Gadget makers scale back for annual Las Vegas show (Orlando Sentinel)

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:11:25 GMT

This week more than 2,700 companies will descend on Las Vegas to show off the latest computers, cell phones, GPS systems, TV sets and other gadgets at the largest consumer-technology exhibition in the world.

All the colors of the day (The Westerly Sun)

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:41:17 GMT

On Dec. 11, Sun reporters and photographers looked at our region a little differently than usual. They split the day into four 6-hour shifts and chronicled a variety of events over 24 hours. From early morning at the Westerly train station to lunchtime at the Charlestown Senior Center and behind the scenes at the Mystic Aquarium, we give you a sampling of life, six hours at a time, in 24 Hours ...

Book Review: Karnak Café by Naguib Mahfouz (Blogcritics.org)

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:50:48 GMT

With a novella, Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz takes readers inside Egyptian culture and politics in the 1960s and early 1970s. "There is always an idea behind a novel, at least behind the novel as I know it," Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz once said. In his case, the idea frequently shed light on the cultural and political landscape of his native country, helping earn Mahfouz the 1988 Nobel ...

Glenn Close and 'Damages' return for a new season (Newsday)

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:40:15 GMT

Glenn Close sounds pooped, and you probably would, too. The hour is late, and there are many hours to go before this day on the "Damages" set ends deep in the night or early the next morning, when the final "cut" is barked and the last klieg dimmed.

Iran publishes bulletin on ancient artificial eye found in Burnt City (Payvand Iran News)

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:23:13 GMT

Iran's Sistan-Baluchestan Province has published a bulletin about the artificial eye, unearthed in the historical Burnt City site. The 5,000 year-old eye was unearthed two years ago and is believed to be the oldest prosthetic in the world.