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  • British adventurer Felicity Aston skis across Iceland during a pre-expedition training trip. Ms. Aston plans to ski by herself across Antarctica. If she manages to complete this journey of more than 1,000 miles in late January, she'll become the first person to cross Antarctica alone under her own power. (Kaspersky One Trans-Antartic Expedition via Associated Press)

    British woman plans 70-day, 1,000-mile trek across Antartica

    By Michael Warren - Associated Press

    Reaching the end of the Earth has become almost routine these days: One hundred years after Norway’s Roald Amundsen beat Britain’s R.F. Scott to the South Pole, more than 30 teams are trying for it this year. Published November 20, 2011 Comments

  • Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg talks about Timeline at a developers conference Sept. 22 in San Francisco. Users can share their choices of music, movies, games and news sources with their friends as part of what the Facebook website describes as a new way to "tell your life story with a new kind of profile." (Associated Press)

    Music, media pin hopes on Facebook

    By Ryan Nakashima - Associated Press

    Music and media companies are pinning fresh hopes for reviving their businesses on a small ribbon that Facebook has begun putting on user profiles called the “ticker.” Published September 25, 2011 Comments

  • Daily Caller: Sarah Palin documentary getting pay-per-view release

    By Laura Donovan and Michael Mayday - Special to The Washington Times

    Sarah Palin documentary getting pay-per-view release Published July 26, 2011 Comments

  • Actors Matthew Perry (left) and Martin Sheen (right) wait to speak to an early morning crowd during a rally sponsored by The National Association of Drug Court Professionals in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, July 19, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

    The Daily Caller: Bradley Cooper to play Satan in Milton adaptation

    By Laura Donovan, Nikki Grey and Alexa Linn Williams - Special to The Washington Times - The Washington Times

    Bradley Cooper is taking on the role of Satan in the upcoming film adaptation of John Milton’s epic poem “Paradise Lost.” Published July 19, 2011 Comments

  • Actor Denis Leary (right) looks at an annotated script from his TV show "Rescue Me" with writer-producer Peter Tolan (left) at the National Museum of American History in Washington on Thursday. (Associated Press)

    Museum gets ‘Rescue Me’ items

    By Brett Zongker - Associated Press

    Actor Denis Leary has donated props, costumes and other objects from his TV series “Rescue Me” to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History because of the show’s connection to New York City firefighters after Sept. 11. Published July 17, 2011 Comments

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    By The Washington Times

    It's a news story that's too easy to resist. Published February 7, 2012 Comments

  • Jewish scholars dare to bridge religious divide

    By Jeremy Lott SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES - 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

  • Zadzooks: Scarygirl review (PSN)

    By Joseph Szadkowski - The Washington Times

    The twisted imagination of graphic novelist Nathan Jurevicius comes to animated life in a downloadable side-scrolling adventure for Sony's entertainment console. Published January 30, 2012 Comments

  • MOVIE REVIEW: 'Man on a Ledge'

    By Adam Mazmanian - Special to The Washington Times

    As a heist movie, "Man on a Ledge" is a bit of a throwback. It's intensely plotted, gritty, occasionally surprising and sparing in its use of elements extraneous to the story. Published January 26, 2012 Comments

  • Museum, theater programs enlighten, challenge students

    By Roland Flamini - Special to The Washington Times

    The Phillips Collection houses a dazzling array of works by a wide range of artists, among them Picasso, Renoir, Modgliani, Byron Beckford ... Byron who? Published January 26, 2012 Comments

  • 'Extremely Loud' just a lot of noise

    By MOVIES/PETER SUDERMAN - The Washington Times

    It almost doesn't matter whether "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" is a good movie or a bad one. It's a 9/11 movie, so how one reacts will inevitably hinge to some extent on individual feelings about the terrorist attacks that stunned and shocked Americans a decade ago. Published January 19, 2012 Comments

  • Tricks for avoiding dry, itchy winter skin

    By Leanne Italie ASSOCIATED PRESS - The Washington Times

    If it's dry and cold where you live, work or play, it's winter skin season, but the fixes may not be as obvious as they seem. Published January 2, 2012 Comments

  • Rapper Baba Brinkman gets positively medieval

    By Mark Kennedy AP DRAMA WRITER - The Washington Times

    NEW YORK | Most rappers boast about their intellect, but few go out and actually get a master's degree in medieval and Renaissance literature so they can spit better rhymes. Published December 28, 2011 Comments

  • Israel puts Adolf Eichmann items on display

    By Aron Heller - Associated Press

    Fifty years after Holocaust mastermind Adolf Eichmann was convicted in an epic trial that helped shape Israel's national psyche, the Israeli parliament on Monday put on display for the first time dozens of artifacts from the daring 1960 operation in Argentina that captured the Nazi criminal. Published December 12, 2011 Comments

  • Warner Bros. flubs movie system launch

    By Ryan Nakashima ASSOCIATED PRESS - The Washington Times

    LOS ANGELES Published December 11, 2011 Comments

  • Online dawdling a common pastime

    By Barbara Ortutay ASSOCIATED PRESS - The Washington Times

    NEW YORK Published December 4, 2011 Comments

  • Turning blue from shopping?

    By Sarah Skidmore - Associated Press

    Cyber Monday. Green Tuesday. Black Friday. Magenta Saturday. Published November 28, 2011 Comments

  • Taking Names: Richards, Jagger reflect on re-release of 'Some Girls'

    By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

    Keith Richards equates the rush to release the Rolling Stones' seminal album "Some Girls" as "the same as cutting off your baby's head." Published November 22, 2011 Comments

  • Listening Station: Rihanna's 'Talk That Talk'

    By Andrew Leahey - Special to The Washington Times

    If it seems like there's been a new Rihanna album every year since 2005, that's because there has been a new Rihanna album every year since 2005. She's the Energizer Bunny of R&B, releasing so much music that it's hard to tell which hit came from which record. Published November 21, 2011 Comments

  • Red, white and goo: Has America gone soft?

    By Patrick Hruby - The Washington Times

    Has America gone soft? Seen our once formidable, can-do economic, cultural and geopolitical six-pack abs devolve into a can't-be-bothered muffin top of belt-buckle-busting, Snuggie-swaddled goo? Published November 16, 2011 Comments

  • Builder's foray into films costs $220.5M

    By Kelvin Chan ASSOCIATED PRESS - The Washington Times

    HONG KONG | A Hollywood-China movie production venture that plans to make big budget films for worldwide audiences has been cleared for an infusion of $220.5 million from an unlikely source - a construction company. Published November 15, 2011 Comments

  • Universal, Sony/ATV to buy EMI for $4.1B

    By Ryan Nakashima - Associated Press

    EMI Group Ltd., the iconic British music company that is home to the Beatles, Coldplay and Katy Perry, is being split and sold for $4.1 billion. Published November 13, 2011 Comments

  • Cavill a second choice no more

    By Derrick J. Lang ASSOCIATED PRESS - The Washington Times

    Looking past Henry Cavill's infinitely blue eyes and goofy grin, it's not difficult to imagine the 28-year-old British actor transforming into an extremely intense dude as he describes the roughest day he experienced on the "Immortals" set - grasping the complex choreography for the film's epic final battle. Published November 13, 2011 Comments

  • Get Out: Foo Fighters

    By Mike Riggs - The Washington Times

    With the rest of the music industry going the way of the imploding European Union, the Foo Fighters are a lonely outpost of reliable album sales, packed concert halls and life-affirming live shows. They play Friday night at Verizon Center. Published November 10, 2011 Comments

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