Offbeat

MOSCOW: Memo to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev: next time you plunge into a crowd, don’t forget to park your car first. Medvedev took his

LEWISTON, Maine: A cardiologist and a team of nurses are being credited with saving the life of a heart attack victim, but it wasn’t in an emergency room.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: A Malaysian state governed by a conservative Islamic party plans to reward “good” Muslim men who declare their polygamous marriages a

BURAIDAH: Officers from the Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, or Haia, discovered an underage girl dressed in men’s clothing who only

CAIRO: Egyptian actress Athar Al-Hakeem has retired for professional reasons, Al-Watan reported. She said part of the reason she was quitting was related to her

JOHANNESBURG: A new Nelson Mandela book, slim, bound in black and set in eye-straining type, looks a bit like a Bible or a prayer book. That’

BEIJING: China has counted its 1.34 billion people; now it’s the pandas’ turn. After conducting a census of its human population last year, China is about to

PARIS: Will.i.am is used to filling stadiums, but a simple trip down the catwalk at Japanese label Rynshu’s spring-summer menswear show Sunday had the Black Ey

LOS ANGELES: “Cars 2,” a Pixar sequel judged by critics to be the worst movie produced by the Disney-owned animation studio, sped to the front of the pack at

LOS ANGELES: Chris Brown will have another chance at redemption when the BET Awards are presented Sunday night. The 21-year-old singer, whose i