Russia: Revolution of the Well-fed, Well-dressed and Well-informedVoice of America (blog)VOA Photo: James Brooke At 8pm Friday night, I decided to close up shop in VOA's Moscow office and fly to Odessa, Ukraine, for the weekend. Moscow's weekend forecast was -30C, my trip to Central Asia had been cancelled, and the Black Sea sounded like a ...

Lessons in Ukraine: Madeline RifePlain DealerprojDetail&projdesc=343-286 I hope that in a year, when I move back to Ohio, I'll be that much wiser and more creative. I hope I'll have a chance to thank you for your generosity to a community in Ukraine that's taught me so much.

In support of Gov. LePage's energy policiesBar Harbor Times (blog)Back in Southern Ohio, our winter abode, we pay 5.99 cents/kWh for supply and 3.42 cents/kWh combined delivery costs, for a total of 9.41 cents/kWh — almost half what we pay in Maine. So, how much more is Maine willing to spend on clean energy?and more »

Wheat Declines to Two-Week Low on Outlook for Adequate Global StockpilesBloombergUkraine has asked grain traders to limit wheat exports after drought and frost damaged winter crops, the country's Grain Association said. Extreme cold killed 3.5 million hectares of winter grains in Ukraine, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said in a ...and more »

Plain DealerThe most important guy you've never heard of: Chaim Schochet, 25, builds ...Plain Dealer... an investor group comprising US businessmen and the principals of the Privat Group, one of Ukraine's largest business groups. Chaim Schochet and Optima Ventures gallery (6 photos) CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Chaim Schochet is like many other 25-year-olds.

MPA degree: Namesake for Ohio State program to celebrate anniversaryGovPro Media20, now is a good time to look at the MPA program at the John Glenn School of Public Affairs at Ohio State University. Read below about an exciting Friendship 7 tribute that takes place on Feb. 20 and benefits the Glenn School.and more »

News of the world in photos: Prayers, protests over China's treatment of TibetSeattle Post IntelligencerAn abnormally cold wave sweeping across Central and Eastern Europe over the past week has already lead to dozens of deaths, particularly in Hungary, Ukraine, Poland, and Romania. AFP PHOTO / ATTILA KISBENEDEK Drift ice floats in the water of the River ...and more »

Where's the snow? Not in Lower 48, but elsewhereCrookston Daily TimesMatt Dulli, an assistant golf pro at The Golf Club at Yankee Trace in the Dayton, Ohio, suburb of Centerville, said 115 rounds were played Tuesday amid balmy temperatures that reached a high of 60 degrees. "The first thing you hear out of people's ...and more »

Where's the snow? Not in Lower 48, but elsewhereBloomington PantagraphMatt Dulli, an assistant golf pro at The Golf Club at Yankee Trace in the Dayton, Ohio, suburb of Centerville, said 115 rounds were played Tuesday amid balmy temperatures that reached a high of 60 degrees. "The first thing you hear out of people's ...and more »

Where's the snow? Not in Lower 48, but elsewhereSTLtoday.comMatt Dulli, an assistant golf pro at The Golf Club at Yankee Trace in the Dayton, Ohio, suburb of Centerville, said 115 rounds were played Tuesday amid balmy temperatures that reached a high of 60 degrees. "The first thing you hear out of people's ...and more »