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(March 9) — The campaign to rein in a type of risky investment villainized in the economic crisis and blamed for the government bailout of AIG and the financial collapse of Greece is gaining momentum in Washington and other capitals, where officials are comparing it to piracy of another age.
On ...
(March 10) — Police in Indonesia have killed the suspected mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings in a shootout at a Jakarta Internet café, striking a large blow to Islamic terrorism in the world’s most populous Muslim country.
Indonesia’s president announced the raid during a speech this day at Australia’s parliament. ...
Legendary folk-rock duo Simon & Garfunkel have confirmed they are heading back out on tour. The Bridge Over Troubled Water singers will play 13 North American dates in April and May (10), which will start with a headlining spot at New Orleans’ Jazz & Heritage Festival in Louisiana on 24 ...
Jamaicans will honor late reggae greats Bob Marley and Peter Tosh when the doors to the nation’s music museum open next year (11).
Rare pieces of memorabilia will go on display at the Jamaica Music Museum, which will document and preserve artifacts from the Caribbean country’s rich music history. ...
Rights battle over Polaroid sale
Former judge urges artists to go to court over original contracts before June auction
By Charlotte Burns | From issue 211, March 2010Published on-line 9 Mar 10 (market)
Instant art snaps: Polaroid pics by Lucas Samaras, Chuck Close and Andy Warhol are up for sale
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Name that painting
Web onlyPublished on-line 9 Mar 10
Hold Your Horses Marilyn!
Have art historical references become the new brand-name-dropping? First rapper Jay-Z stuffed the video for his recent hit “On to the Next One” with art star shout-outs, including a black diamond encrusted skull suspiciously similar to Hirst’s.
Wonder if they'll throw in a bloody sock with every purchase.
Electronic Arts stated it is distributing a game made by Curt Schilling, the former Boston Red Sox pitcher and likely future Hall of Famer who once pitched a pivotal postseason game with an ankle injury so severe that ...
First the Federal Communications Commission, now Capitol Hill.
Just hours after revealing plans to ask the FCC to change the rules of negotiation between broadcasters and cable operators, a consortium of distributors led by Time Warner Cable is taking its case to Congress as well.
In a letter sent Tuesday to Rep. ...
Nan Martin, a veteran stage, tv and film actress whose Broadway credits include “J.B.” and “Under the Yum-Yum Tree” and who played Ali McGraw’s snooty mom in the film “Goodbye, Columbus,” died on Thursday at her home in Malibu, Calif. She was 82.
The cause was complications of emphysema, stated her ...
This article was reported by Brooks Barnes, Michael Cieply and Melena Ryzik and written by Mr. Barnes.
LOS ANGELES The morning after the Oscars in Hollywood feels a bit like a nightclub that abruptly flips on the lights at closing time. Remnants of fake fog dispersing through the air, exhausted ...