The 2013 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships in Sochi have been postponed by a week to leave more time for the athletes to recover from a stage of the World Cup, Russian officials said Thursday.

Somewhere between my car and the counter of Europa Plus, a Russian market in San Francisco's Richmond District, I'd developed an accent. It lay on the spectrum between Borat and Dracula. "You have ... tvorog ?" I asked...

The police of the town of Voskresenk, the Moscow region, are investigating the tragic accident, which shocked the whole town. A massive dog attacked and mauled a 12-year-girl several days ago. The owner of the dog was standing nearby, just watching it all happening in front of his very eyes.