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Laying the grid for the electric car (photos)
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 PDT
Hoping to energize the electric car industry and make the Bay Area the electric car capital of the United States, San Jose, Calif., installs the first of hundreds of electric vehicle charging stations.

Mitsubishi i-Miev in the city
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 PDT
CNET Car Tech spent some time with the Mitsubishi i-Miev in San Francisco.

Do unto others--Jasmine's Tech Dos & Don'ts
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 PDT
Get schooled by CNET editor Jasmine France. This week she gives tips on how you can use technology to do good things for fellow humans.

Black Hat shines light on security (roundup)
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 PDT
Las Vegas is the setting this week for two of the most popular annual security events. First comes Black Hat for the professional crowd, followed by the more antic Defcon gathering.

Firefox Home for iPhone, Firefox Sync see fixes
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 PDT
Updates to the Firefox cloud-based syncing tools for iPhone and for the Firefox browser correct three of users' top complaints, according to Mozilla.

Google services reported down in China
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 PDT
But those reports, which said nearly all of the Internet giant's services were blocked Thursday, turned out to be erroneous.

Can your calls be intercepted? This tool can tell
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 PDT
Airprobe software, combined with hardware and crypto cracker tool, allows people to test the snoop factor of their GSM mobile phones--and even intercept calls of others.

NY Giants, Jets bring replays to in-stadium fans
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 PDT
The New York Giants and Jets will soon offer replays, statistics, and live feeds of other games to fans at the New Meadowlands Stadium.

Bob Kerrey not joining MPAA after all
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 PDT
Talks to hire the former U.S. senator as head of the film industry's trade group fall apart.

U.S. military cyberwar: What's off-limits?
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 PDT
Ex-NSA and CIA head tells Black Hat crowd that rules for when military can attack foreign networks might exempt power grids and financial networks.

Ballmer says Microsoft at work to rival iPad
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 PDT
Though short on details, Microsoft's CEO said it is "job one" to make sure that Windows 7 is an attractive option for slates and tablets.

Graphics chip market seeing big changes
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 PDT
As Nvidia falters, AMD's ATI graphics unit is on the rise, spurred by "radical" shifts in a notoriously fickle market, says Mercury Research.

Ballmer talks up Microsoft's consumer business
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 PDT
Microsoft's CEO takes the stage at the company's financial analyst meeting. CNET's Ina Fried is in Redmond with coverage live from the event.

In D.C., digital transparency has grown messier
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 PDT
The government using the Web to make its policies and processes more "open" sounds sunny, but the inability of a Supernova conference panel to go into much depth about it highlights its complexities.

Searchable Facebook user data posted to Pirate Bay
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 PDT
The names and Facebook profile Webaddresses for 171 million accounts are scraped from the site and posted on file-sharing site Pirate Bay.

EV charging station recharges without wires
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 PDT
Evatran introduces a "hands free" EV charging station that eliminates the need to remember to recharge at the end of the day--or dirty your hands.

The future of concert ticketing
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 PDT
An experiment by Topspin and the Pixies for a couple of U.K. concerts demonstrates that in the future many acts won't need ticket brokers or promoters.

The jailbreaking exemption has its limits
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 PDT
The "essential use" exemption means that only customers can legally perform jailbreaks. And it doesn't stop companies such as Apple from various work-arounds, argues Stanford Law Fellow Larry Downes.

Who's bringing what? Divvyus helps you sort it out
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 PDT
Planning a barbecue, dinner party, or anything else that means group resource gathering? Divvyus lets you dole out those tasks in an orderly fashion.

YouTube bumps video limit to 15 minutes
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 PDT
Want to put videos longer than 10 minutes up on YouTube? It's now a reality, with a new 15-minute limit.

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Data.gov.uk chief admits transparency concerns
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
Raw info may be too confusingThe head of the government's website for the release of public sector data has said it is a challenge to ensure that users can understand the statistics.


Pioneer BDP-330 Blu-ray player
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
Pure and simpleReviewIf arecent survey for HPis to be believed, Britons remain committed to packaged media, with 75 percent wanting hard copies of films in a box. So despite the advance of video streaming and downloading, perhaps it’s not yet time to write off conventional disc players, like Pioneer’s latest Blu-ray offering, the BDP-330.


Google site fools interwebs into China blockage scare
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
It'sfully blocked!Google's China search is working just fine, despite breathless claims from countless news organizations that it's "fully blocked."


'Suspicious' Android wallpaper app nabs user data
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Up to 4 million downloadsAn Android wallpaper application that collected data from users' phones and uploaded it to a site in China was downloaded "millions of times", according to mobile security firm Lookout.


Data for 100m Facebook accounts published to BitTorrent
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Forever is a mighty long timeUnderscoring the permanence of data published on the internet, a security researcher has compiled the names and URLs of more than 100 million Facebook users and made them available as a BitTorrent download.


Uncle Sam sues Oracle (again) for alleged fraud
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
DoJ doubles down on whistleblower suitThe US Department of Justice has filed a fresh lawsuit against Oracle, three months after intervening in a whistleblower suit that accuses the software giant of overcharging the government by "tens of millions of dollars."
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Ballmer and Softies sacrifice sleep to catch iPad
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
'Job-one urgency'FAMMicrosoft's chief executive has come very close to telling investors he screwed up after years of writing off, belittling and underestimated Apple's potential success in touch-based computing.


Nvidia plugs-in Visual Studio with CUDA 3.1
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Cuda be an enterprise contenderNvidia announced some new CUDA stuff last week, a new developer kit (3.1) and the Parallel Nsight Visual Studio plug-in, both designed to make it easier for ISVs and other coding types to support Nvidia GPUs in their apps. Our pal TPM has a typically detailed storyhere.


Fog of cyberwar: internet always favors the offense
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
The Poland of international conflictBlack HatFighting wars that target computer networks is fraught with risks that don't exist in traditional warfare, raising the stakes for future conflicts, a retired US general told security professionals Thursday.


Microsoft names September for IE9 beta
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Turner promises 'great' storyFAMThe beta version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 will hit in September.


Next Gnome delayed until 2011
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
September previews plannedLinux users on Gnome must wait a full year before their favorite desktop is updated – the first such delay in the project's short history.
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Open source HPC file system gets startup
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Wham, cloud with LustreHigh performance computing – by which is meant traditional parallel supercomputing as well as data analytics and hyperscale cloudy infrastructure – is facing a looming file system and storage bottleneck, and Whamcloud, a startup backed by $10m in private funding and some of the top people behind the Lustre file system, want to help.


US carrier tailors 3G jacket for iPod touch?
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
A Peel for your AppleUS wireless carrier Sprint is slated to offer a kind of handset sleeve that could provide 3G wireless access to an iPod Touch, the Apple iPhone that's not a phone.


Lovefilm calls in the DRM brigade for media player push
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
They're all at itLovefilmis the UK's answer to Netflix. And like Netflix it has a pressing problem. No, not Blockbuster.


Oracle and HP make a deal for Solaris on ProLiants
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Dell does deal for PowerEdges, tooThe inscrutable plan of Oracle for Solaris 10 on x64 servers became more... scrutable this morning. The company announced that Dell and Hewlett-Packard would be certifying and reselling Oracle's Solaris and Enterprise Linux operating systems, as well as its Oracle VM implementation of the Xen hypervisor on their respective PowerEdge and ProLiant servers.


IBM buys file compressor
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Storwize swallowedIBM is buying Storwize for its real-time, inline data compression technology and products.
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Apple coughs to iPhone 3G IOS 4 upgrade problems
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Where are we now?iPhone 3G users who've upgraded to iOS 4 arediscovering that the roaming switch isn't working any more, for those on O2's network at least.


Nokia goes after Opera Mini
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
It'll have you in interstitialsNokia has unveiled a knock-off of Opera's Mini phone browser, intended for use on its low-end handsets in emerging markets. It's the first manifestation of Nokia's own ad engine.


Sky clocks up £1bn profit
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
HD boosts money-making machineSky made a £1bn profit in the year to 30 June for the first time, with ARPU reaching £508 per subscriber. Annual revenue totalled £5.9bn, up 10 per cent year on year.


Quantum quivers again
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Drops a sales ballQuantum, the supplier of tape, reduplicating backup arrays and some file archiving software, has turned in a loss-making quarter, attributing it to poor sales in Europe and a North America region.


Pay-off or lay-off: HP calls on 700 staff to heed redundo plea
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
EOW woeHewlett-Packard has reduced the number of UK employees it plans to show the door in its latest round of redundancies from 934 to 720.


.NET for Android prepares to get probed
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Port from Windows helpMicrosoft's .NET for Android - dubbed MonoDroid - has come a step closer.
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Fragrant tech thief stalks Whitehall
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Public servants' purses exposedCivil servants at the Department for Communities and Local Government are living in fear of a sweet smelling mobile technology thief who carries a ladies' purse.


Courts bar dodgy documents from divorce cases
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Hildebrand rules hustled outPeople involved in divorce wrangles will no longer be able to use dodgily-obtained documents to prove their spouse is hiding money, following a landmark Court of Appeal ruling.


Virgin hitches MTV to media player loveliness
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Three screens. When will the madness stop?World+dog must have a media player to call its own. Not to be outdone Virgin is in on the act as of today with thelaunchof Virgin Media Player, for mobile and computer use.


Acer Aspire Ethos 8943G 18.4in laptop
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Full HD desktop replacement with plenty of pokeReviewStylish and powerful, the new 18.4in Aspire Ethos 8943G will appeal to those looking for a desktop replacement that doesn’t hold back on performance. Each of the four cores on theCore i7-720QMpurr along at 1.6GHz, whileATI’s Mobility Radeon HD 5650is on hand should you want to indulge in a bit of gaming. Throw in a Blu-ray drive, and the cost of the components starts to rise, pushing the laptop’s price well over the £1,000 mark.


Google sets Android on pirates
Thu, 29Jul 2010 GMT
Phone-home copy protectionAndroid now comes with an API allowing applications to phone home to check for a licence when launched, locking out pirates and anyone with an unreliable data connection.


Sky turns 3D on Oct 1
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Strong sports line-up. And golfSky is launching a 3D TV channel, Europe's first, on October 1.


Authentic Navy rum: Yours for £600 a bottle
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Last stocks of RN hard stuff offered to landlubbersThose of you with a taste for rum and 600 quid to spare might like to uncork a bottle of Black Tot "Last Consignment" British Royal Naval Rum, lovingly decanted from the official stocks held by the Senior Service since sailors' final rum ration in 1970.


Data breaches blamed on organised crime
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Hackers feast on financial sector security mistakesCybercrooks continue to be a menace to corporate security, with hackers and malware authors collectibly responsible for 85 per cent of all stolen data.
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UK privacy watchdog clears Google Wi-Fi slurp
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
'Nothing personal'The “pay-load” data collected by Google’s Street View cars did not slurp up “meaningful personal details”, the UK’s privacy watchdog concluded today.


iPads for hospitals: is this a good idea?
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Can you wash it, drop it, stop your patients from stealing it?Next year, 500 doctors and nurses in Victoria hospitals will trial the use of iPads.


Papal crackdown on bare-kneed tourists sparks hypocrisy claims
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Rubbish - priests always cover their kneesThe Vatican's stripey knickerbocker-clad Swiss Guards have launched a crack down on scantily-clad tourists in and around the Holy See.


ID card astroturf - No2ID beats the truth out of IPS
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Er yes, nearly all the happy campers did work for usA cackling Phil Booth, No2ID National Coordinator, writes to tell us that six months after he first pestered the Identity& Passport Service about its quotes from ID card-toting happy campers in its publicity material, it has confessed - um yes, all but one of those quoted worked for the government.


Supercomputer geek builds Cray-1 around home PC
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
More powerful than the original?Daryl Brach, known aspfaffenonline, has built a scale model of the Cray-1 supercomputer to house a PC.
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DfT 'unwittingly' bigged-up speed camera benefits
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Rumours of their awesomeness exaggerated, dept admits toRegExclusiveThe Department for Transport (DfT) has "unwittingly" misled the public over the benefits of speed cameras for the last four years.


UK population to be guaranteed mobile 768Kb/sec service
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Plus new-for-old deal for PMSEThe government has endorsed the plan to pass organisation of the digital dividend mega auction back to Ofcom, with universal service guarantees, and promises a new-for-old deal for the Programme Makers and Special Events (PMSE) crowd.


Opposition to can Aus $1.3bn school laptops program
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Election fun and gamesAustralia's general election is in full swing and disputes over tech funding and tech policy continue to intrude on today centre stage.


Turkish pranksters load Facebook Translate with swears
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
The rudeness of crowdsFacebook's attempts to crowdsource translations have gone awry in Turkey.


BT layoffs boost profits
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Braces for UK.gov cutsLayoffs and cost-cutting at BT have boosted BT's first quarter net profits by a third to £284m.
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Managing change in the application portfolio
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
A can of worms?WorkshopNothing stands still forever, particularly not in IT, and with good reason. When we researched the drivers that were having the most impact on how x86 server environments are architected, evolved and operated for example, we found that data growth was the number one driver, followed closely by new application requirements, and then changing requirements from existing applications (Figure 1).


Churchill's dentures go under the hammer
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
War-winning gnashersA set of dentures belonging to Winston Churchill and described as "a vital weapon" in Britain's struggle against Nazism come under the hammer today, the BBCreports.


Sage poised for huge Italian buy
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
New boss plots €650m bidThe recently installed chief executive of Sage is planning a massive bid for Italian business management firm TeamSystem.


Russian city blocks YouTube
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Clampdown on 'extremist' materialThe Russian city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur has ordered ISP Rosnet to "restrict access" to YouTube and four other websites containing "extremist" material,Pravdareports.


Amazon takes Kindle to the UK
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Opens Kindle storeAmazon UK'sfront pageis dominated today by a letter to its customers, introducing the "third generation of Kindles".


Cell phone eavesdropping enters script-kiddie phase
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Get your GSM snooping tools hereBlack HatIndependent researchers have made good on a promise to release a comprehensive set of tools needed to eavesdrop on cell phone calls that use the world's most widely deployed mobile technology.
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Alcatel OT-808 fashion phone
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Qwerty clamshell with text appealReviewWith its mirrored exterior and clamshell action, it’s quite deliberate that, looking at the Alcatel OT-808, you end up thinking it resembles a make-up compact. Evidently, it’s designed to appeal to budget conscious femmes or those who want something fun to use when out on the town, leaving the pricey smartphone at home. And if the mirror finish and make-up mimicry weren’t enough, above all else, it comes in pink too.


NoScript 2.0 beefs border patrol
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
'Saves your router's ass'NoScript daddy Giorgio Maone has released version 2.0 of his popular Firefox add-on, a means of blocking JavaScript, Java, Flash, and other plug-in or script content from untrusted websites.


Armed with exploits, ATM hacker hits the jackpot
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 GMT
'Game over' vulns spew cash on demandBlack HatA startling percentage of the world's automated teller machines are vulnerable to physical and remote attacks that can steal administrative passwords and personal identification numbers to say nothing of huge amounts of cash, a security researcher said Wednesday.


Purdue puts HPC cluster in HP PODs
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 GMT
Boilermakers of a different kindPurdue University, the engineering school known by the nickname "The Boilermakers", has tapped Hewlett-Packard to build a 1,000-node HPC cluster for scientific research. Rather than put the cluster into a traditional data center, Purdue is stuffing the machinery into HP's POD containerized data center.


A List Apart:
JavaScript Minification Part II

Variable naming can be a source of coding angst for humans trying to understand code. Once you’re sure that a human doesn’t need to interpret your JavaScript code, variables simply become generic placeholders for values. Nicholas C. Zakas shows us how to further minify JavaScript by replacing local variable names with the YUI Compressor.

SVG with a little help from Raphaël

Want to make fancy, interactive, scalable vector graphics (SVGs) that look beautiful at any resolution and degrade with grace? Brian Suda urges you to consider Raphaël for your SVG heavy lifting.

Prefix or Posthack

Vendor prefixes: Threat or menace? As browser support (including in IE9) encourages more of us to dive into CSS3, vendor prefixes such as-moz-border-radius and-webkit-animation may challenge our consciences, along with our patience. But while nobody particularly enjoys writing the same thing four or five times in a row, prefixes may actually accelerate the advancement and refinement of CSS. King of CSS Eric Meyer explains why.

Supersize that Background, Please!

Background images that fill the screen thrill marketers but waste bandwidth in devices with small viewports, and suffer from cropping and alignment problems in high-res and widescreen monitors. Instead of using a single fixed background size, a better solution would be to scale the image to make it fit different window sizes. And with CSS3 backgrounds and CSS3 media queries, we can do just that. Bobby van der Sluis shows how.

Stop Forking with CSS3

You may remember when JavaScript was a dark art. It earned that reputation because, in order to do anything with even the teensiest bit of cross-browser consistency, you had to fork your code for various versions of Netscape and IE. Today, thanks to web standards advocacy and diligent JavaScript library authors, our code is relatively fork-free. Alas, in our rush to use some of the features available in CSS3, we’ve fallen off the wagon. Enter Aaron Gustafson?s eCSStender, a JavaScript library that lets you use CSS3 properties and selectors while keeping your code fork-and hack-free.

Taking Advantage of HTML5 and CSS3 with Modernizr

Years ago, CSS browser support was patchy and buggy, and only daring web designers used CSS for layouts. Today, CSS layouts are commonplace and every browser supports them. But the same can't be said for CSS3 and HTML5. That's where Faruk Ateş?s Modernizr comes in. This open-source JavaScript library makes it easy to support different levels of experiences, based on the capabilities of each visitor?s browser. Learn how to take advantage of everything in HTML5 and CSS3 that is implemented in some browsers, without sacrificing control over the user experience in other browsers.

Web Fonts at the Crossing

Everything you wanted to know about web fonts but were afraid to ask. Richard Fink summarizes the latest news in web fonts, examining formats, rules, licenses, and tools. He creates a checklist for evaluating font hosting and obfuscation services like Typekit; looks at what?s coming down the road (from problems of advanced typography being pursued by the CSS3 Fonts Module group, to the implications of Google-hosted fonts); and wraps it all up with a how-to on making web fonts work today.

Quick and Dirty Remote User Testing

User research doesn?t have to be expensive and time-consuming. With online applications, you can test your designs, wireframes, and prototypes over the phone and your computer with ease and aplomb. Nate Bolt shows the way.

Responsive Web Design

Designers have coveted print for its precision layouts, lamenting the varying user contexts on the web that compromise their designs. Ethan Marcotte advocates we shift our design thinking to appropriate these constraints: using fluid grids, flexible images, and media queries, he shows us how to embrace the?ebb and flow of things” with responsive web design.

Habit Fields

We have the power to bestow our abilities onto the things around us. By being conscious of our tools, habits, and spaces, and actively conditioning them to help us behave the way we want to behave, maybe we can more efficiently tap into the thousands of hours of creative genius embedded in our everyday objects. Maybe we?ll be able to maximize the capabilities that new technologies afford us without being overwhelmed by the distractions. And, just maybe, we?ll remember what it feels like to be utterly engrossed in our daily work.

BBC World News:
Syria and Saudi leaders in Beirut
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 +0000
Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia are to travel together to Lebanon, following a striking reconciliation between regional rivals.

Military 'kills' Mexico drug lord
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 +0000
The Mexican government says security forces have killed leading drug trafficker Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel.

'Killer' bear caught in Montana
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 +0000
Wildlife authorities capture a 400lb (181kg) mother grizzly bear and two cubs who they believe killed one camper and injured two.

Violence in Dhaka over wage rise
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 +0000
Violence erupts in the Bangladeshi capital as thousands of garment workers protest over a government-backed wage increase that fell short of their demands.

FBI to aid Afghan war leak probe
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 +0000
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates calls in the FBI to help investigate the leaking of 90,000 classified papers related to the Afghan war.

Serbia pushes for UN Kosovo text
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
Serbia seeks support for UN resolution opposing unilateral secession in territorial disputes such as that involving Kosovo.

US closes Mexico border consulate
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 +0000
The US consulate in the border city of Ciudad Juarez has been closed indefinitely while a security review is carried out.

Explosion in Bangkok injures one
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 +0000
One man hasbeen seriously injured by a grenade explosion in the Thai capital Bangkok, less than a week after a similar blast.

US seizes marijuana worth $1.7bn
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
Police in California seize $1.7bn worth of marijuana in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

Moscow suffers 'hottest day ever'
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
Fires rage around Russia's capital Moscow after its hottest day on record, with temperatures reaching 39C (102F).

Gaza children break kite-flying record
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
Thousands of children in Gaza look to have broken their own kite flying world record, the UN says.

Mars rocks may contain fossilised remains of life
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
Researchers identify rocks that they say could contain the fossilised remains of life on early Mars.

Arizona takes law fight to appeal
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 +0000
Arizona lodges an appeal against a federal court's decision to block parts of an anti-immigration law hours before it came into effect.

US military graves 'mislabelled'
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
As many as 6,600 graves at Arlington National Cemetery were mislabelled or unmarked because of incompetence among managers, a US senator says.

Cuban hunger striker returns home
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas, who was on hunger strike for more than 130 days, is released from hospital.

Paraguay rebel 'dies in shootout'
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
Paraguayan police shoot dead a reputed rebel leader as he resists arrest in the north of the country, officials say.

DR Congo boat sinking 'kills 140'
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
About 140 people are feared dead as a boat capsizes on a river in the western Bandundu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Bashir's party doubts Sudan vote
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
President Bashir's NCP says the referendum on south Sudan's secession cannot happen until the internal border is decided.

Chemicals washed into China river
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
Rescue teams in north-east China are working to retrieve 3,000 barrels of chemicals washed into a major river, state media say.

Takeover deal agreed for EDF UK
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 +0000
A consortium headed by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing agrees to buy the UK arm of French power group EDF for £5.8bn ($9.1bn).

Frenchwoman 'smothered newborns'
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
Prosecutors say a Frenchwoman has admitted killing eight newborn babies after remains are found in a northern village but says her husband knew nothing.

London saddles up for bike scheme
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 +0000
A bike hire scheme designed to encourage thousands more cycle journeys in central London begins.

Arab League endorses direct talks
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
The Arab League backs direct Palestinian peace talks with the Israelis, but leaves the timing to the Palestinians, officials say.

Gun and bomb attacks hit Baghdad
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
At least 16 people, including several security force members, are killed in shootings and explosions in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, officials say.

Scores die in Pakistan monsoons
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
Floods triggered by monsoon rains kill at least 100 people in north-west Pakistan, and further downpours are forecast.

Pakistan 'less afraid of Taliban'
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
Pakistanis are less afraid the country will be taken over by extremists and feel less threatened by the Taliban than last year, research suggests.

Welfare reform options outlined
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
Ministers are to set out options for reforming the benefits system and moving people from welfare into work.

Strikes and ash extend BA losses
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 +0000
BA reveals a steep quarterly loss of £164m after being hit by cabin crew strikes and disruption caused by the volcanic ash cloud.

Chip sales boost Samsung profits
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 +0000
Samsung Electronics reports record quarterly profits thanks to higher sales of smartphones and components such as memory chips.

Citigroup agrees $75m fraud fine
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
Banking giant Citigroup agrees to pay $75m to settle civil charges that it misled investors over potential losses from subprime mortgages.

China allows IMF reportrelease
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
China allows the publication of an International Monetary Fund staff report on its economy for the first time since 2006.

Live - Hungarian GP practice
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 +0000
The first session of Friday's practice is about to get under way for the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Liverpool win European opener
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
David Ngog's double strike eases an inexperienced Liverpool side to victory over Rabotnicki in their Europa League third qualifying round first leg.

Proud Morgan revels in maiden ton
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
Eoin Morgan says he feels deeply proud after scoring a first Test century against Pakistan and pays tribute to team-mate Paul Collingwood.

Awards double for Valentine band
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 +0000
Welsh rock band Bullet For My Valentine scoop two prizes at this year's Kerrang! Awards, including best British group for the third year running.

No charges for Jackson's doctors
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
Seven doctors who treated Michael Jackson in the years before his death will not face charges, US investigators say.

Capsules to mark Lennon's legacy
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
Three time capsules are to be created on what would have been John Lennon's 70th birthday, to be dedicated at a ceremony in the US.

Pakistan monsoons kill at least 100
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
With monsoons being heavier than normal, floods in north-west Pakistan have killed at least 100 people.

Novel take on French home shortage
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 +0000
Young French people having difficulty finding affordable housing are being given the chance to help older members of society and put a roof over their own heads.

Bollywood version of Austen's Emma
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
A modern Bollywood adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma is set to hit the big screen. Anna Holligan went to meet its stars.

Greek dolphin park welfare row
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 +0000
Animal welfare groups in Greece are calling for the closure of the country's first dolphinarium and urging schools not to visit the attraction.

Greek police clash with hauliers
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
Greek police have fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of lorry drivers protesting in Athens.

Mum rescues bear cub from fishing net
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
Amateur video captures footage of a mother bear saving her cub from a fishing net in Anchorage, Alaska.

Finding a job in Puerto Rico
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
With nearly one in five people unemployed, the economic future looks bleak in Puerto Rico. Maria Hinojosa has this special report.

Prisoner rickshaw rehabilitation
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
The problems of congested roads and prisoner rehabilitation are being tackled at the same time in a project in Rome.

One-minute World News
Fri, 9 Jul 2010 +0000
Watch the latest news summary from BBC World News. International news updated 24 hours a day.

Picking up Penguins
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
British publisher marks 75 years in books

Speaking part
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
Delhi polishes up English for Commonwealth Games

In pictures
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
Monsoon rains trigger devastating floods in Pakistan

Holding out
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
Direct peace talks are tough sell to weary Palestinians

Big beast
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
EU's new creature lurks in diplomatic jungle

Deep blue fuels
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
Russian sub searches Lake Baikal for energy reserves

Picture of health?
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 +0000
Hosni Mubarak's busy schedule may dispel health rumours

Hero's welcome?
Fri, 9 Jul 2010 +0000
Russia's returning spies will find it difficult to adjust

BostonChannel.com - Local News:
Grandmother Drowns At Popular Beach
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 EDT
A Gloucester woman drowned at a beach Wednesday night after she got caught in a rip current.

'Mile-a-Minute' Plant Threatens State
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 EDT
An invasive vine that grows six inches a day threatens to smother plants in communities throughout Massachusetts and damage roads and bridges, state officials said Thursday.

Woman, 81, Found In Feces, Urine Dies
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 EDT
An elderly Fall River woman hospitalized with severe bed soars after she was found sitting in urine and feces died Thursday -- the same day she turned 81.

Ellen Out As 'Idol' Judge
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 EDT
Ellen DeGeneres is leaving "American Idol" after one season as a judge for the hit Fox TV singing contest.

Mark Wahlberg Gets Star On Hollywood Walk Of Fame
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 EDT
Rapper-turned-underwear model-turned-Oscar-nominated actor Mark Wahlberg has been enshrined in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Clinton Mum On Chelsea's Big Day
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 EDT
Former President Bill Clinton took time out from his father-of-the-bride duties on Thursday to try to help fellow Democrat Rep. Stephen Lynch's re-election bid.

Photos: Brady, Pats Take Practice Field
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 EDT
Tom Brady and the New England Patriots are practicing at Gillette Stadium.

Photos: Top 10 Water Safety Tips
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 EDT
The U.S.Lifesaving Service has the Top 10 Water Safety Tips. Find out what you can do to keep your family safe.

House, Senate Race To Finish Casino Bill
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 EDT
Massachusetts House and Senate leaders are scrambling to hammer out a casino gambling bill so they can vote before the Legislature ends its formal session Saturday.

Some Cape Beaches May Close Amid Shark Fears
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 EDT
Cape Cod officials are asking swimmers and boaters to use caution in the water after more great white sharks have been spotted this week.

No Criminal Charges In Deleted City E-Mail Case
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 EDT
No criminal charges will be filed in the case of a city of Boston employee who deleted e-mails on his work computer, Attorney General Martha Coakley's office announced Thursday.

Firefighters Treated For Heat Exhaustion
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 EDT
Several firefighters were treated for heat exhaustion Thursday as they battled a three-fire in Lynn.

Cruiser Crashes Into 2 Poles; Trooper Hurt
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 EDT
A Massachusetts State Trooper was injured Thursday in a crash while he was working a detail.

Man Charged In Kidnapping, Sexual Assault Eyed In 2nd Attack
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 EDT
A Fall River man accused of abducting and sexually assaulting a woman in that city earlier this week is suspected in a similar attack in March, police said Thursday.

BostonChannel.com - Entertainment:
Ellen Out As 'Idol' Judge
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 EDT
Ellen DeGeneres is leaving "American Idol" after one season as a judge for the hit Fox TV singing contest.

Obama On 'View' Blames Media For Racial Profiling
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 EDT
President Barack Obama blames the media for creating a "phony controversy" over racial remarks by a black Agriculture Department official.

Minority Film Festival Opens In New England
Sun, 25 Jul 2010 EDT
The largest New England film festival aimed at showcasing independent films about people of color is scheduled to begin this week.

Nighttime Projections To Be Blasted On Art Museum
Sat, 24 Jul 2010 EDT
Art lovers hoping to view the latest work at Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art won't even have to walk inside the museum.

NY Times Arts/Music:




Movie Review | 'Dinner for Schmucks': Steve Carell Stars in?Dinner Game?Remake
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
?Dinner for Schmucks?is in some ways an exemplary modern Hollywood comedy.

Zach Braff in Paul Weitz?s?Trust?at Second Stage
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
Zach Braff follows?Scrubs?with a dream job Off Broadway, in Paul Weitz?s new play,?Trust,?at the Second Stage Theater.

The TV Watch: President Obama?s Conflict-Free Zone:?The View?
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
President Obama?s appearance on?The View?was an example of how politicians co-opt entertainment shows to make news.

Art Review: MoMA?s?Original Copy,?Photos Meet Sculpture
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
?The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today,?which opens at MoMA on Sunday, is brainy and bookish and gives us new ways of looking at art.

Books of The Times: Stefanie Syman?s Yoga History,?The Subtle Body?
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
Stefanie Syman?s book examines how yoga, the centuries-old spiritual discipline, became a fitness routine for American athletes, C.E.O.?s, movie stars and soccer moms.

History and Nature on Delaware and Raritan Canal
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
The Delaware and Raritan hasn?t been a working canal since the 1930s, but it?s still earning its keep as a very long state park.

Yep, She's Gone
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
A look back at Ellen DeGeneres's time on "American Idol."

The TV Watch: Obama Takes in 'The View'
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Mr. Obama's appearance wasn't just another step in the blurring of news and entertainment. It was also another example of how politicians increasingly co-opt entertainment shows to make news.

Dance Theater Workshop Announces New Season
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Works from an international cast of choreographers.

DeGeneres Steps Down From?American Idol?
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
Fox said the talk show host was leaving immediately, despite having four years remaining on her contract.

Inside Art:?New Photography 2010?Coming to MoMA
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
The Museum of Modern Art?s exhibition?New Photography 2010?will feature works from four artists: Roe Ethridge, Elad Lassry, Alex Prager and Amanda Ross-Ho.

Art Review:?Off the Wall: Part 1,?Performance Art at Whitney
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
The works in?Off the Wall, Part 1?at the Whitney, culled from the permanent collection, are dusty artifacts of a time whentraditional possibilities seemed exhausted.

Movie Review | 'Smash His Camera': The Photographer Ron Galella, Source of Art or Agita?
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
The celebrity photographer Ron Galella is the subject of Leon Gast?s documentary?Smash His Camera.?

Movie Review | 'Cats&Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore': Brad Peyton?s Pet Thriller
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
?Cats&Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore?is a spy-and-action-film pastiche that charms less than its predecessor,?Cats&Dogs?(2001).

Art Review: At New Museum, Brion Gysin?s First Retrospective
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
The first retrospective of Brion Gysin?s art in the United States brings together his widely scattered works, including his magnum opus,?Dreamachine.?

Music Review: Willie Nelson and Levon Helm at Radio City
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
Two authoritative performers of old-time American music, Willie Nelson and Levon Helm, brought their bands to Radio City Music Hall on Wednesday night.

Movie Review | 'The Extra Man': Kevin Kline Charms on New York Social Scene
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
A tale of an older asexual gadabout, a throwback to the age of?the confirmed bachelor,?and a young man who hopes to be a writer.

Art Review: A Restored?Gross Clinic?at Philadelphia Museum
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
An exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art shows Thomas Eakins?s?Gross Clinic,?an 1875 masterpiece that has recently been restored.

Movie Review | 'Charlie St. Cloud': Zac Efron Plays With Phantoms in the Northwest
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
In a melodrama touched by the supernatural, Zac Efron cares for his dead younger brother.

Theater Review | 'Twelfth Night": Sonnet Repertory?s?Twelfth Night,?at St. Clement?s
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
The bed is the thing in a new rendition of one of Shakespeare?s romantic comedies.

Movie Review | 'Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel': In a Documentary, the World According to Hef
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
A documentary about Hugh Hefner says that beyond the hedonism, there is an equal-rights advocate who is overlooked.

Antiques: Edna St. Vincent Millay?s Home; the Apollo; Irons Galore
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
Edna St. Vincent Millay?s home opens to the public; the Apollo Theater tells its secrets; collectors of clothes irons.

Music Review: Ethel Plays Classical, Rock, Pop and Folk
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
Ethel plays a variety of styles at Lincoln Center Out of Doors.

Movie Review | 'Get Low': Robert Duvall as an Eccentric in?30s Tennessee
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
Aaron Schneider directs Robert Duvall in the true story of a man who wants to enjoy his own funeral.

Movie Review | 'Enemies of the People': Cambodian Journalist Revisits Khmer Rouge
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
Thet Sambath suggests a one-man Cambodian Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Instead of affixing blame, he seeks the healing power of confession.

Movie Review | 'The Concert': Radu Mihaileanu?s Comedy Focuses on Zany Orchestra
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
?The Concert,?by the Romanian director Radu Mihaileanu, is a kind of French-Russian answer to?The Producers.?

Movie Review | 'Helen': Ashley Judd Stars in a Portrait of Depression
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
In Sandra Nettelbeck?s drama, a wife and mother slowly loses her grip.

Movie Review | 'The Dry Land': Telling a Soldier?s Tale
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
Ryan Piers Williams directs a story of a soldier who returns from Iraq.

Alan G. Parker Revisits Sid Vicious?s Worst Moment
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
A documentary takes a new look at a death in punkland.

Movie Review | 'The New Year': Alan G. Parker Revisits Sid Vicious?s Worst Moment Ryan O?Nan and America Ferrera in a Soldier?s Tale Ashley Judd Stars in a Portrait of Depression Joe Winston Examines One State?s Transformation Brett Haley With a Promising Feature Debut
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
Dating, flirting and fighting boredom, with a dying father in the background.

Movie Review | 'What?s the Matter With Kansas?': Joe Winston Examines One State?s Transformation
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
Once solidly progressive, Kansas has turned conservative and Republican. A filmmaker asks why.

Mark Wahlberg Gets Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Rapper-turned-underwear model-turned-Oscar-nominated actor Mark Wahlberg has been enshrined in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Laughter in the Park Series Puts Comedy Outdoors
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
Laughter in the Park puts stand-up comics under the sunshine.

Events Inspired by the Written Word
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
Free things to do in New York City this weekend.

Urban Athlete: The Ultimate Game: Disc in Hand, Expecting to Fly
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
Nearly five million people played a game of ultimate last year, including aging players who refuse to walk, or limp, away.

House Tour: Great Barrington, Mass.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
A light-filled house on a hillside in Great Barrington, Mass., is designed to show off art, minimize maintenance and increase energy efficiency.

It?s Been a Gloomy Summer on New York Stages
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
It may be the season for breezy entertainment, but you wouldn?t know it from New York?s theaters.

Arts&Leisure Preview: The Arcade Fire, a Thriving Throwback
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
The Arcade Fire has thrived in the digital age, but it takes its inspiration from the era of album rock.

Spike TV?s?Scrappers,?Brooklyn Junkmen
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
A Brooklyn junkman finds the sweaty path to his own business leads him into a series on Spike TV.

The Age of Laura Linney
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
She didn?t hit her stride until her mid-30s. Can her new role in a dark TV comedy make her a middle-aged success?

The Week Ahead: July 25?31
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 GMT
A listing of cultural events this week.

Hong Kong Book Fair Seeks to Develop Global Profile
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
The event, which attracted more than 920,000 people this year, is a raucous commercial affair that is extending its offerings to include more international authors and more English-language material.

A Popular Chinese Blogger Finds a Place to Speak Openly
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
Critics of Beijing's politics and social policies, like the popular blogger Han Han, embrace the Hong Kong Book Fair for the chance it offers "to say whatever you want.''

North Korean Opera Draws Acclaim in China
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
The recent Chinese tour of the North Korean Sea of Blood Opera Company, which Kim Jong-il is credited with helping to establish and direct, was met by a veritable media and audience frenzy.

On the London Stage: Onstage Risks and Rewards
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 GMT
The year's busy theater season allows audience members to see the greatness of some performers -- like Roger Allam's Falstaff -- as well as the limitations of others, or to take center stage themselves.

Review: 'A Silent Woman' With a Big Voice
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 GMT
Richard Strauss' "Die schweigsame Frau" ("The Silent Woman") enjoys a rollicking new production by the Bayerische Staatsoper at the Prinzregententheater in Munich.

Hollywood Animation With a Decidedly French Flavor
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 GMT
With French film and television production in the doldrums, Paris-based animation and visual effects studios like Mac Guff Ligne are looking to Hollywood for new business.

NY Times Obituaries:




Michael Batterberry, Influential Food Editor, Dies at 78
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
Mr. Batterberry was a food writer and historian who founded two influential magazines, Food&Wine and Food Arts.

Theo Albrecht, 88; Built Grocery Chain That Owns Trader Joe?s
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
Mr. Albrecht ranked 31st on Forbes magazine?s most recent list of the world?s richest people.

Al Goodman, R&B Singer, Dies at 67
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Mr. Goodman was the soothing bass in the trio the Moments, best known for the 1970 hit?Love on a Two-Way Street.?

Willem Breuker, Dutch Composer and Bandleader, Dies at 65
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Mr. Breuker?s compositions drew from both high and low culture, throwing Kurt Weill into the blender with ragtag circus music.

Nicolas Carone, Abstract Expressionist, Dies at 93
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Mr. Carone was present at the beginning of the New York School and friends with Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Mark Rothko. But his best work may have come long after the style faded.

Maury Chaykin, Character Actor, Dies at 61
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Mr. Chaykin was a ubiquitous character actor in films and television who specialized in comic roles.

Jack Tatum, N.F.L.?s?Assassin,?Dies at 61
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 GMT
Mr. Tatum, a former Oakland Raiders player, was known for his brutal hits, none of them more devastating than a blow that left New England Patriots wide receiver Darryl Stingley paralyzed in 1978.

Billy Loes, 80, Eccentric Dodgers Pitcher of the 1950s, Dies
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 GMT
Mr. Loes was a leading pitcher for three pennant-winning Brooklyn Dodgers teams of the 1950s.

John Callahan, Cartoonist, Dies at 59
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 GMT
Mr. Callahan was a quadriplegic, alcoholic cartoonist who was known for drawings that made impolitic sport of people with disabilities and diseases.

Judith Peabody, 80, Socialite and Volunteer, Dies
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 GMT
A boldface name in an elite family, Mrs. Peabody founded a drug rehabilitation center and cared for dozens of men with AIDS.

Nathan Quinones, 79, Dies; Led New York Schools
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 GMT
Mr. Quinones, the chancellor of the school system in the mid-1980s, pushed to reduce dropout rates and institute tougher achievement standards.

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Operatic Tenor, Dies at 69
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 GMT
Mr. Rolfe Johnson went from being an English farmer to a renowned lyric tenor at the world?s top opera houses.

James E. Akins, Envoy to Saudi Arabia, Dies at 83
Sun, 25 Jul 2010 GMT
Mr. Akins, the State Department?s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, warned more than a year in advance of the 1973 Arab oil embargo that oil-exporting nations were poised to restrict shipments.

Cécile Aubry, Actress and Writer of Children?s Stories, Dies at 81
Sun, 25 Jul 2010 GMT
Ms. Aubry, a French actress, had a short but glamorous film career and later became a writer, creating a children?s television series.

Doug Ohlson, Painter of Vivid Abstracts, Dies at 73
Sun, 25 Jul 2010 GMT
Mr. Ohlson was Inspired by the vistas of his native Iowa and used color on a grand scale.

Kenny Guinn, 73, Dies; Governor of a Prosperous Nevada
Sun, 25 Jul 2010 GMT
The son of migrant fruit pickers, he earned a doctorate in education and came to be ranked as one of the nation?s best governors.

Daniel Schorr, Aggressive Journalist, Dies at 93
Sat, 24 Jul 2010 GMT
Mr. Schorr?s aggressive reporting over 70 years brought him into conflict with censors, the Nixon administration and network superiors.

Vic Ziegel, Sportswriter and Editor, Is Dead at 72
Sat, 24 Jul 2010 GMT
Mr. Ziegel, who wrote for The New York Post and then The Daily News, often focused on baseball, boxing and thoroughbred racing.

David Warren, Inventor of Flight Data Recorder, Dies at 85
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 GMT
Mr. Warren was an Australian aeronautical researcher who advanced air safety despite skepticism and ridicule.

John E. Irving, Canadian Industrialist, Dies at 78
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 GMT
Mr. Irving helped transform a family lumber business into Atlantic Canada?s largest conglomerate.

Carl Gordon, a Late-Blooming Actor, Dies at 78
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 GMT
Mr. Gordon heeded a surprising call late in life and became a successful character actor on television and the stage.

Ralph Houk, Yanks Manager, Dies at 90
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 GMT
Mr. Houk won two World Series and three American League pennants in his first three seasons in New York.

Peter Walls, General in Zimbabwe, Dies at 83
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 GMT
Lt. Gen. Walls played a central and sometimes ambiguous role in the first days of Zimbabwe?s transition to majority rule.

Clint Hartung, Modest Giant, Dies at 87
Thu, 22 Jul 2010 GMT
Mr. Hartung was one of the most highly touted rookies of his generation, only to become a symbol of unfulfilled baseball promise.

Larry Keith, Television and Stage Actor, Dies at 79
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 GMT
Mr. Keith was the first American to play Henry Higgins in?My Fair Lady?on Broadway.

Jim Neu, Playwright on Downtown Scene, Dies at 66
Wed, 21 Jul 2010 GMT
Mr. Neu, a playwright, took as his topic the effect of pop culture on the individual American psyche.

Perfect Sanitation Recruit, William McCabe, Dies at 90
Thu, 22 Jul 2010 GMT
Mr. McCabe scored the highest possible score on the test to become a sanitation worker in 1940, drawing admiring articles in New York newspapers.

James Gammon, Character Actor, Dies at 70
Wed, 21 Jul 2010 GMT
Mr. Gammon was best known as the manager in the baseball film comedy?Major League?and for his work in the plays of Sam Shepard.

Stephen H. Schneider, Climatologist, Is Dead at 65
Tue, 20 Jul 2010 GMT
Dr. Schneider was an engineer and physicist who developed scientific models and used them to press for action on global warming.

Denise Jefferson, 65, Director of the Ailey School, Is Dead
Wed, 21 Jul 2010 GMT
Ms. Jefferson was an internationally known dance educator who oversaw the training of generations of world-class performers.

Paulo Moura, Force in Brazilian Music, Dies at 77
Mon, 19 Jul 2010 GMT
Mr. Moura was known for playing and writing music that ranged from jazz, chorinho, samba and bossa nova to classical.

Olga Guillot, Cuban Bolero Singer, Dies at 87
Sat, 17 Jul 2010 GMT
Ms. Guillot, who was known as the queen of the bolero, performed at Carnegie Hall and other concert halls around the world.

Eduardo Sánchez Junco, Founder of Fawning Magazine, Is Dead at 67
Sun, 18 Jul 2010 GMT
Mr. Junco, Hello magazine?s founder and publisher, presided over his family?s multimillion-dollar publishing empire.

Arnold Kramish, Expert on Nuclear Intelligence, Dies at 87
Fri, 16 Jul 2010 GMT
While working on the Manhattan Project in 1944, Mr. Kramish survived the explosion of a uranium enrichment device.

Marrack Goulding, Former Chief Peacekeeper for the U.N., Dies at 73
Thu, 15 Jul 2010 GMT
Mr. Goulding, a former British ambassador to Angola, led United Nations peacekeeping operations from 1986 to 1993, at times coming under fire himself.

George Steinbrenner, Who Built Yankees Into Powerhouse, Dies at 80
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 GMT
Mr. Steinbrenner bought a declining team in 1973, and then, in an often tumultuous reign, placed his stamp on seven World Series championship teams.

An Appraisal: Enduring Elegance of the Yankees?Bob Sheppard
Thu, 22 Jul 2010 GMT
The stature of Bob Sheppard seemed to transcend that of many of the broadcasters who worked alongside him at Yankee Stadium.

Editorial: Star Man
Sun, 18 Jul 2010 GMT
Remembering one of the last experts in the ancient art of Pacific Ocean wayfaring.

In Remembrance: Vivid Personalities of a Decade
Fri, 01 Jan 2010 GMT
The widely known may be people we never knew, but their deaths can feel personal and compel us to take measure of what has slipped from our own lives.

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