Censored Chinese artist's photos coming to NYC

Photographs by Chinese artist Liu Xia (lee-OW' zah) will be shown at Columbia University next month. She's the wife of imprisoned 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo (Lee-OW' Zawh-BOH').

Mystic couple’s premature baby comes home after extended hospital stay

Nolan Wendland was supposed to be born Jan. 9. Instead, he came home Jan. 8 — after 11 weeks in the neonatal intensive care unit at Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines.

News in brief

Here are a selection of brief news items from this week's paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn't make it in the paper.

Photographers: Chances Are, You Suck

The "world famous" Black Rodeo in Brooklyn, New York for U.S. News & World Report. Photo: Kenneth Jarecke.

Democratization of Food

Food blogs are a lot like, well, food. There are some like fast food --dished up quick with empty calories. There are others that are like comfort food --all warm, fuzzy and satisfying. And then there are others that allow you to dream about all the things you can create.