BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) - A Libyan warplane under the command of a renegade former general targeted an Islamist militia base in the eastern city of Benghazi on Sunday but instead hit a university building, witnesses said. The attack was part of a campaign by irregular forces loyal to former army general Khalifa Haftar to purge the North African state of Islamist militants whom he says the weak central government has failed to control.Libya is in turmoil three years after the NATO-backed war that Read more [...]

Over the years, the John Rogers House has fallen deeper and deeper into neglect and disrepair. The deteriorating brick structure, believed to be the oldest in West Windsor, has become blocked with fallen trees, brush and weeds, and a tarp covers the roof. In Princeton, the boarded-up Veblen House — which belonged to Oswald Veblen, a mathematician whose work contributed to atomic physics and was incorporated in the theory of relativity — sits isolated in Herrontown Woods and is prey to vandals. Thirteen Read more [...]

In one of the most agonizing disconnects of the Bay Area's surging economy, far more people want to buy a home than want to sell one, making this the tightest housing market in the nation.Would-be homebuyers are crowding into scarce open houses and battling for the few available, leading to rising prices, rapid sales -- many homes sell within a week -- and frustrated house hunters."This is the most sustained period of low inventory I've seen in 20 to 24 years," said Chris Trapani, head of the Sereno Read more [...]