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The Surprising History of America's Wild Horses

8/21/2008 7:58:38 PM

Source: Yahoo! News

GM announces $500M investment for small car

8/21/2008 7:54:53 PM

Source: San Jose Mercury News

Judge: 'Dancing baby' lawsuit can proceed

8/21/2008 7:43:42 PM

Source: San Diego Union-Tribune

Calif. says green cars need more noise pollution

8/21/2008 6:30:25 PM

Source: Boston Globe

FDA: Irradiating spinach, lettuce OK to kill germs

8/21/2008 3:19:43 PM

Source: LA Times

NASCAR hands out stiff penalties to Gibbs Racing

8/21/2008 1:52:29 PM

Source: Miami Herald

Penske Truck Leasing and City Harvest Team Up for First-Ever 'Green' Refrigerated Truck Fleet

8/21/2008 9:55:53 AM

Source: NBC 4 Reno / Tahoe (KRNV)

Partial Lunar Eclipse to Grace Old World Aug. 16

8/21/2008 8:22:25 AM

Source: Yahoo! News

Digital TV penetration in Western Europe and the US to surge by 2012

8/21/2008 7:39:10 AM

Source: Computer Business Review

US seeks WTO panel in hi-tech row with EU

8/21/2008 2:09:00 AM

Source: The Dominion Post, New Zealand

Blogs

bikes_city2 [Flickr]

8/21/2008 8:28:08 PM

Source: C.I.C.L.E.

workshop_all_students [Flickr]

8/21/2008 8:27:37 PM

Source: C.I.C.L.E.

Who put 'Wii Music' in my Guitar Hero?

8/21/2008 8:27:37 PM

Source: Joystiq

Apple's iPhone 3G troubles spawn a lawsuit

8/21/2008 8:24:02 PM

Source: The Technology Chronicles

Relearning process not always a 'free lunch'

8/21/2008 8:23:21 PM

Source: EurekAlert!

Latest Articles

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Portland City Council highlights water needs

Water ways
City councilor Dave Marshall will speak at this Wednesday’s farmers’ market in Monument Square about the importance of creating a national water trust fund.
By DEIRDRE FULTON  |  August 20, 2008
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AOR with ADD

The Coke Dares take a minute to rock you
I’m told there’s an epidemic of shrinking attention spans, yet our demand for rock remains unchanged.
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  August 14, 2008
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Schmaltz Coney Island Lagers

Freaking delicious
The latest offerings from New York’s Schmaltz Brewing Co. celebrate — as Elvis Costello once put it — the “other side of summer.”
By MIKE MILIARD  |  August 13, 2008
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Fly Me to the Moon

Doesn't muster much buzz
First chimps and now bugs get to go into orbit — that’s right, the title of this film refers to the common housefly.
By TOM MEEK  |  August 13, 2008
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Follow the leader

Geometry Wars 2 shoots and scores
What makes a man lust for the high score?
By MITCH KRPATA  |  August 12, 2008
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Podcastic!

Band in Boston escapes to the web
If you’re flummoxed by the dizzying breadth of our rock scene, a good place to start deflummoxing might be the trifecta of Band in Boston podcasts.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR  |  August 19, 2008

Facebook follies

 Letters to the Boston editor, August 8, 2008
I’d rather live with Facebook than without!
By LETTERS TO THE BOSTON EDITOR  |  August 06, 2008
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Mix and match

Menu anxiety pays off at the Grill Room
Harvard psychologist Dan Gilbert recently demonstrated that having many options to choose from makes us less happy.
By BRIAN DUFF  |  August 05, 2008
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Hydrogen cars come and go

Fuel sell
Despite a lingering lack of infrastructure and research dollars, hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles and their zero-emission technology are being hailed as our environmental saviors.
By DEIRDRE FULTON  |  August 05, 2008
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

Disjointed, sketchy, and saccharine
Like Sex and the City: The Movie, Sanaa Hamri’s continuation of the journey of a pair of jeans that magically fit four girls of disparate genes feels tailored for the small screen.
By BRETT MICHEL  |  August 05, 2008

Heat of the moment

Politics and other mistakes
Because of the high cost of heating oil, I'm considering installing an alternative energy source in my house. I've examined the possibilities, and it looks as if my best bet is a home nuclear-power plant.
By AL DIAMON  |  July 30, 2008
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Parody flunks out

Political humor is no longer welcome in Academia as administrators choke the life out of parody
Artist Barry Blitt’s brilliant illustration — which sought to satirize the naysayers who portray Obama as a flag-burning, unpatriotic Muslim and his wife as a black-power radical — cut to the core of today’s political paradox.
By HARVEY SILVERGLATE  |  July 30, 2008
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Bigger! Better!!

The 12th Annual Rhode Island International Film Festival
This year the festival will host 58 world premieres and 41 North American premieres.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ  |  July 30, 2008
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Mirrors up to Nature

As You Like It on Boston Common; QED in Central Square
Up close, the Forest of Arden, an elevated glade tucked into Boston Common, looks like verdant, dappled clouds tacked to two-by-fours.
By CAROLYN CLAY  |  July 29, 2008
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Visions from Lilliput

The rise of the minisode
In a sense, every successful portmanteau word represents a narrow escape.
By JAMES PARKER  |  July 28, 2008

Windshift

Politics and other mistakes
Harley Lee and I are not friends. The only time we’ve met was a couple of years ago in a Carrabassett Valley bar, where I told him the world would be a better place if somebody poisoned his drink.
By AL DIAMON  |  July 23, 2008

Portland scene report: July 25, 2008

Sibilance starts now
The Portland music scene is getting all kinds of Web-friendly.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF  |  July 23, 2008
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Krofft fare

Sid and Marty show MySpace how psychedelia’s really done
My favorite Sid and Marty Krofft production is one they had nothing to do with.
By MIKE MILIARD  |  July 23, 2008
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Me and my tattoos

One Man’s Inky Voyage Toward Meaning
I know that most people get their first tattoo when they’re drunk, or infatuated, or when there’s a race war on their cellblock and they have to quickly join a gang — but not me.
By JAMES PARKER  |  July 23, 2008
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Post-traumatic earth

Eiko + Koma and Tere O’Connor at Concord
With the most unassertive, seemingly egoless moves, Eiko & Koma can evoke the sensations and moods of a universe.
By MARCIA B. SIEGEL  |  July 23, 2008
Audio

Political Conventions

8/21/2008 8:17:32 PM

Source: KQED's Forum


Higher Oil Prices Encourage Energy Savings

8/21/2008 6:30:01 PM

Source: NPR Business Audio


Appliance Stores Look To Energy Efficiency

8/21/2008 4:45:36 PM

Source: NPR Business Audio


Cruise Line Seeks To Trim $225M Fuel Bill

8/21/2008 4:44:28 PM

Source: NPR Business Audio


To Cut Fuel Costs, American Switches To 737s

8/21/2008 4:43:55 PM

Source: NPR Business Audio

Video

Home Office criminal data loss

8/21/2008 5:26:54 PM

Source: BBC Video UK


VIDEO: City Light Auditor Can Help Cut Energy Costs

8/21/2008 2:24:42 PM

Source: CBS KIRO7 Video


Klaus Pierre: I Want to Stay (comedy)

8/21/2008 1:51:15 PM

Source: Boing Boing TV


Bloggers on a mission

8/21/2008 1:45:42 PM

Source: CNN Video


Buster Olney's Video Blog

8/21/2008 11:59:41 AM

Source: ESPN Video

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