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Poland says no to DNA testing of Chopin's heart
Like a religious relic, the heart of composer Frederic Chopin rests in a Warsaw church, untouched since it was preserved in alcohol after his death in 1849 at age 39. And that's how the Polish government wants to keep it.
Polish newborn dies after being thrown from window
A newborn baby girl died after being thrown from a third-story window in the Polish capital, apparently by a drunken relative, police said Tuesday.
Zimmer to expand Warsaw foundry, add 100 jobs
Orthopedics manufacturer Zimmer Holdings Inc. plans to create nearly 100 new jobs in Warsaw by 2011.
Emerald ash borer found in Kosciusko County
A trap has detected the tree-killing emerald ash borer in northern Indiana's Kosciusko County, the state Department of Natural Resources said Monday.
Poland pays tribute to late Solidarity activist
Solidarity activist Bronislaw Geremek was honored by hundreds at a funeral Mass in Warsaw's historic old town Monday, with former President Lech Walesa calling him "the greatest of all Poles."  Poles who rescued Jews honored in WarsawWanda Bulik was only 18 when a conductor approached her on a train during the height of World War II and asked her to take care of an abandoned 3-year-old Jewish boy found traveling alone.
Monaco closing 3 Indiana RV plants with 1,400 jobs
Monaco Coach Corp. of Coburg, Ore., blamed the slumping national economy and the shrinking market for recreational vehicles in announcing the closing of three factories in northern Indiana's Elkhart County, eliminating 1,400 jobs, or about a third of its work force.
Monaco Coach closing 3 RV plants employing 1,400
Monaco Coach Corp. said Thursday it will close three northern Indiana factories and eliminate 1,400 jobs, or about a third of its work force, because of the slumping economy and the shrinking market for recreational vehicles.
Va. governor to hold trade talks in England
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine is holding trade talks in Europe this week.
Polish statesman Geremek killed in crash
Bronislaw Geremek - who was a key figure in the Solidarity trade union that helped topple communism, and went on to become Poland's foreign minister - was killed in a car accident Sunday, police said. He was 76.
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