When your family is bored with nothing to do, send them to the yard to gather freshly fallen pine cones.

Aficionados of the internal-combustion engine--and its profound influence on popular culture and society-- will feel ecstatic the moment they enter the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.

However, the 5-year-old band does have a bit of the retro going on. The four-member Austin, Texas, band is said to fall into a nebulous subgenre of heavy metal dubbed a oehipster metala because its aggressive ...

Croup is breathing difficulty accompanied by a "barking" cough. Croup, which is swelling around the vocal cords, is common in infants and children and can have a variety of causes.

Greg Tenor did not vote for Barack Obama. But that's not for a lack of support. "I'm 15-years-old," said Tenor, a Cumberland Valley High School Freshman.

The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers has announced the individual and corporate winners for the 2008 SHPE Technical Achievement Recognition Awards, and a Cobre High School graduate was among them.

The nation might be facing economic hard times, but Nossi College of Art is thriving with a record enrollment for its fall semester. Enrollment is up 20 percent from fall 2007, said Executive Director Cyrus Vatandoost. Vatandoost attributes the ...

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I often wish, in my fantasy parallel universe, that Christmas could be like Thanksgiving. The main advantage: No religious overtones. No advent, no rote recitation of the virgin birth miracle. Family and friends could get together, get sick on a lot ...

Barack Obama was in his last year of high school in 1979 when hip-hop broke out of the ghettos of New York on its way to becoming a national phenomenon.

Not just any photo captures the true beauty in nature. Full of striking allure and color, local photographer Mel Wilson translates nature in raw form, finding scenes from across the globe, bringing the experience back to the viewer. The exhibit ...

The Oklahoma City Museum of Art will host the Oklahoma Arts Institute's "Tour de Quartz" through Jan 4. The exhibition features paintings and photographs produced during the Summer Arts Institute, a two-week academy held at Quartz Mountain in June ...

ART Kane County AURORA UNIVERSITY, Dunham Hall, 1400 Marseillaise Place, 630-844-5402 or www.aurora.edu . Hours: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, closed Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday (September through May). Schedule ...

Jed Gottlieb writes about music, film and pop culture for local, regional and national publications.

I Kissed a Girl ....... By Katy Perry. See more info...

So who's the best team in the SWC now? "Is there any more doubters?" exclaimed Brookfield senior back Trevor Treibt with his arms open wide as he scanned the near empty football field at Bunnell.

Peterson, Eric. "16 Roadside Architectural Wonders." 14 August 2007. HowStuffWorks.com. 20 November 2008.

ROME, NOV. 20, 2008 .- A representative of the Church in Italy is expressing his sadness that the Jewish community will not join in Jan.

The promised rigorous screening of ministerial nominees turned into a jelly affair yesterday as the Senate screened four of the thirteen ministerial nominees presented to it by President Umaru Yar'Adua. Two of ...

Swooping curves inspired by Stingray of the Sixties. 21st November 2008 What do you do if youa TMre unhappy with the look of your favourite sports car? Design your own.

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Arts leaders rally around MOCA Los Angeles Times, CA - 8 hours ago A financially healthy Museum of Contemporary Art is indispensable to Los Angeles, its peers say. By Suzanne Muchnic and Diane Haithman "MOCA has to survive ... Endowment Drying Up, a Museum Seeks Help New York Times Artnet News Artnet Ideas outlined for museum component of Eli Broad art facility Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles Times all 33 news articles

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