Some 300 seats were set aside so victims of the deadly bombing at the 1996 Olympics and two other blasts could join others in court to see Eric Rudolph sentenced to life behind bars.
But only about half the victims were likely to show up Monday, part

Wayne Rooney scored against his former club and Manchester United launched its latest English Premier League challenge with a 2-0 road victory over Everton on Saturday.

Fans of Steven Chow, the famous Hong Kong movie star, can now buy his "voice" on the Internet, said Shanghai Daily.
The catch is that the voice is not actually Chow's but that of his Mandarin dubbing artist.

Forget expensive presents or costly jewelry. Wining and dining is the best way for men to woo women, British scientists said Tuesday.
Researchers at Imperial College London developed a mathematical formula and modeled courtship as a sequentia

One of China's most well-known bloggers hopes to ride the current boom in personal online journals and transform his blog site into a U.S.-listed Internet giant.
"We are building a blog-based portal and we will be the first blogger ever to list on the NASDAQ," Bokee.com chairman and chief executive officer Fang Xingdong said.

Western visitors to Shanghai might, at a first glance, think this must be the city of eternal rain.
Many are befuddled by the steady stream of umbrellas that fill the streets on fine summer days.