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  • Don Cheadle performance as Marty Kaan on Showtime's new hit "House of Lies" may just mark the beginning of the end of talented black actors being wasted in predictable roles. (Photo courtesy Showtime)

    Don Cheadle plays TV's first black antihero in Showtime's 'House of Lies'

    By Hampton Stevens - Special to The Washington Times

    Marty Kaan is TV’s first black antihero, and he demands to be judged by the perfectly dreadful content of his character, rather than the totally irrelevant color of his skin. Published February 2, 2012 Comments

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    Liberal musicians demand conservative pols stop the music

    By James Frazier - Special to The Washington Times

    Conservative politicians — no less than their liberal counterparts — need campaign music, familiar tunes with lyrics that easily imprint an audience with a desired message. But for every act like Brooks & Dunn, whose “Only in America” has been adopted by candidates of both parties without objection, there are many more eager to bar politicians from using their music — be it for philosophical reasons or to gain cred from liberal fan bases. Published February 1, 2012 Comments

  • "Crooked Beauty" at the Reel Abilities/Disabilities Film Festival.

    Get Out: Reel Abilities Disabilities Film Festival

    By Mike Riggs - Special to The Washington Times

    The Reel Abilities Disabilities Film Festival is chock-full of inspiring stories of people born without (or lose) a sense or a limb and how they have become models for living life to the fullest. Published February 2, 2012 Comments

  • It's springtime in New York, at least in Park Here, a temporary indoor park in lower Manhattan where the temperature is a balmy 75 and recorded nature sounds play amid blossoming bushes. (Associated Press)

    Spring comes early at ‘pop-up’ NYC park

    By Verena Dobnik - Associated Press

    Birds are chirping, the grass is green, and tea is being served amid blossoming bushes. Welcome to New York City in January, with a cure for cold-weather blues: a pop-up indoor park in lower Manhattan. Published February 2, 2012 Comments

  • Alex Russell, Michael B. Jordan, and Dane DeHaan (from left) play teens with special powers in "Chronicle," a cleverly twisted take on the superhero origin story. (20th Century Fox via Associated Press)

    MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Chronicle’

    By Peter Suderman - Special to The Washington Times

    What happens when you give a trio of teen boys superpowers? Maybe they’ll goof off. Or wreck a major city in a fit of adolescent angst. In “Chronicle,” they do both. Published February 2, 2012 Comments

  • Sara Paxton is one of the clerks left alone to handle chores at an inn before it closes in "The Innkeepers." Ti West wrote and directed the film. (Magnolia Pictures via Associated Press)

    MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Innkeepers’

    By Adam Mazmanian - Special to The Washington Times

    Near the end of “The Innkeepers,” a low-budget ghost story set in a decaying New England inn, it begins to dawn on the viewer that there is no plot twist, reversal or hidden hand unveiled to explain or justify one’s time and attention — the film is a 100-minute tease of a horror flick. Published February 2, 2012 Comments

  • Amy Jill-Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler co-edited "The Jewish Annotated New Testament." They want Jews to become more comfortable with the Christian holy book and Christians to be more comfortable with its Jewishness.

    Jewish scholars dare to bridge religious divide

    By Jeremy Lott - Special to The Washington Times

    Annotated Bibles don’t often make headlines, but “The Jewish Annotated New Testament” (Oxford University Press) - the title alone is enough to provoke spirited discussion - has caused a stir. Published January 31, 2012 Comments

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    By MARILYNN MARCHIONE - Associated Press

    To many people, breast cancer screening means a mammogram. But for millions of poor, mostly young women who visit Planned Parenthood, it is usually just a physical exam by the only health professional they may ever see. Published February 3, 2012 Comments

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  • Law enforcement websites under attack by hackers

    By BRIAN SKOLOFF and DENISE LAVOIE - Associated Press

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    By TODD DVORAK and REBECCA BOONE - Associated Press

    The head of memory chip maker Micron long known for taking risks in stunt piloting died Friday when a small experimental plane he was piloting steeply banked, stalled and crashed near an Idaho runway. Published February 3, 2012 Comments

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    By Joseph Szadkowski - The Washington Times

    The latest episode from one of the masters of the survival-horror video-game genre returns to its roots with some eye-popping results in the Nintendo 3DS format. Published February 3, 2012 Comments

  • Bogart's son opens film festival at Smithsonian

    By BRETT ZONGKER - Associated Press

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  • HP awards new CEO Whitman with $16.5M pay package

    By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

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  • Apple, Motorola in patent struggle in Germany

    By ffftbs - Associated Press

    Apple Inc. has temporarily blocked Motorola Mobility's attempt to have it withdraw several iPhone and iPad models from its Internet store in Germany, the latest twist in an extended legal duel over patents between the companies. Published February 3, 2012 Comments

  • HP awards new CEO Whtman with $16.5M pay package

    By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

    Hewlett-Packard Co. ushered in Meg Whitman as its CEO with a $16.5 million compensation package. It hinges on whether the former candidate for California governor can lift the stumbling technology company's stock price during the next two years. Published February 3, 2012 Comments

  • Roseanne Barr seeks Green Party presidential nod

    By ANDREW MIGA - Associated Press

    Roseanne Barr said Thursday she's running for the Green Party's presidential nomination _ and it's no joke. Published February 3, 2012 Comments

  • Micron CEO dies in plane crash

    By TODD DVORAK and REBECCA BOONE - Associated Press

    A small experimental plane piloted by the chief executive and chairman of Micron Technology Inc. crashed after take-off Friday at the Boise airport, killing the head of the Idaho memory chip maker who survived a similar crash eight years ago. Published February 3, 2012 Comments

  • Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call

    By RAPHAEL SATTER - Associated Press

    Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, responsible for a string of embarrassing attacks across the Internet. Published February 3, 2012 Comments

  • Komen backtracks on Planned Parenthood ban

    By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

    Breast cancer research foundation Susan G. Komen for the Cure reversed its decision to defund Planned Parenthood Friday after a three-day uproar that saw the foundation come under intense political pressure by pro-choice advocates. Published February 3, 2012 Comments

  • Micron CEO Steve Appleton dies in plane crash

    By Rebecca Boone - Associated Press

    Steve Appleton, the chief operating officer and chairman of Micron, died Friday morning in a small plane crash in Boise, the company said. He was 51. Published February 3, 2012 Comments

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