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Gender quotas work in 'tight' cultures, says new paper from the University of Toronto
Quotas probably won't get more women into the boardroom in places like the U.S. and Canada. Quotas probably won't get more women into the boardroom in places like the U.
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McDonald’s restaurant operators are most pessimistic in a decade
McDonald's franchisees' sales outlook for the next six months is the most negative it's been in more than a decade, according to Janney Capital Markets.
Adding alcohol to energy drinks leads to an increased urge to drink
Public health advocates in recent years have become concerned not with the consumption of energy drinks by youth but also their joint consumption with alcohol by young adults.
Romanian princess admits running cockfighting ring in Oregon
A Romanian princess and her husband pleaded guilty on Wednesday to one charge of running an illegal gambling operation for their involvement in a cockfighting ring in rural Oregon.
When it comes to food, obese women's learning is impaired
Obese women were better able to identify cues that predict monetary rewards than those that predict food rewards, according to a study by Yale School of Medicine researchers and their colleagues in the journal Current Biology.
Japanese artist jailed for vagina boat says outraged, vows legal fight
A Japanese artist who made figures of Lady Gaga and a kayak modeled on her vagina said on Wednesday from jail she was "outraged" by her arrest and vowed a court fight against obscenity charges.
Giant two-pound African snails seized at Los Angeles airport
U.S. customs inspectors at Los Angeles International Airport seized a shipment of several dozen live giant African snails, considered a delicacy in Nigeria but also voracious pests that can eat paint and stucco off houses, officials said on Monday.
Man dies after jumping into bonfire at Utah festival
Police in Utah are investigating after a man killed himself by jumping into a 30-foot (9-meter) bonfire during an arts and culture festival on the weekend in the desert west of Salt Lake City, local media reported.
Billionaire's breakup plan would chop California into six states
A long-shot effort to break California into six separate states got a boost on Monday, when the billionaire venture capitalist behind the proposal said he had gathered enough signatures to place it on the ballot in two years.
Chinese city bans, destroys matches to fight terror
A city in China's violence-prone far western region of Xinjiang has banned matches and destroyed more than 20,000 boxes of them as part of efforts to fight terror attacks, a state-run newspaper said.
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