Haitian women become crime targets after quake
Bernice Chamblain keeps a machete under her frayed mattress to ward off sexual predators and one leg wrapped around a bag of rice to stop nighttime thieves from stealing her daughters' food.
February 6, 2010
'Once Upon a Mattress' to open July 22 in Greenville
GREENVILLE -- "Once Upon a Mattress," with music by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall Barer, story by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer, is the hysterically twisted musical version of the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, "The Princess and the Pea."
Gazans venture to death zones as settlers leave
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Khadija Salama grinned broadly as she sat on a mattress in the battered remains of a home she had not visited for four years.
Special report: Dealing with dust mites in your bed
Mario Lamorticella is a Portland area electrical engineer who is at war with dust mites. In his bedroom, he lifts the corner of his blanket and sheets to reveal his latest weapon, a white colored fabric that encases his mattress.
