Thoroughbred racing has always attracted a mix of royalty and rogues. Blue bloods like the Whitneys and the Vanderbilts have long been owners. So, too, have mischief-makers like the mobster Arnold Rothstein, who won the 1921 Travers at Saratoga with a racehorse named Sporting Blood. It appears, though, at least in New York and in Kentucky, that...
GROZNY, Russia -- A spectacular complex of high-rise towers was inaugurated Wednesday in what once was the war-torn city of Grozny, with banners and flashing lights and celebrity guests including Vanessa-Mae on the violin. The new Grozny City development is the centerpiece of a transformation that has changed the capital of Chechnya from the...
GROZNY, Russia -- They never go out alone, and when they are in their small apartment here in the capital of Chechnya, a flat screen on the wall displays a continuous feed from security cameras in the hall and stairway outside. When the three men squeeze into their little car, they can activate a video camera and microphone in case of trouble and...