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Photos by Jamie Bradburn/Torontoist. Torontoist discovered that if you don't like all the construction happening in your neighborhood, you should just put up big banners announcing how much you think that construction sucks . Boom, problem solved. DCist took note when a U.S. District Judge ruled that the Jefferson Memorial is not a public forum where people may dance . Seattlest

Cool archeological find: The tomb of ancient Chinese general Cao Xiu

Archeologists in Henan province have discovered a tomb in Mengjin County, Luoyang City belonging to general Cao Xiu of the Three Kingdoms period (220-280 A.D.), says Caijing . Cao Xiu is recorded as having died in 228. The tomb, discovered late last year, measures 50 meters long and 21 meters wide, and contains human bones

Weekendist: Jazz festivals, birthdays and much much more!

This weekend seems to be a strong mix of intellectual stimulation coupled with a healthy dose of partying. First off, you probably know already, but the JZ Music Festival will run this entire weekend. After Dee Dee Bridgewater rocks it at Yunfeng Theater tonight, the festival will bring together a host of different artists and bands for a huge gathering in Century Park on Saturday and

Oldest bird archaeopteryx un-birded by Chinese paleontologist

The recent discovery of the Xiaotingia, a chicken sized dinosaur discovered originally in Liaoning province, has dealt a blow to the archaeopteryx , who, until now, was considered to be the oldest bird. The findings of Chinese paleontologist Dr. Xu Xing, who discovered the Xiaotingia, claims that the archaeopteryx is in fact a dinosaur, not a bird. [ more › ]

Around Shanghai: Tushanwan Archway returns, Formula One freezes, and Parkour gets a park

The Tushanwan Archway as it was first displayed at the Panama Pacific Exhibition . The Tushanwan Archway, first created in Shanghai almost 100 years ago, has been reassembled from thousands of pieces and will stand ready to meet tourists in June, along with a museum named after it. It was exhibited at three World Expos and shipped back to Shanghai from Sweden last year. [ Shanghai Daily

2010: Shanghaiist in February

All photos from our featured photos of the day. You can see all of them here . It may be the shortest year of the month, but February was packed full of news - mostly because of... the WINTER OLYMPICS (coincidentally held in a town so full of Chinese people it might as well be called China City, Canada). Also, Chinese

After Decades of Neglect, the Site Where Chinese Laborers Were Interred Gets a Memorial

The Los Angeles Times reports on recently discovered remains of Chinese railroad workers in California whose graves had been removed but who now will be honored with a monument and the preservation of their objects for educational use:In all, the MTA discovered 174 burial sites as well as many artifacts — including buttons, Chinese porcelain, [...]

Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong: China wants its "share of the sunshine"

Six months after his interview with Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew , Charlie Rose has sat down with his son, Lee Hsien Loong, the current prime minister of Singapore, who was in the United States last week for the nuclear security summit. In the hour-long interview, Lee fielded a wide range of questions on everything from Obama's leadership to China, Iran and India. Here's the

Week Around the Ists

(Photo by Kara Mears/ The Entryway .) LAist introduced readers to The Entryway , a photojournalism website done by a pair of white reporters who embedded themselves with a family of eight undocumented Mexican residents in LA's MacArthur Park neighborhood. Gothamist was excited to learn that First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha were in town —and that FLOTUS

First Siberian Tiger cub found in the wild dies two days later

In much sadder conservation news, the first Siberian tiger cub to be found in the wild in two decades died just two days after being discovered. According to the Guardian :
Early on the morning of 25 February, Han Deyou, a forester in the Wanda mountains in the northern province of Heilongjiang claimed to have discovered a wild tiger cub trapped in a pile of firewood in his yard. Afraid