Sep 23rd, 2008 · Gerry and Cindy Mann of Battle Creek, Mich., have finally found a buyer for their home. After it languished on the market for a year, they decided to put their dollhouse up for sale for $169,000 and throw in the real house for free. The marketing move generated media attention and the Mann's found a buyer. Best of all, they get to keep the dollhouse.
Jul 21st, 2008 · While gas-thirsty cars are languishing in the garage, people are hopping on buses, riding bikes, and reverting to the most time-tested form of transportation: their feet. Alex Chadwick talks to Christopher Leinberger, visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution, about why urban planners are paying more attention to cities' "walkability."
Jan 31st, 2008 · The city of Najaf is poised to become a center of political and economic power as other cities in Iraq languish. But some Iraqis are wary of Iran's influence in the Shiite holy city.
Jun 12th, 2007 · President Bush is expected to use a Capitol Hill lunch meeting to urge Senate Republicans to help resurrect a bill aimed at overhauling immigration policy. The president says the bill is too important to be permitted to languish.
Mar 27th, 2007 · "Boogie Blues" contains two minutes and one second of wonderful boogie-woogie, sung by a great jazz singer at a 1963 concert and never heard on record until now. Anita O'Day's Tokyo performance aired live on Japanese TV, then languished in the vaults.
Mar 19th, 2007 · Some neighborhoods in eastern New Orleans are well on their way to a comeback. Others show some of the least activity of any city neighborhoods. Why do some neighborhoods thrive while others languish?
Jan 18th, 2007 · Complications during delivery are a leading cause of death for women giving birth in developing countries. In remote areas, women sometimes languish for days in labor. But at a fistula hospital in Ethiopia, some women are getting a chance at treatment.
Jan 8th, 2007 · For all the attention paid to Hollywood's big money-making movies, several other films languish, unnoticed, at the bottom of the box office list. Zyzzyx Road is one of those: it set a record in 2006 as the lowest grossing domestic movie, with just $30 in tickets.