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An American story, elegantly told
The Inauguration. At Last. may be the most interesting feature story I've seen on a news site. It's by Maira Kalman, and on her Opinion section blog, And the Pursuit of Happiness at the New York Times. New, because it...
January 31, 2009 6:54 pm
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Video: Bruce Springsteen's Super Bowl press conference, first since 1987
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are to play for 12 minutes at halftime during Sunday's Super Bowl XLIII. So yesterday was meet the press day -- according to the NFL emcee, his first press conference since one for...
January 30, 2009 4:31 am
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Obama to Wall Street: Bonuses are 'shameful' (video); Jon Stewart's bailout plan
Long (5:33) segment of Obama's press conference with the Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner yesterday includes the President calling bonuses to Wall Street bankers while they ask for bailouts "shameful." My friend Robert, who is well-bred, conservative, and livid says,...
January 30, 2009 3:17 am
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Super Bowl recipes from newspaper food sections (plus Obama's chili)
Live now! Super Bowl 2012 recipes from newspaper food sections Field of Guacamole from the Hass Avocado Board. Beer and pizza will get you by; a bag of wings doused in BBQ sauce and baked will, too. But why stop...
January 29, 2009 2:24 am
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Links dump: Bees can count; Timeshares fined over 'Do Not Call' calls; Ex-Polaroiders buy factory, aim to reinvent film...
AP photo A honeybee tells two from three. Science News: In the tests, a bee zoomed along a meter of tunnel and then through a hole marked with a reference pattern, such as two blue dots. Once through the...
January 28, 2009 11:19 am
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Cute baby pictures: Giraffe born Monday at S.F. Zoo
SF Zoo Welcomes Four Foot Baby. NBC. The San Francisco Zoo announced the birth of a reticulated giraffe calf on Monday morning. Bititi (pronounced Bah-Tē-Tē), the proud mom, gave birth between 5 and 7:00 a.m. and is showing strong...
January 28, 2009 10:01 am
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Transcript of Obama's interview with Middle East cable TV
TV interview with President Obama on Al-Arabiya bears Arabic subtitles. Transcript of President Obama's interview last night in Washington with Hisham Melhem of the Al-Arabiya cable network (based in Dubai, UAE) on Monday is below the story: Story: Obama...
January 27, 2009 12:04 pm
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Free mp3s: Stevie Wonder '74: ' like a jam session for a Miles Davis album'
Stevie Wonder, Funkyfied Rainbow [Big Fro Records, 2CD] Live at the Rainbow Theatre, Finsbury Park, London, January 31, 1974. A very good stereo soundboard. Back at the Rainbow in 1974, Wonder was just hammering away at the songs from Innervisions....
January 27, 2009 10:05 am
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Garrison Keillor: Charming rewrite of 'You're the Top' for Obama
You're a star, Barack Obama, Like Renoir or Whistler's Mama... (The rest of the lyrics) With grace and lots of humor, Garrison Keillor rewrites the lyrics to Cole Porter's classic You're the Top for Obama, and sings it: Listen: /*
January 26, 2009 11:14 am
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Aretha's hat pasted on other heads; Monday morning game
Aretha's Hat Is Everywhere. Citizens grab a meme. You're invited to grab the hat and open your photo-editing program too... Art toy: Play Fly Guy - Fly Guy Description A mesmerizing flight through space and time as a daydreaming...
January 26, 2009 12:15 am
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Lives linger in photos of abandoned Irish houses
From Ghosts of the Faithful Departed by David Creedon Photographer David Creedon, of County Cork, Ireland, opened a photo exhibit in London Friday of his now-famous photos of houses abandoned there during the 1950s emigration. The images suggest why...
January 25, 2009 11:23 am
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