Oil prices rose Wednesday as the government's weekly inventory report showed a smaller than expected increase in oil supplies and a dip in gasoli...
10 March 2010, 1:35 pm
Treasurys traded lower Wednesday as stocks advanced slightly and a government auction of $21 billion in 10-year notes generated strong demand.
10 March 2010, 1:34 pm
Stocks posted modest gains Wednesday, with the Nasdaq ending at its highest level in more than 18 months, as investors weighed falling oil prices...
10 March 2010, 1:25 pm
The United States dropped a record $220.9 billion further into the red in February, the Treasury Department reported Wednesday.
10 March 2010, 1:19 pm
The dollar was mixed against major currencies Wednesday, rising against the yen and pound but giving up gains versus the euro.
10 March 2010, 12:56 pm
The Senate on Wednesday approved a wide-ranging bill that would push back the deadline to file for extended unemployment insurance until year-end...
10 March 2010, 12:17 pm
Royal Dutch Shell has stopped selling gasoline to Iran, the company confirmed Wednesday, adding to a list of oil giants that have stopped sales a...
10 March 2010, 11:42 am
Airline stocks rallied Wednesday, riding a wave of investor sentiment that 2010 is shaping into a profitable year for the industry, experts say.
10 March 2010, 11:13 am
A total of 30 states and Washington, D.C., reported rising unemployment rates in January, down from the number in the previous month, according t...
10 March 2010, 10:39 am
Le groupe Banques Populaires-Caisses d'Epargne a levé un milliard d'euros via son émission de titres. Cette somme sera intégralement reversée...
10 March 2010, 1:05 pm
Quatre personnes ont menacé et racketté mercredi une trentaine d'étudiants qui étaient en cours dans un amphithéâtre de l'université Paris...
10 March 2010, 1:00 pm
FOOTBALL - Menés au score pendant près d'une heure, les Auxerrois repartent de Bordeaux avec une victoire précieuse (1-2). Les Girondins, tou...
10 March 2010, 12:43 pm
Le patron des sénateurs UMP, Gérard Longuet, a estimé mercredi qu'il fallait préférer quelqu'un «du corps français traditionnel» au socia...
10 March 2010, 12:42 pm
L'incendie est survenu dans une cave de la caserne du1er régiment du génie d'Illkirch-Graffenstaden, alors que les deux victimes manipulaient u...
10 March 2010, 12:30 pm
Le groupe de médias a vu son bénéfice net reculer de 77% entre 2009 et 2008, à 137 millions d'euros. La situation financière du groupe s'est...
10 March 2010, 10:28 am
Après des chutes de neige exceptionnelles, l'île de Beauté est la seule région désormais placée en alerte orange, jusqu'à jeudi matin. ...
10 March 2010, 10:15 am
Le contrôleur général des lieux de privation de liberté a remis mercredi son deuxième rapport annuel, où il pointe une déshumanisation des...
10 March 2010, 9:38 am
La cour d'assises du Tarn se penchera demain jeudi sur les éléments à charge les plus embarrassants pour le principal accusé. » Viguier: u...
10 March 2010, 9:37 am
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10 March 2010, 12:00 pm
lolcats, cats and funny pictures - If you want me to stay out of your freshly dried laundry, then I suggest you find a way to warm up the couch.
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10 March 2010, 9:00 am
lolcats, cats and funny pictures - I uzed up alla my sick dayz, so I'z callin in ded todae.
10 March 2010, 6:00 am
lolcats, cats and funny pictures - Sure today is the first day of the rest of your life. But so was yesterday. And look how that turned out.
10 March 2010, 3:00 am
lolcats, cat, and funny picture- Kitteh Vs. Robot
10 March 2010, 12:00 am
lolcats, cats and funny pictures - Give a cat a cookie, feed him for a day. Give a cat a girl scout...
9 March 2010, 5:00 pm
lolcats, cats and funny pictures - Uh, if you go out looking like that people are going to speak very slowly to you.
9 March 2010, 3:00 pm
lolcats, cats and funny pictures - Thank you For shopping at Lolmart.
9 March 2010, 9:00 am
lolcats, cats and funny pictures - One of these things is not like the others
9 March 2010, 6:00 am
The government has to cut the deficit. That involves raising taxes and cutting spending. The government can’t do it too quickly, or it would ti...
Clip show presenter, chat-show host, star of a series of travel documentaries, essayist, lyricist: he was for a time a king of all media, even pu...
If the first legitimate worry about a social democratic bill of rights would be an explosion of litigation, the second concerns the danger of leg...
The letters page from London Review of Books Volume 32 issue 5
Table of contents from London Review of Books Volume 32 issue 5
According to a recent NPR story, shaming punishments might be moving into the corporate arena.
10 March 2010, 12:31 pm
According to a story by Evan Perez Wednesday in the WSJ, a reversal of policy on where to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed "threatens to undercut" the c...
10 March 2010, 10:57 am
According to a recent story in the National Jurist, law schools have increased their faculty size by 40 percent over the past 10 years, partly in...
10 March 2010, 9:00 am
The fallout from this Keep America video released last week just keeps on comin' -- commentators of all political stripes have jumped into the fr...
10 March 2010, 8:03 am
Federal prosecutors equipped several cooperating witnesses in the Galleon insider-trading case with recording devices in the hopes of ensnaring o...
10 March 2010, 7:02 am
A Texas judge who last week declared the death penalty unconstitutional has rescinded his ruling, deciding on Tuesday to schedule a hearing on th...
10 March 2010, 6:27 am
But on Tuesday, the Chief Justice John Roberts confirmed that incident surrounding President Obama's remarks during the State of the Union addres...
10 March 2010, 5:49 am
Joe Halderman, a television producer, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to trying to extort money out of David Letterman.
9 March 2010, 3:10 pm
A backlash to the initial backlash over the nomination of Goodwin Liu to the Ninth Circuit has cranked up, it seems.
9 March 2010, 1:49 pm
It’s already Tuesday and I am a day late. Désolée ! I promised a winner for the Around Fog Linen catalog. And I am happy to announce that...
9 March 2010, 7:24 pm
It’s the feel of a soft fabric touching my hands that becomes addictive. Its color and pattern. And its thickness and shape. My imagination...
3 March 2010, 7:24 pm
“Betty ?” I heard a deep male voice over the phone. It sounded like my father. Who else, outside my family and people from my home vi...
15 February 2010, 8:22 am
Pea risotto with basil and lemon
Risotto. With green peas, basil and lemon.
It’s what Lulu and I will be having for lunch today. I am waiti...
29 January 2010, 11:30 am
White lentils
I woke up craving a bowl of lentil soup.
”White lentils! How unusual!” I thought after grabbing a bag from the shelf, ...
19 January 2010, 8:38 am
I was looking at my baby girl and started to feel tears in my eyes. She was playing with her music box, unaware that I was observing her. I felt ...
16 January 2010, 6:30 pm
“Everyone is in for a hot chocolate?” I asked our friends M. and A. as we all sat around the table. It was early afternoon and despit...
11 January 2010, 6:57 am
I know. The title does neither sound nor look like a yummy chocolate dessert or a delicious vegetable soup.
But it’s fun! And it might surp...
5 January 2010, 5:36 pm
Vanilla-flavored almond and quinoa rose teacakes
The day started in the kitchen with aromas of finely sliced apples sautéed in butter and brown ...
2 January 2010, 8:11 am
Silje Bekeng is a young Norwegian writer/journalist/critic who gives (or once gave) her location as "Brooklyn/Oslo"; she has a funny essay at N1B...
9 March 2010, 2:44 pm
Nick at Ἡλληνιστεύκοντος has an informative and amusing post ans...
8 March 2010, 6:24 am
John McIntyre, a truly old-school copy editor (the man wears a bow tie, for God's sake), has a delightful hard-boiled detective story celebrating...
6 March 2010, 6:58 am
More fun from my dictionary editing! To begin with, two pairs of homonyms that one might think had the same Greek origins but that come from wor...
5 March 2010, 11:12 am
I've left the topic of my book unaddressed for too long, preoccupied as I have been with more highfalutin' topics, but thanks to the indefatigabl...
4 March 2010, 2:29 pm
The answer requires both an ability to read Arabic script and a knowledge of West African languages, so I'm not especially hopeful that even my V...
3 March 2010, 5:52 am
I just discovered that Open Library ("One web page for every book.") has a blog, and it has an entry that will upset any bibliophile, The Enemies...
2 March 2010, 11:43 am
Copyediting dictionaries is tedious work but I always learn things. I just discovered that the word collation, in the sense of 'light meal,' com...
1 March 2010, 1:48 pm
Today is the 110th anniversary of the birth of Basil Bunting, one of my favorite poets; I've devoted three posts to quoting him (1, 2, 3) and sev...
1 March 2010, 8:02 am
Google Reader Play is a new Reader feature that plays a slideshow of cool items from around th...
10 March 2010, 1:20 pm
If you use Windows 7 Media Center to record TV, you'd probably prefer skipping commercials. Af...
10 March 2010, 1:00 pm
If you like calendar reminders but you'd like them a little less in-your-face, you can enable ...
10 March 2010, 12:00 pm
Windows: Kiwi is a free utility that monitors any application and springs into action when tha...
10 March 2010, 11:30 am
One of the toughest aspects of staying productive is overcoming the ups and downs of motivatio...
10 March 2010, 11:00 am
Flash has taken quite a beating lately by everyone from Apple (no Flash on iPad or iPhones) to...
10 March 2010, 10:40 am
If you've been underwhelmed by the flash card and study aid sites you've found online, you'll ...
10 March 2010, 10:00 am
Just because you've got a relatively inexpensive point-and-shoot camera and not a $1500+ DSLR...
10 March 2010, 9:00 am
We become invested in our junk, through the price we paid when we bought it and brought it hom...
10 March 2010, 8:30 am
Hundreds of U.N. staff joined relatives of those who died, listening as Ban pledged: "We will never forget you. We will carry on your work."
...
10 March 2010, 12:00 am
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks with Marines and shopkeepers in Now Zad, scene of fierce fighting only months ago.
...
10 March 2010, 12:00 am
10 March 2010, 12:00 am
As shipping companies employ defensive tactics, the percentage of successful attacks falls slightly despite a 62% increase in the number of attem...
10 March 2010, 12:00 am
Israel's three big newspaper barons are in a cutthroat feud. No matter who wins, some say, readers lose.
...
10 March 2010, 12:00 am
Government media say a commission will be formed to oversee political parties and organize the vote. Challengers are left with little time to org...
9 March 2010, 7:17 pm
Hours after he avows U.S. support, officials there announce plans for new housing in a disputed area.
...
9 March 2010, 7:13 pm
With the apparent failure of Obama's initiative to open negotiations, the administration turns toward support of the opposition and a focus on sa...
9 March 2010, 4:54 pm
From impoverished villages, the men fish in the Indus River delta or at sea but face arrest if they stumble into foreign waters. Terrorism fears ...
9 March 2010, 4:38 pm
Nord imbiancato anche in pianura, decine di scuole chiuse. Caos sulla A24 Roma-L'Aquila: centinaia bloccati per ore. Bora record a Trieste.
S...
10 March 2010, 12:45 pm
Il Manchester batte i rossoneri per 4-0. Nel primo tempo gol di testa di Rooney, che nella ripresa fa il bis. Poi le altre reti di Park e Fletche...
10 March 2010, 12:45 pm
Dopo due voti di fiducia arriva l'ok definitivo. A favore si sono espressi 169 senatori della maggioranza, contrari 126 componenti delle opposizi...
10 March 2010, 12:45 pm
Il Cavaliere "assolve" il suo partito:«Ci hanno impedito di presentarele liste». Il 21 marzo in piazza con i 33 candidati. Attacco alla sinistr...
10 March 2010, 12:45 pm
I primi risultati dell'autopsia: è annegato e non sono stati riscontrati segni di violenza. Ma occorreranno 60 giorni per i risultati tossicolog...
10 March 2010, 12:45 pm
Il vice presidente americano Biden a Ramallah condanna la decisione israeliana di costruire 1600 nuove case a Gerusalemme est. Dure critiche anch...
10 March 2010, 12:45 pm
Approvato a larga maggioranza con il solo scontato «no» dei laici del Pdl il documento che accusa il presidente del Consiglio di aver denigrato...
10 March 2010, 12:45 pm
L'Istat rivede al ribasso le stime sulla crescita. A gennaio dato tendenziale dell'industria di +0,1%. L'aumento congiunturale è del 2,6%, mentr...
10 March 2010, 12:45 pm
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David Loglisci admits that he based investment decisions on whether they would benefit former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi and his political adv...
11 March 2010, 12:00 am
The SEC accuses USA Retirement Management Services executives of bilking retirees in California and Illinois out of $20 million and spending some...
11 March 2010, 12:00 am
A civil lawsuit alleges the agencies knowingly gave inflated grades to risky debt, costing taxpayers and investors.
...
11 March 2010, 12:00 am
NEW YORK -- Stocks continued their slow trek higher after the government's report of a drop in companies' inventories during January.
11 March 2010, 12:00 am
Bowing to complaints of fee gouging, Bank of America said Wednesday that starting this summer it would deny transactions for customers using thei...
10 March 2010, 11:58 am
The response to slumping gasoline use would likely mean higher prices for drivers. Consumer advocates want regulators to examine the firms' plans...
10 March 2010, 11:03 am
The nation's exports grow for the third consecutive month compared with a year earlier. Critics of China's artificially low currency are expected...
10 March 2010, 6:24 am
The jobless rate tops 20% in some counties, suggesting 'no relief . . . for a few months,' one economist says.
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10 March 2010, 12:54 am
Manufacturing booms, but its importance to the overall economy has diminished.
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10 March 2010, 12:00 am
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He is upset that the Lakers’ lackluster play has allowed teams to be extra confident against the defending champs.
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10 March 2010, 8:35 am
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The conference, accustomed to getting at least half its teams into the NCAA tournament, is so far down this season, it is expected to get no more...
10 March 2010, 12:00 am
The Japanese media keeps an eye on everything the new Angels’ slugger does, waiting for him to slip up, literally.
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10 March 2010, 12:00 am
The team severs ties with the general manager, who had stepped down from coaching duties last month.
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9 March 2010, 11:31 pm
Severing ties with the general manager, who gave up his coaching duties last month, opens up a world of possibilities for the star-crossed franch...
9 March 2010, 11:08 pm
In my last article I looked at performance loopers for Linux. This week I begin a 2-pa...
10 March 2010, 8:04 am
Carlie: Bill Childers is Linux Journal's Virtual Editor. How do you think your editor ...
9 March 2010, 7:54 am
Ahh, poor Palm. Sure, they have their fancy new WebOS toys -- but it wasn't that long ...
8 March 2010, 7:44 am
This article is an excerpt from the new 2nd Ed. of Mark Sobell's book,
A Practical Gui...
5 March 2010, 12:53 pm
This week Dave Phillips looks at audio loopers designed for live performance.
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4 March 2010, 6:19 am
From Thursday, March 4, 2010 Washington DC Express print edition:
Megan Fox Thinks She'...
4 March 2010, 5:03 am
Carlie: What is it that you do for Linux Journal?
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3 March 2010, 2:43 pm
We're collecting this data to run in an upcoming...
2 March 2010, 1:50 pm
Among the important benefits of Linux's permission hierarchy is its ability to keep unt...
2 March 2010, 3:41 am
The focus of the Education Department probe will be the district's services for students learning English.
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10 March 2010, 12:00 am
Officials hope that by keeping the proposal off the bigger June ballot, their odds of winning the tax hike will be higher.
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8 March 2010, 12:00 am
The 3-year-old program has been carving away at future utility expenses for the sprawling system. 'Our mission is to be the greenest school distr...
7 March 2010, 12:00 am
A duo hiking across Russia's frozen Lake Baikal aim to inspire and educate about sustainability.
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5 March 2010, 9:16 pm
Rallies and walkouts are largely peaceful, but 150 are arrested in Oakland as a freeway is blocked. The demonstrations are part of a nationwide '...
5 March 2010, 12:00 am
No reason was given for the decision. Education leaders announced that 15 other states and Washington, D.C., are in the running for billions in g...
5 March 2010, 12:00 am
The American Cancer Society says doctors should tell their patients about the test's risks and benefits before administering it.
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4 March 2010, 12:00 am
Protests by students, parents and faculty members are planned at state campuses and in Sacramento.
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4 March 2010, 12:00 am
Some employees seek adjustments for SAD, serious depression triggered by limited daylight. One teacher sued a school district that refused to mov...
4 March 2010, 12:00 am
Being a sysadmin at Last.fm can be a rather tough and at times unrewarding job. It involves maintaining hundreds of servers that get hammered by ...
15 February 2010, 3:21 am
Last weekend I was lucky enough to voyage to Stockholm with Jonty and Michael to represent Team Last.fm at Music Hack Day.
Music Hack DayR...
3 February 2010, 3:47 am
When we released Tube Tags to our loyal subscribers back in October, we promised to launch more data visualisations features soon.
Since then,...
8 January 2010, 4:12 am
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Last week we revealed the final top ten in our Best of 2009 list, with — yup, as some of you guessed on the group s...
21 December 2009, 7:50 am
This is the second in a series of posts from the Last.fm engineering team covering the geekier aspects of our recent Last.fm on Xbox LIVE launch....
14 December 2009, 8:57 am
As many of you noticed, a few weeks ago we launched Last.fm on Xbox LIVE in the US and UK. It probably goes without saying that this project was ...
7 December 2009, 8:38 am
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3 December 2009, 7:58 am
Earlier this year we were approached by Sony to help develop an interactive idea that would appeal to users of Last.fm. Sony wanted to match thei...
19 November 2009, 2:51 am
We’re thrilled to announce that the Last.fm Playground now has a brand new VIP zone. In this subscriber-only area we’ll showcase some...
19 October 2009, 10:43 am
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10 March 2010, 12:45 pm
The 140 Characters Conference, an event explores the real-time Internet organized by Jeff Pulver, returns to New York City April 20-21 at 92nd St...
10 March 2010, 10:56 am
Just in time for Spring, Google Maps has added a biking directions option.
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10 March 2010, 10:18 am
Theis Søndergaard recently launched Wired Reread, a new blog that searches for “retro gold” in old issues of Wired magazine.
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10 March 2010, 9:29 am
At long last the future has arrived!
Martin Jetpack is selling the world’s first commercially available jetpack for $86,000.
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10 March 2010, 9:13 am
L’Ogre produced a fantastic music video for “70 Million” by Hold Your Horses, featuring the band recreating famous paintings th...
10 March 2010, 7:26 am
At the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art yesterday, I came across a series of clever artist-themed desserts offered at the SFMOMA’s Roofto...
9 March 2010, 11:16 pm
katamaran78 created “Galactica: Sabotage”, a remake the music video for “Sabotage” by Beastie Boys using footage from Bat...
9 March 2010, 10:03 pm
David Loglisci admits that he based investment decisions on whether they would benefit former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi and his political adv...
11 March 2010, 12:00 am
The SEC accuses USA Retirement Management Services executives of bilking retirees in California and Illinois out of $20 million and spending some...
11 March 2010, 12:00 am
A civil lawsuit alleges the agencies knowingly gave inflated grades to risky debt, costing taxpayers and investors.
...
11 March 2010, 12:00 am
NEW YORK -- Stocks continued their slow trek higher after the government's report of a drop in companies' inventories during January.
11 March 2010, 12:00 am
Bowing to complaints of fee gouging, Bank of America said Wednesday that starting this summer it would deny transactions for customers using thei...
10 March 2010, 11:58 am
The response to slumping gasoline use would likely mean higher prices for drivers. Consumer advocates want regulators to examine the firms' plans...
10 March 2010, 11:03 am
The nation's exports grow for the third consecutive month compared with a year earlier. Critics of China's artificially low currency are expected...
10 March 2010, 6:24 am
The jobless rate tops 20% in some counties, suggesting 'no relief . . . for a few months,' one economist says.
...
10 March 2010, 12:54 am
Manufacturing booms, but its importance to the overall economy has diminished.
...
10 March 2010, 12:00 am
David Cameron's wife to talk of devotion to her husband in interview with Trevor McDonald for ITVShe's seriously posh and has bohemian friends wh...
10 March 2010, 1:45 pm
Authorities apologise over missed warnings of incest as report reveals culture of 'quiet word' rather than actionA series of failures by child pr...
10 March 2010, 1:31 pm
Walkout by 12,000 BA flight attendants could begin as soon as next week after 11th-hour counter-offers fail to find compromiseBritish Airways is ...
10 March 2010, 1:03 pm
Suspicions of paternity rife but crucial opportunities to intervene missed 'individually and collectively'He was a father who was out of control,...
10 March 2010, 12:59 pm
The Lost Boys actor has been found dead at the age of 38 from a rumoured overdose in Los AngelesThe life and career of the former child star and ...
10 March 2010, 12:39 pm
Equalities watchdog warns of enforcement action against forces that excessively target people from ethnic minoritiesThe official equalities watch...
10 March 2010, 12:20 pm
Unless BA cabin crew and train staff disrupt Easter, union militancy is not expected to affect election chancesStrikes are back in the headlines,...
10 March 2010, 12:17 pm
British peer blames plight on Brussels turf wars over shape and powers of a new European diplomatic serviceBritain's new EU foreign and security ...
10 March 2010, 12:10 pm
Chancellor's need to keep the City onside in fragile economy leaves little leeway for vote-winning sweetenersIt goes without saying that the 14th...
10 March 2010, 11:31 am
levarburton: G'night kids! More fun tomorrow... Thanks MTL for a GREAT evening...!
6 March 2010, 8:06 pm
levarburton: RT @TheIrishGuy: @levarburton do u own the rights to that phrase?-No, I simply pwn it!!!
6 March 2010, 7:51 pm
levarburton: Oh... and thanks to everyone at Winnie's for your kind hospitality. Y'all pour a proper pint but, you don't have to take MY word for...
6 March 2010, 7:25 pm
levarburton: Safely home from the MTL Tweetup. Thanks to everyone who came out tonight. I had a blast!!! Y'all rock...!
6 March 2010, 7:15 pm
levarburton: On my way to Montreal Tweetup. Hope it's easier to get a cab uptown here than it is in NYC!
6 March 2010, 4:22 pm
levarburton: RT @chadkins: @LevarBurton you taught me how to read. "It's your parents and teachers you should be thanking"
6 March 2010, 3:14 pm
levarburton: RT @Kikitinkerbell: ...I figure if I want to dress Klingon all I need is a Mars Bar. -"A turtle on your head is also an option."
6 March 2010, 3:00 pm
levarburton: RT @gmr2broadway: Don't forget the visor. "That's a costume, not a disguise. I'll be disguised as Patrick Stewart!!!"
6 March 2010, 2:58 pm
levarburton: RT @g5m: good choice for the pub, is it okay if I show up without my star trek disguise? "Actually, coming in disguise is mandatory.
6 March 2010, 2:55 pm
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A l’heure où nous mettons sous presse, nous ignorons encore le véritable intérêt historique et philosophique de la découverte d&...
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This has a decidedly London tilt, but we can't help sharing the bounty of The Sunglasses Shop UK. If you're on The 'Sceptered Isle or just pass...
10 March 2010, 1:02 pm
Sutherland Furniture, recently known for the Sutherland by Starck RobinWood Deluxe Collection, will be introducing a new outdoor collection at ...
10 March 2010, 12:01 pm
William Wrigley, Jr. bought Santa Catalina Island, off the coast of Southern California, in 1919. Since then the attention paid to the island h...
10 March 2010, 11:02 am
A few weeks ago we mentioned that Edra Blixseth's Rancho Mirage, California compound, Porcupine Creek had hit the market for $75 million. Now th...
10 March 2010, 10:01 am
Right out of house Bulgari continues to slither new Serpenti models, the collection of watches and jewelry for (mainly) women. I reported on the...
10 March 2010, 9:02 am
With the economy lurching back to life, Las Vegas might be in for one hot summer. If so the hotels are ready with tempting new pool options. Poo...
10 March 2010, 8:01 am
Everyone is doing Costa Rica nowadays, and why shouldn't they? It's one of the few places with a jungle that's actually inviting, where you can...
10 March 2010, 7:04 am
Click above to see Benedict Wormald's 10 Essential Luxuries
The Fine English Company is a recently launched line of luxurious furniture, luggag...
10 March 2010, 6:01 am
London luxury goods firm Dunhill has just announced the opening of the new bespoke and custom tailoring floor of its Madison Avenue flagship sto...
10 March 2010, 5:00 am
Hundreds of U.N. staff joined relatives of those who died, listening as Ban pledged: "We will never forget you. We will carry on your work."
...
10 March 2010, 12:00 am
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks with Marines and shopkeepers in Now Zad, scene of fierce fighting only months ago.
...
10 March 2010, 12:00 am
10 March 2010, 12:00 am
As shipping companies employ defensive tactics, the percentage of successful attacks falls slightly despite a 62% increase in the number of attem...
10 March 2010, 12:00 am
Israel's three big newspaper barons are in a cutthroat feud. No matter who wins, some say, readers lose.
...
10 March 2010, 12:00 am
Government media say a commission will be formed to oversee political parties and organize the vote. Challengers are left with little time to org...
9 March 2010, 7:17 pm
Hours after he avows U.S. support, officials there announce plans for new housing in a disputed area.
...
9 March 2010, 7:13 pm
With the apparent failure of Obama's initiative to open negotiations, the administration turns toward support of the opposition and a focus on sa...
9 March 2010, 4:54 pm
From impoverished villages, the men fish in the Indus River delta or at sea but face arrest if they stumble into foreign waters. Terrorism fears ...
9 March 2010, 4:38 pm
Yu Garden brings a lighter, but still authentic, style to a complex cuisine. And vegetarians can rejoice.
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11 March 2010, 12:00 am
Restaurants are looking beyond today’s special, by growing gardens on site, dealing with eco-conscious farms, installing water filtration s...
9 March 2010, 2:46 pm
Restaurants that open for limited times on other businesses' premises boast a built-in cool and allow experimentation without big overhead. Brook...
8 March 2010, 12:00 am
A rigorous French competition that confers honor on craftsmen of all sorts, including pastry chefs, inspired an American educator who hopes to s...
7 March 2010, 12:00 am
The state is considering allowing grocery stores to sell wine - the money from new liquor licenses would help ease a budget crunch. But the power...
7 March 2010, 12:00 am
The relaxed, lively market just south of Venice Boulevard has a large number of prepared-food booths and others offering dog sitting and face pai...
5 March 2010, 12:00 am
Using the stove top instead of the grill is an easy way to get some wonderful-tasting, smoke-flavored baby backs.
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4 March 2010, 12:00 am
Bruce Marder ventures into New American cuisine with his easygoing new Beverly Boulevard restaurant.
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4 March 2010, 12:00 am
Restaurant menus are featuring pork parts that once were unmentionable: ears, tails, trotters. And — surprise — diners are ordering t...
4 March 2010, 12:00 am
'He's a monster,' one juror said of the man who killed a 12-year-old girl and four women.
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10 March 2010, 12:00 am
Waterfield Bank, bought by Irvine's Affinity in 2008, suffered heavy losses on mortgages. An offer by the institution's co-founders to revive it ...
9 March 2010, 12:00 am
Sandra Hutchens argues that winning a contract to take on hundreds of immigration detainees could help stave off budget cuts.
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8 March 2010, 11:06 pm
The case involving the 7-year-old cerebral palsy patient from Texas was believed to be the first of its kind to go to trial. The girl's family al...
3 March 2010, 12:00 am
Penalty phase of the trial of Rodney James Alcala, found guilty of killing an Orange County girl and four women, gets underway.
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3 March 2010, 12:00 am
A retired Fullerton teacher spends hundreds of hours every year planning, planting and tending to 3,200 tulip bulbs in his frontyard. Neighbors c...
1 March 2010, 12:00 am
It's time to move from 'me decade' to 'we decade.' But not before one more chorus of 'Livin' on a Prayer.'
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1 March 2010, 12:00 am
Though Disneyland sadly still lacks a little bit of Figment, the popular character found in Walt Disney World's EPCOT Center, some cult favorites...
28 February 2010, 12:00 am
Freeman, Strawberry Alarm Clock member, dies at 60; Keim, actress, dies at 71; Porush, Israeli rabbi, dies at 93; Eggers, former Dana Point counc...
24 February 2010, 12:00 am
The Pew Forum reports that fewer than 20% of people age 18 to 29 attend church services regularly, but about three-quarters of them believe in an...
22 February 2010, 12:00 am
By outsourcing teaching positions to professional actors, Providence High has revitalized its drama program, and officials say it could become a ...
21 February 2010, 10:23 pm
Tibet's exiled leader is traveling and speaking in support of Whole Child International, including a public address scheduled for Sunday at Gibso...
20 February 2010, 8:45 pm
There's no separation of church and economy, so church leaders are trimming budgets, laying off workers and finding new ways to serve: 'You don't...
15 February 2010, 12:00 am
The archbishop of the Los Angeles Archdiocese is about to turn 74 and has announced on his blog that this would be his last full year. Some specu...
11 February 2010, 8:28 pm
Friday prayers at midday find hundreds scrambling, many hiking in from blocks away. Those who've worked out special arrangements at nearby establ...
8 February 2010, 12:00 am
The infantry team leader was killed in a noncombat-related incident.
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7 February 2010, 12:00 am
The man reportedly admitted forcing his wife to wear the all-covering garment. The prime minister says the immigrant failed to 'respect the value...
5 February 2010, 12:00 am
The opening of the worship area at the Colorado Springs academy had been hailed as a step for religious tolerance.
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3 February 2010, 12:00 am
