When the only known poem Winston Churchill wrote as an adult went up for auction in London recently, it was expected to fetch a pretty penny. But the poem failed to fetch a buyer, and now its fate is unknown. New Yorker Poetry Editor Paul Muldoon takes a critical look at “Our Modern Watchwords.”
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Texas church holds service for plant explosion victims
On the first Sunday after a fertilizer plant explosion leveled part of a tiny Texas town, pastor John Crowder stood atop a long flatbed truck overlooking a hayfield and spoke to his congregation.
Outrage Erupts In India Over 5-Year-Old Girl's Rape
“What has changed?” That is the question echoing through Delhi on Sunday. Public frustration over sexual crimes against women is erupting again, this time over a gruesome sexual assault of a child.
Half of Guantanamo prisoners on hunger strike
The U.S. military says just over half of the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay are on a hunger strike.
Lufthansa cancels thousands of flights in union dispute
German airline Lufthansa has announced that most of its 1,700 scheduled flights on Monday have been cancelled due to a one-day strike by employees.
Dead Boston bomb suspect had wounds 'head to toe'
A doctor involved in treating the Boston Marathon bombing suspect who died in a gunbattle with police says he had injuries head to toe and all limbs intact when he arrived at the hospital.
London Marathon Marked By High Security, Memories Of Boston
The London Marathon observed 30 seconds of silence before the race got under way Sunday, in a show of solidarity with those injured in Monday’s Boston Marathon. Many runners and spectators wore black ribbons to honor the three people killed and the more than 170 injured in two bombings in Boston.
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