Vienna in Austria enjoys the highest quality of living among the world’s major cities, according to annual rankings by the Mercer consulting firm.
Ranking dead last out of 221 cities is Baghdad, despite a $845 billion Iraq stimulus program begun by the U.S. in 2003 and scheduled to end by January 2012.
I before E except after C: Teen idol Justin Bieber has overtaken socialite and reality TV star Kim Kardashian as the most-searched person in 2011, according to the search engine Bing.com.
What a wonderful commentary on our nation’s youth, who obviously excel at accurately spelling difficult words such as “Bieber” and “Kardashian.”
Priceless collectible: A pristine copy of the very first issue of Action Comics sold at auction Wednesday for $2.16 million.
The buyer’s identity wasn’t disclosed; wonder what Paul Allen was up to Wednesday?
Ironically, when the comic was originally purchased in June 1938 by little Bobby Driscoll, age 9, his angry father berated him for wasting his 10-cent monthly allowance on a “stupid comic book.”
— Mark Carlson, Herald staff
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