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 Arts, Briefly
Prosecutors will not charge Bill Cosby in an alleged fondling incident with a woman last year; New Jersey sues Blockbuster over fees.
A Samurai And Japan Get Samba Night Fever
The Japanese actor Ken Matsudaira, who was the country's epitome of idealized masculinity for 25 years on television, has reinvented himself as a hip-thrusting, disco-style singer.
With $3.50 and a Dream, the 'Anti-Christo' Is Born
Geoff Hargadon installed his miniature artwork "The Sommerville Gates" in his Massachusetts home and posted photos of it on a Web site. Within 24 hours, the site had 99,000 hits.
Mystique Keeps Fans in the Seats
The similarities between the St. Louis Symphony and the St. Louis Blues may help explain why both are facing labor crises.
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Relics of Computer History in New York Auction
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Computer geeks who love history have a chance to get their hands on rare documents and technical relics at "The Origins of Cyberspace" sale in New York next week, Christie's auction house said on Friday.
Mobile Phone Virus Found in United States
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The world's first mobile phone virus "in the wild" has spread to the United States from its birthplace in the Philippines eight months ago, a security research firm said on Friday.
TiVo's Success Breeds New Competition and Products
NEW YORK (Reuters) - TiVo Inc.'s TIVO.O days as the coolest TV technology on the block may be over, as the pioneer of digital video recorders begins to look more and more like an acquisition target as bigger electronics players start moving onto its patch.
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Pathway to Glory
Reviewed and Released. Southern Europe, 1943. The Allies are fighting for every inch against the Axis powers. Take control in Nokia's first exclusive N-Gage game. This turn based strategy game is one of the first to push the N-Gage to the limit in terms of gameplay, content, online interaction and gaming kudos. Has the greatest Vapourware on the N-Gage been worth the wait? Damm right it has. Pathway to Glory, the first Mega Game on All About N-Gage
Asphalt: Urban GT
Reviewed and Released.Could this be the first racing game promising as much action and speed as Claude Lelouch's Parisian petrol fest "Rendezvous?" Fingers crossed the customised Lamborghini rattling up the Champs-Elysée can beat Jacky Ickx when you try out the the free demo from Nokia yourself.
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Move Over, Martha Stewart
Kmart, the nation's third-largest discount retailer, is vying to become the next word in budget chic.
Just Like a French Chateau, Only Plastic
In the Oregon countryside, Stanley Mazor has finished building the first two-thirds of a French chateau, modeled on a 17th-century structure in Normandy.
Taming Spaces: Living Large
When a room gets too giant, it loses its connection with its inhabitants. The goal is to make it at once intimate and grand.
Condos Break Sound Barrier
As developers in hectic real estate markets run out of land, new condominiums and rental apartments are going up in some earsplitting places.
Sun Valley Surprise: Chalet So Spare
Allied Works managed to sneak an aggressively contemporary house into Sun Valley, where the architectural style might be called hunting-lodge chic on steroids.
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Five Reasons to Teach Budgeting in the Teen Years
While budgeting can be taught in bits and pieces when children are young, the ins and outs of a true monthly budget is best learned when children are in their teenage years. Here are five reasons why....
Drug Testing
Information on the different types of drug testing, when employers use drug testing and if you should use drug testing on your teenager. Please also see our Index of Drugs of Abuse or our Drug Use Resource pages....
Newest Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Rumors
The book will be out in July, does your family have your pick of who the 'half blood prince' will be? My daughter Bri is still undecided, but I really think it will be a new character. Check here for...
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Opponents of 'Clear Skies' Bill Examined (Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — The chairman of a Senate committee that oversees environmental issues has directed two national organizations that oppose President Bush's major clean-air initiative to turn over their financial and tax records to the Senate.
Heartfelt Verse or Something Worse? (Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles Times - LA GRANGE, Mo. — The poem has not met with universal acclaim.
Welcome to Oscar's World (Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles Times - LAS VEGAS — It is a chilly morning. Three jets lift off from a military base in the desert, their plumes engraving the sky like chalk on a blackboard. Dawn, when gamblers go to breakfast before bed and the neon struggles to stand out against the new sun, is a weird time here. No one is quite awake, except Oscar Goodman.
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S.Africa Tries to Lure Its White Diaspora Home
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (Reuters) - If South Africa's campaign to lure millions of people like 20-year-old Zander Smit back home is going to work, it must convince them whites still have a future in the country.
Former Child Soldier Battles Horrific Memories
MADRID (Reuters) - To a hungry 8-year-old runaway in Uganda, the host of children marching on a makeshift parade ground looked like a tempting group of new friends.
Colombians Flee to Cities Amid Refugee Crisis
BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) - She knew she had no future in her village when she found herself serving coffee to the men who had killed her father three days before.
US Presbyterians Consider Divesting Over West Bank
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A threat by the biggest U.S. Presbyterian church group to dump investments in companies profiting from Israel's occupation of the West Bank and related strife has set off a wave of dissent in the church and angered American Jewish leaders.
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Fisher King
A title of the Grail Keeper. It occurs without explanation in in Chretien de Troyes but Robert de Boron has the title originate with Bron, brother-in-law of Joseph of Arimathea. Bron catches and places a symbolic fish upon the Grail table and becomes ...
Dolorous Gard
The original name of Lancelot's castle. The knight winds up here after being placed under an evil enchantment. Inside, Lancelot finds his name inscribed upon a tomb and realizes that is to be his home and resting place. He renames the castle Joyous...
Caledonian Wood
A forest named Coit Celidon in early Welsh, purported to be the site of Arthur's seventh battle in the Historia Brittonum. Caledonia is also an ancient name for Scotland. Roman geographers place the people called the Caledonii north of the Clyde-Forth ..
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U.N.: Asia's Fishing Industry Loses $520M (AP)
AP - The December tsunami cost the fishing industries of the seven countries hit hardest by the catastrophe $520 million, a United Nations food agency said Thursday.
Rehnquist to Keep Working at Home (Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, undergoing treatment for thyroid cancer, will not be on the bench when the Supreme Court returns next week for the second half of its current term, the court announced Friday.
Hillary Clinton visits Iraq with US senators (AFP)
AFP - US senator Hillary Clinton, wife of former president Bill Clinton, was in Baghdad as part of a delegation from the US Congress led by senator John McCain that met Iraqi and US military leaders.
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Agriculture Blamed for Brazil Violence (AP)
AP - Three decades after settling in the remote rainforest to clear brush and grow cocoa under the shadows of towering jungle trees, Luis Domingues da Silva is starting to see the first hints that Brazil's booming agribusiness industry is heading his way.
Saturn's Moon Titan a Frozen World (AP)
AP - Data from the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft suggest that Titan, a moon of Saturn, is a world with the potential of life that was frozen in its youth, prevented by deep cold from ever developing into a livelier place.
Survey: NASA Safety Culture Improving (AP)
AP - NASA is making strong progress in changing its safety culture after the breakdown that led to the Columbia tragedy, but many workers are still afraid to speak their minds, according to survey results released Friday.
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Pioneer HTZ-740DV
This stylish, have-it-your-way HTIB features virtual or bona fide surround sound.
Dell Inspiron 6000 Notebook Computer for Business
The Dell Inspiron 6000 is adequate for basic home or small-office use, but there are less expensive alternatives.
Tekkeon ezTalker Mini
The Tekkeon ezTalker Mini headset does all the things a Bluetooth headset should, and it does them well.
ClearOne Max EX conference phone
ClearOne's Max EX is a good choice for businesses that require a flexible conference-phone system that can grow along with their company, but it lacks certain features we expect from this class.
Dell Inspiron 6000 for Home
The Dell Inspiron 6000 is adequate for basic home or small-office use, but there are less expensive alternatives.
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Pope Says He Was 'On the Other Side' After Shooting (Reuters)
Reuters - In a new book, Pope John Paul recalls
that after a near-fatal shooting in 1981 he was "already on the
other side," but says that before losing consciousness he felt
confident he would survive.
Paul Smith's Teenage Inspiration (Fashion Wire Daily)
Fashion Wire Daily - Fashion Wire Daily February 18, 2005 - LONDON - Paul Smith's women's collections used to feel like staid showroom presentations. Open with tailoring and work wear, move into casual weekend territory, then onto the evening attire: done. This time was refreshingly different. Ten years after its launch Paul Smith Women has found its groove and become a fully fledged fashion label with a definite identity, rather than a minor accompaniment to the menswear line.
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