’s

She was born 27 years ago in the wilds of Africa. By the time she was a year old, she had been ripped from her family. Penned, chained and shipped to a noisy new world, her California keepers allowed her to roam only a few paces this way and a few

New pier will appear in E.I. - Daily News
PINE KNOLL SHORES - Like many people who have frequented North Carolina beaches over the years, Cape Carteret resident Tom Youngblood has fond memories of the fishing piers that dotted the coastline. “It’s how I learned to fish; on the piers

Openness a virtue at new Academy of Sciences - San Francisco Gate
Sunday, September 21, 2008 Here’s another bit of advice: Take time to savor the structure itself - a commanding work of architecture as stylistically adventurous as the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum across the way, but open and inviting and utterly

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A massive suicide truck bomb devastated the heavily guarded Marriott Hotel in Pakistan’s capital Saturday, killing at least 40 people and wounding at least 100. Officials feared there were dozens more dead inside the burning

Huge blast near Pakistani hotel kills 40 - USA Today
A view of destruction caused by bomb explosion at Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan. A huge explosion ripped through part of the heavily guarded Marriott Hotel in Pakistan’s capital Saturday, killing at least 40 people and wounding many more

Huge explosion at Marriott Hotel in Pakistani capital kills at least - Newsday
Associated Press reporters saw at least nine bodies scattered at the scene. Scores of people, including foreigners, were running out some of them stained with blood. Ambulances rushed to the area, picking their way through the charred carcasses