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| 'No justification' for Brand show |
| Lewd calls from Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross to actor Andrew Sachs had "no editorial justification", the BBC Trust says. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:43:38 GMT) |
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| Repossession of homes up by 12% |
| The number of properties repossessed by mortgage lenders rose by 12% to 11,300 in the third quarter of the year. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:10:46 GMT) |
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| Iraqis protest against troop deal |
| Supporters of Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr stage protests in Baghdad against a deal to allow US troops to remain in Iraq. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:21:50 GMT) |
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| Bankers give up on HBOS campaign |
| The two leading bankers who had hoped to stop Lloyds TSB taking over HBOS abandon their plan for independence. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:22:35 GMT) |
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| US dominance 'set to wane' |
| US dominance is likely to weaken by 2025 as India and China grow stronger, a new Washington intelligence report says. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:38:30 GMT) |
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| Welfare plan 'may cause poverty' |
| Ministers should rethink plans to force lone parents, disabled people and long-term jobless to seek work, an adviser says. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:56:25 GMT) |
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| Train fares to rise 6% in January |
| Rail passengers will face big fare rises in January - with some tickets going up by double the rate of inflation. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:26:38 GMT) |
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| BBC local video scheme rejected |
| The BBC Trust rejects the corporation's plans to launch a £68m network of local news websites with video content. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:11:25 GMT) |
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| Madonna and Ritchie granted divorce |
| Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie are granted a "quickie divorce" at the High Court in London. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:27:49 GMT) |
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| Otter makes 'perilous' sea crossing to new island home |
| An otter has survived a "perilous" three-mile sea crossing to the Farne Islands for the first time, the National Trust says. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:07:07 GMT) |
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| Gallas will stay on - Winterburn |
| Former Arsenal defender Nigel Winterburn believes Arsene Wenger will keep faith with William Gallas as captain, despite his recent outbursts. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:17:52 GMT) |
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| Capello surprised by improvement |
| Fabio Capello says England are ahead of schedule as he approaches the end of his first year in charge. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:55:29 GMT) |
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| Man Utd suffer Brown injury blow |
| Manchester United defender Wes Brown is out for up to five weeks, while Dimitar Berbatov is out for two games. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:25:25 GMT) |
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| Send your video, pictures and story ideas |
| Have you got a good story? BBC News wants to hear from you. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:27:28 GMT) |
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| Pickle 'n' mix |
| What's the point of Woolworths these days? |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:55:15 GMT) |
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| 7 days quiz |
| A news rottweiler told Strictly to sling their hook. Who? |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:19:29 GMT) |
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| 'Not just pirates' |
| Somali man says world ignores their real problems |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:14:25 GMT) |
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| Jolie emotional |
| Angelina takes no prisoners at UK press conference |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:47:51 GMT) |
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| In pictures |
| Images of carefree royal moments up for sale |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:53:34 GMT) |
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| Britannic majesty |
| The spotlight is now shining on the Titanic's sister ship |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:22:29 GMT) |
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| Police probe BNP link to car fire |
| An arson attack on a car in West Yorkshire may be linked to the publication of BNP members' addresses, police say. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:49:23 GMT) |
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| Teacher guilty of 'incompetence' |
| A primary school teacher pleads guilty to charges of serious professional incompetence and could be struck off the register. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:09:03 GMT) |
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| Business confidence at record low |
| Business confidence in Wales is at a record low, according to a new survey by a chartered accountants body. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:48:13 GMT) |
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| £6m deal for police body armour |
| A County Tyrone company wins a £6m contract to supply body armour to police authorities in Scotland. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:21:37 GMT) |
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| SA racist killer gets life term |
| A judge sentences an 19-year-old white South African to four life terms for shooting dead four black people. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:49:37 GMT) |
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| CIA accused over missionary death |
| A classified US report says the CIA withheld information after the shooting down of a missionary plane in Peru in 2001. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:38:33 GMT) |
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| Shoot-out in north Lebanon city |
| One person is killed and three are wounded in a shoot-out in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, security forces say. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:19:42 GMT) |
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| Burma comic jailed for 45 years |
| Popular Burmese comedian and activist Zarganar is sentenced to 45 years in jail in the latest of a string of imprisonments. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:48:18 GMT) |
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| French Socialists in run-off vote |
| France's opposition Socialists face a run-off vote for a new leader, after a first ballot failed to produce a winner. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:30:49 GMT) |
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| India navy 'to go after pirates' |
| The Indian navy is given formal approval by the United Nations to go after pirate ships in Somali waters, the BBC learns. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:29:59 GMT) |
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| Honda Swindon closing for 50 days |
| Honda is to cut production in Japan and Europe and close its Swindon plant in the UK in February and March next year. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:01:44 GMT) |
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| Darling 'to force banks to lend' |
| Chancellor Alistair Darling is reportedly planning to force banks to lend to small firms in the pre-Budget report. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:40:01 GMT) |
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| 'Superglue' brain op for toddler |
| The parents of a 17-month-old girl have told how surgeons used glue to seal tiny brain blood vessels that were threatening her life. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:13:50 GMT) |
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| Pupils sit the final 11-plus test |
| More than 15,000 primary seven pupils across Northern Ireland sit the second part of the last 11-plus exam. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:20:59 GMT) |
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| 'Grape' is key to fossil puzzle |
| The forerunners of giant single-celled organisms living on the ocean floor may have left fossil tracks often attributed to more complex creatures, say marine biologists. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:29:20 GMT) |
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| Glitter appeals over travel order |
| Gary Glitter is to appeal against a court order that requires him to notify police if he plans to travel abroad. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:26:39 GMT) |
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| Online time 'is good for teens' |
| Teenagers' use of digital media shows that time online teaches children important skills, a new study shows. |
| Read More...(Source: BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:40:43 GMT) |
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| Steelers defense controls Bengals in 27-10 win
(AP) |
 AP - Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers know exactly how to beat the Cincinnati Bengals — with or without Chad Ocho Cinco.
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| Read More...(Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:10:48 GMT) |
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| Even with Iverson, Celtics blow away Pistons 98-80
(AP) |
 AP - The Allen Iverson trade looked good for the Pistons when they handed the Lakers their first loss of the season and snapped Cleveland's eight-game winning streak.
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| Read More...(Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:50:04 GMT) |
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| DeShawn Sims scores 18, Michigan upsets No. 4 UCLA
(AP) |
 AP - Showing poise down the stretch and playing stellar defense, Michigan pulled off its first win over a top-five team in 11 years.
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| Read More...(Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:48:33 GMT) |
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| Phillies Utley (hip), Feliz (back) to have surgery
(AP) |
| AP - Three-time All-Star Chase Utley, who anchored the middle of the lineup for the World Series champion Phillies, will have surgery and may not be ready for the start of the 2009 regular season. |
| Read More...(Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News - Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:38:57 GMT) |
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| Bengals don't elaborate on Ocho Cinco deactivation
(AP) |
 AP - The Cincinnati Bengals failed to explain why Chad Ocho Cinco, the wide receiver formerly known as Chad Johnson, was held out for violating team rules during their 27-10 loss in Pittsburgh on Thursday night.
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| Read More...(Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:25:16 GMT) |
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| Roethlisberger leads Steelers to victory over Bengals
(Reuters) |
 Reuters - Ben Roethlisberger passed for 243 yards to lead the Steelers to a 27-10 win over division rivals the Cincinnati Bengals in snowy Pittsburgh conditions on Thursday.
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| Read More...(Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:31:39 GMT) |
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| Bryant leads Lakers past Shaq-led Suns 105-92
(AP) |
 AP - Shaquille O'Neal had nothing bad to say about Kobe Bryant and the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers.
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| Read More...(Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:17:57 GMT) |
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| Tribune sets new deadline for Cubs bids: MLB exec
(Reuters) |
 Reuters - Bids for the Chicago Cubs baseball team being sold by Tribune Co are due the week of December 1, a top official with Major League Baseball said on Friday.
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| Read More...(Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:00:48 GMT) |
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| Gallas faces fight for Arsenal captaincy after rant
(AFP) |
 AFP - William Gallas faces a fight to hold onto the Arsenal captaincy after the France defender came under-fire for his shock blast at his young team-mates.
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| Read More...(Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:43:55 GMT) |
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| Kings beat Capitals 5-2
(AP) |
 AP - Patrick O'Sullivan scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period and Duston Brown added a power-play goal, leading the Los Angeles Kings to a 5-2 victory over the injury-riddled Washington Capitals on Thursday night.
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| Read More...(Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:05:14 GMT) |
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| Duke, Michigan to meet in 2K Sports Classic final
(AP) |
 AP - John Beilein gave his players one night to celebrate.
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| Read More...(Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:20:13 GMT) |
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| Argentina eye weakened Spain in Davis Cup final
(AFP) |
 AFP - Argentina could win all five rubbers in this weekend's Davis Cup final, a confident home team captain Alberto Mancini said before their clash against Spain who will be without world number one Rafael Nadal.
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| Read More...(Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:01:08 GMT) |
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| Hong Kong teen, 14, youngest to make Euro Tour cut
(AP) |
| AP - A 14-year-old golfer from Hong Kong became the youngest player to make the cut at an European Tour event on Friday, breaking the record set by Sergio Garcia. |
| Read More...(Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:20:08 GMT) |
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| A Piece of Cleveland With a New York Accent |
| Hundreds of artifacts are being prepared for the opening on Tuesday of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC, a $9 million branch of the Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:49:45 GMT) |
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| Movie Review | 'Twilight': The Love That Dare Not Bare Its Fangs |
| It’s love at first look instead of first bite in “Twilight,” a deeply sincere, outright goofy vampire romance for the hot-not-to-trot abstinence set. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:44:21 GMT) |
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| Theater Review | 'Dividing the Estate': Inherit the Windfall |
| The problems confronting the sprawling, anxious, compulsively talky Texan clan of 1987 in “Dividing the Estate” will be familiar to many American families at the moment. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:38:49 GMT) |
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| Art Review | 'Art and Love in Renaissance Italy': Eternal Objects of Desire |
| “Art and Love in Renaissance Italy” at the Metropolitan Museum promises romance, desire, expensive gift items and possible sex in the land of Romeo and Juliet and delivers on all counts. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:03:33 GMT) |
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| Art Review | 'Beyond Babylon': Global Exchange, Early Version |
| “Beyond Babylon,” a big, prescient, concentration-taxing exhibition, is the latest in the museum’s illustrious line of panoramic archaeological shows. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:02:00 GMT) |
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| Music: How Axl Rose Spent All That Time |
| “Chinese Democracy” is the Titanic ship of rock albums: It’s outsize, lavish, obsessive, technologically advanced and, all too clearly, the end of an era. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:51:00 GMT) |
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| Museum Review | The National Museum of American History: America’s Attic, Ready for a Second Act |
| When the National Museum of American History reopens, it may begin to shed its reputation as one of the more cramped and confounding corners of the Smithsonian Institution. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:58:58 GMT) |
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| Television Review | '24: Redemption': Saving the World in Less Than a Day |
| Kiefer Sutherland is back as Jack Bauer in “24: Redemption” on Sunday on Fox, but the title is a bit misleading. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:58:22 GMT) |
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| Books of The Times: Voters Are Red, Voters Are Blue |
| Calvin Trillin tells the story of the 2008 presidential election, in light verse. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:17:28 GMT) |
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| Endowment Drying Up, a Museum Seeks Help |
| Faced with a severe financial crisis, officials of the Museum of Contemporary Art have had talks about a possible joint venture or merger with several other Los Angeles institutions. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:35:42 GMT) |
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| Theater Review | 'On the Town': Drop Me Off at Broadway, 1944 |
| The fleet’s in this weekend, at least on 55th Street, where a radiant production of “On the Town” has docked at City Center through Sunday. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:41:06 GMT) |
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| Art Review | Pipilotti Rist: Tiptoe by the Tulips (or Stretch by the Apples) |
| “Pour Your Body Out,” a site-specific installation by the Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist, is arguably the first project to humanize the atrium of the Museum of Modern Art. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:08:50 GMT) |
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| Angelina Jolie’s Carefully Orchestrated Image |
| In exchange for pictures of Angelina Jolie’s new twins, People magazine had to agree to positive coverage of her. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:04:50 GMT) |
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| Television Review | 'A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All': Unwrap the Presents, Unleash the Parody |
| Stephen Colbert is delightful, a few of the song parodies are clever, but over all, the show is too long and more than a little strained, much like the holiday specials it mocks. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:54:51 GMT) |
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| A Jersey Boy’s Moment as Broadway’s New Pal |
| Christian Hoff has his first shot at a major leading role with the lead in Roundabout Theater Company’s revival of “Pal Joey.” |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:43:57 GMT) |
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| Theater Review | 'Jester of Tonga': A King Becomes the Fool in a South Seas Scandal |
| The whimsical “Jester of Tonga” is a rare example of puppet theater about bad investments. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:53:06 GMT) |
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| Theater Review | 'Super Vision': Pulling the Plug on Digital Bonding |
| “Super Vision” is an audacious meditation on the erosion of privacy. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:58:17 GMT) |
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| Dance Review | Urban Bush Women and Jant-Bi: Crossing Continents to Explore History and Identity |
| “Les Écailles de la Mémoire,” an exploration of black identity, has perfect timing politically speaking, but is only intermittently compelling to watch. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:49:22 GMT) |
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| Music Review | MATA Interval: Pop-Classical Intersections, in Tune With Any Season |
| The bimonthly series tend to feature young composers who disregard the classical-pop divide. Wednesday’s installment was a showcase for the violist Nadia Sirota and the guitarist Andrew McKenna Lee. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:54:03 GMT) |
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| Music Review | Hinder: Bad Boys, but Not Afraid to Show Their Sensitive Side |
| The multimillion-selling band from Oklahoma performed an entertaining set of blues rock and power ballads to the willing crowd at the Nokia Theater on Wednesday. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:50:09 GMT) |
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| Music Review | The Academy Is ...: Armed With Guitar and Emotions |
| The band seamlessly connected the dots between emo and early 1980s soft-rock in their show at the Roseland Ballroom on Wednesday. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:59:43 GMT) |
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| Movie Review | 'Bolt': Canine TV Action Star Discovers That Life Is the Best Reality Show |
| “Bolt” is at once a knowing, satirical sendup of the Hollywood fame-and-fantasy machinery and a sleek product of the Disney-Pixar industrial complex. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:51:27 GMT) |
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| Movie Review | 'Lake City': Suds, Southern Scenery and Fistfuls of Weaponry |
| When Sissy Spacek speaks her clichéd lines in the mediocre screenplay of “Lake City,” her delivery lends them a resonance that is not in the written words. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:52:19 GMT) |
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| Movie Review | 'The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)': Convulsions of a Family and an Abandoned Country |
| “The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)” is quiet, contemplative and impressionistic, which makes the story it has to tell all the more powerful. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:52:39 GMT) |
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| Movie Review | 'Special': Going Bonkers, Superhero Style |
| “Special” puts an indie spin on the current Hollywood vogue for moody superhero psychodrama. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:19:36 GMT) |
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| Movie Review | 'I Can’t Think Straight': Love Beyond Boundaries |
| Plugging the same two actresses into different Sapphic scenarios may be a valid filmmaking strategy but it can be an extremely boring one. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:21:16 GMT) |
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| CW Says It Is Retaking Control of Its Sunday TV Lineup |
| he CW network has canceled its low-rated Sunday lineup and ended a $15 million deal with Media Rights Capital, the company that produced the shows. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:39:34 GMT) |
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| Ailes Agrees to Remain at Fox News 5 More Years |
| The News Corporation announced Thursday that Roger Ailes, the chairman and chief executive of Fox News, had signed a new five-year contract with the company. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:31:10 GMT) |
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| Movie Review | 'Were the World Mine': Puck’s Love Potion, Splashed Across Town |
| “Were the World Mine,” an indie alternative to Disney’s “High School Musical” franchise, is a small, endearing film. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:50:51 GMT) |
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| Art in Review |
| Martín Ramírez at the American Folk Art Museum, “I Am a Man” at the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, Zaha Hadid at Sonnabend and more. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:16:56 GMT) |
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| Inside Art: Auction Slump Has Silver Lining for MoMA |
| After the recent drop in auction prices, artworks that were once out of reach for museums have suddenly become affordable again. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:05:32 GMT) |
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| Antiques: The China Trade, Portrayed in Porcelain |
| Kentshire Galleries is hosting a selling exhibition of Chinese export porcelain in its Manhattan shop at 700 Madison Avenue, at 62nd Street. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:09:19 GMT) |
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| Irving Gertz, Composer for Monsters of the Movies, Dies at 93 |
| Mr. Gertz was a prolific though often uncredited B-movie composer whose melodies haunt a spate of pictures with words like “Hell,” “Thing” and “Creature” in the titles. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:30:56 GMT) |
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| Donald Finkel, 79, Poet of Free-Ranging Styles, Is Dead |
| Mr. Finkel was a noted American poet whose work teemed with curious juxtapositions, which in their unorthodoxy helped illuminate the function of poetry itself. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:42:29 GMT) |
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| Arts, Briefly: Tanglewood Schedule Announced |
| The Tanglewood Music Festival, the annual summer arts celebration in Lenox, Mass., has announced its 2009 program. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:43:10 GMT) |
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| Arts, Briefly: 'American Buffalo' Goes the Way of the Buffalo |
| The Broadway production of “American Buffalo” has posted a provisional closing notice and is likely to end its run on Sunday, a publicist for the show said. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:41:37 GMT) |
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| Arts, Briefly: Michael Jackson, Live in Court |
| A British court that nearly had to settle for video testimony from Michael Jackson will instead receive him in person. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:42:47 GMT) |
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| Arts, Briefly: $1 Million Donation? The Author Did It |
| Patricia Cornwell, the best-selling author, has made a commitment of $1 million to the Harvard Art Museum’s Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:59:16 GMT) |
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| Arts, Briefly: Rockefeller Grants Announced |
| The Rockefeller Foundation has announced the recipients of its New York City Cultural Innovation Fund awards, which will give a total of $2.7 million to 16 cultural organizations. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:43:23 GMT) |
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| Arts, Briefly: McCain vs. Browne: Round Two |
| While the détente continues between Senator John McCain and President-elect Barack Obama, normal relations have yet to be restored between Mr. McCain and the singer-songwriter Jackson Browne. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:00:20 GMT) |
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| Arts, Briefly: CBS Wins the Night |
| “Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY” led CBS to another victory in the ratings on Wednesday, according to Nielsen’s estimates. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:42:09 GMT) |
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| Arts, Briefly: Footnotes |
| Laura Linney has been named the host of “Masterpiece Classic,” a spinoff of the PBS series “Masterpiece Theater,” which was divided into three different shows in 2007. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:42:33 GMT) |
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| Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Opens |
| The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge connects the boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn in New York City. From the time of its completion until 1981, it was the largest suspension bridge in the world, with a center span of 4,260 feet (1,298 meters). The bridge furnishes a critical link in the local and regional highway system, and it is widely known today as the starting point for the New York City Marathon. The bridge was the last great public works project overseen by what famous "master builder"? |
| Read More...(Source: This Day in History - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT) |
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| Nuremberg Trials Begin |
| The Nuremberg Trials, which took place in Nuremberg, Germany, between 1945 and 1949, were a series of trials prosecuting Nazi officials for their participation in WWII and the Holocaust. The first and most famous of these trials, the Trial of the Major War Criminals before the International Military Tribunal, involved 24 of the most important leaders of Nazi Germany, 12 of whom were sentenced to death for crimes against humanity and other offenses. How were the death sentences carried out? |
| Read More...(Source: This Day in History - Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT) |
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| Abraham Lincoln Delivers Gettysburg Address |
| The Gettysburg Address, one of the most quoted speeches in US history, was delivered by President Lincoln at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, four and half months after the famous battle fought there. In approximately three minutes, Lincoln's address redefined the American Civil War as not merely a struggle for the Union, but as "a new birth of freedom" for the US and its people. Lincoln's address has drawn comparisons to what ancient speech? |
| Read More...(Source: This Day in History - Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT) |
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| Cranberry Apple Crisp |
| If you're looking for a different kind of dessert for Thanksgiving instead of the usual pecan or pumpkin pie, why not try this sweet yet tart cranberry-apple crisp? Enjoy this... |
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| Pork for Thanksgiving |
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| Banana Bread Pudding |
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| Fish on Friday, Mac 'n' Cheese on Monday |
| Wouldn't it be nice to know in advance what you're going to eat for dinner each night? Make it a reality by using our new Meal Planner tool, sponsored by... |
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| Pumpkin Bread Pudding |
| Here's a great seasonal pumpkin bread pudding that will fill your kitchen with a wonderful aroma. We like ours with raisins, but feel free to use dried cranberries. One of... |
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| Poached Pears |
| Whole poached pears are a simple yet elegant dessert to serve guests at a dinner party or for a special family occasion. After a filling main course, poached pears are... |
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| Low Fat Potato Latkes |
| I know it seems like I'm a holiday ahead of myself, but you don't have to wait for Hanukkah, or even celebrate it, to enjoy potato latkes. These low-fat potato... |
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| Fall Harvest Soup |
| As the days get colder and shorter, so our craving for comfort foods is likely to increase. One of the most satisfying comfort foods, especially at lunch time, is soup.... |
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| Applesauce Oatmeal Muffins |
| A far cry from store-bought muffins, which are loaded with fat and calories, these applesauce oatmeal muffins are loaded with whole-grain goodness instead. Whip up a batch for a fall... |
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| Failing Home Economics |
| As Americans attempt to perform cost-benefit analyses of their needs and behaviors, some are practicing economies that may not deserve the name. |
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| Ordering Out for More Space |
| Regina and Bill Marengo replaced their Bronx house with one made of two prefabricated 18-ton boxes covered in concrete panels. |
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| My Home, My Self: Photography as Art Project |
| Todd Selby, a photographer based in New York, shoots his subjects in their homes to explore the ways personal space reflects personality. |
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| Shopping With Anthony Giglio: A Cup of Good Cheer |
| A trained sommelier and experienced bartender shops for essential bar items and accessories for successful holiday entertaining. |
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| The Fix: Secure at Home When You’re Not |
| Homeowners who are going to be away for an extended period of time need to remember the basics. |
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| Currents | Open: Minimalist Bouquets in Midtown |
| Ovando, the Greenwich Village florist, is opening a pop-up shop at W New York-The Court in Midtown on Nov. 20. |
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| Currents | Rooms: This House Was Made for Walking |
| The Walking House features computer-controlled legs that are powered by solar panels and batteries. |
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| Currents | Goods: Audio to Go With Your Visual |
| The GenevaSound Home Theater offers a tidy alternative to the complexity and clutter of high-end audio systems. |
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| Currents | Books: Kitchens That Don’t Mind Showing Age |
| The kitchens in “French Country Kitchens” are like older French actresses: their age is visible and celebrated. |
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| Currents| Deals: Linens, Rugs and Cards |
| Sales at DwellStudio, Tufenkian, Odegard and MoMA. |
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| Property Values: What You Get for ... $800,000 |
| A four-bedroom house near Breckenridge, Colo., a three-bedroom house in Phoenix, and a St. Simons Island, Ga., home one block from the beach. |
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| Habitats: Artists in Residence |
| Jane K. Cleland, who writes murder mysteries at home, and her husband, a bass trombone player, share a one-bedroom apartment. |
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