Offbeat | Bofa agrees to pay USD300m to settle Vegas casino suit

Bank of America Corp. agreed to pay USD300 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed the bank improperly disbursed funds to a Las Vegas casino development that went bust following

Tennis | Murray loses to Croatian teen in quarterfinals in Dubai

Murray, who reached the Australian Open final at the beginning of the month, had 55 unforced errors and only 15 winners against the Croatian teen. Many of his shots were

Champions League | Arsenal flaws exposed again in Wenger’s sour Monaco reunion

Inside Arsenal’s match-day program was a cardboard cut-­out of Arsene Wenger; a memento for visiting Monaco fans of their former manager. But not many Arsenal fans will want that model

Bizcuits: …But names will never hurt me

Along with their Chinese generational names carefully crafted by the Chinese side of our family, we were going give our daughter the western name Lily (thereby Lili Li); after all,

Friday, February 27, 2015 – edition no. 2259

* Dead baby’s family questions medical assistance given at gov’t hospital * caritas says discarded furniture should be donated * with new slogan, xi sets goals, keeps tradition * Premiere  to star Macau-born

The cursed Chambal River

* Movies: DUFF * Books: Hush Hush by Laura Lippman * Music: Only to rise by Sweet & Lynch * Wine: The burgundian newcomer * Food: An afternoon in the garden * Technology: Q&a: ‘Modern

Tea Leaks by Talkers

The reader who guesses which foreign community is the fastest growing in Macau. Talkers were told that it is Northern European. You’ll never guess, so here it is: the Swedes.

Jack Black

and Sulu Sou departed from the founding-fathers of the pro-democracy association ANM, apparently for good. They called the old ANM a “fan club” of veteran lawmakers Ng Kuok Cheong

Times Square by Rodrigo

Teen comedy ‘DUFF’ gives genre a social media spin

All teen comedies owe some debt to John Hughes and Amy Heckerling. The milieu of suburban teenage life that they explored decades ago has defined the genre since. The social divisions,

Lippman deals with parenthood in ‘Hush Hush’

Laura Lippman’s novels about Baltimore private investigator Tess Monaghan have never followed the predictable mode. Instead, the series about this sometimes cranky, perceptive young woman has afforded Lippman a way

’80s hair metal giants join forces for Sweet & Lynch

Is this heaven-sent hair metal, or did they just get lucky? Either way, Sweet & Lynch have hit it out of the park on the debut album by some of

Food | AN AFTERNOON IN THE GARDEN

Spring is here and it marks a new beginning. Wynn Macau announces the debut of afternoon tea at Café Esplanada, offering a refreshing afternoon tea experience in a heavenly oasis. Guests

The Burgundian Newcomer

With 100+ appellations, 600+ premier cru and 30+ grand cru climats, Burgundy is quite possibly the most intellectually demanding region to understand. The pleasure of studying its wine is akin

TRAVELOG | ‘Legalize Marijuana’ – Jamaica lawmakers decriminalize small amounts of ganja

Marijuana has been pervasive but illegal in Jamaica for decades, consumed as a medicinal herb, puffed as a sacrament by Rastafarians and sung about in the island’s famed reggae music. After

SPA | Flowing Infinity

Feeling like taking care of the skin on your face as well as on your body but don’t know which spa treatment is best for both? I personally recommend the

Curses protected Indian river, but now it faces modern world

There was an actual curse at first, a long held belief that the Chambal River was unholy. There was the land itself, and the more earthly curse of its poor-quality

Screen People | Oscars | Redmayne lends voice to ‘Thomas & Friends’

Fresh off an Oscar win for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in “The Theory of Everything,” the British actor will be heard in the next installment in the “Thomas &

Conference Show | Q&A: ‘Modern Family’ producer talks episode shot with iPhone

For this week’s “Modern Family,” producers put down their expensive professional cameras and shot the episode with iPhones and other Apple devices. Seen through the eyes of character Claire Dunphy

The Buzz | Ooops! Vatican seeks to quell Mexican anger over pope’s drug remark

The Vatican sought yesterday to defuse a diplomatic tiff with Mexico after Pope Francis referred to the possible “Mexicanization” of his native Argentina from drug trafficking, the latest instance of

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