Brainerd Dispatch

Babe the Blue Ox to take up residence outside Pequot Lakes Chamber building, just off the Paul Bunyan Trail

Pequot Lakes became home to a second red and white bobber water tower a few years ago. Now the downtown area will welcome a second Babe the Blue Ox statue. A fundraising campaign is underway to ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

China ushers in Year of Ox with celebration

BEIJINGBEIJING — China greeted the arrival Monday of the Year of the Ox with fireworks and celebrations, bidding farewell to a tumultuous 2008 marked by a massive earthquake, the Olympics, and a ...
The Globe and Mail

The Ox's thunderous, and occasionally terrifying, arrival

Beijing, Jan. 30, 2009: Bang. Bang. Bangbangbangbang. It's Day 5 of the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Ox, and the celebrations continue. All day and every night, the Chinese are still celebrating, ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Fireworks, fairs mark Year of the Ox

BEIJING – China welcomed the arrival of the Year of the Ox with raucous celebrations yesterday despite gloom about the economy, setting off firecrackers in the streets and sending fireworks into the ...