The romantic drama “The Vow” looks like the kind of annual Valentine’s Day staple that arrives just as calls start flooding flower shops and chocolate bonbon displays invade your local CVS. Not only do stars Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams know their way around tearful breakups and torrential reunions (Two words: “ The Notebook ”), but the plot follows the familiar path of true love against all odds. Read full article > >

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CHARLOTTESVILLE — A student who attended a February 2010 party at the University of Virginia testified that he heard a woman’s voice yelling “help me, help me” and opened a door to see George Huguely V with his arm around Yeardley Love’s neck. Read full article > >

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George Huguely trial witness: Defendant had his arm around Yeardley Love’s neck

Back in August, Texas Gov. Rick Perry — a man who appeared to have a serious chance at becoming the next president — was saying his state would treat Ben Bernanke “pretty ugly” if he didn’t stop printing money. But Bernanke’s reception in front of the Senate Budget Committee was quite a bit, well, prettier. “I believe when history has been written, you will be a critical figure,” enthused Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.). “Your role has been prominent in preventing the complete collapse of the financial system. For that I am grateful.” And Nelson wasn’t alone. The hearing quickly turned into a total Bernanke lovefest. Read full article > >

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A bipartisan Bernanke lovefest

“Smash,” which NBC hyped as heavily as the Super Bowl, premiered Monday night. The show is many things: a musical within a show, a heavy-on-the-glitter-but-light-on-the-grit look behind the scenes of Broadway and an ode to every musical theater trope you know and possibly love, from the wide-eyed Iowa girl aching for her big break to the slimy director who wouldn’t mind breaking her in. Perhaps you expected this. Read full article > >

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Playwright Grote takes a turn at writing for ‘Smash’

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Obama’s Grandmother in Crash

The government is planning to create a national reading competition in England to encourage a love of books and boost children’s literacy.

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The “love song” of a 165-million-year-old insect is recreated from a tiny and remarkably intact fossil, say scientists.

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Jurassic cricket’s song recreated

CHARLOTTESVILLE — It’s been nearly two years since University of Virginia lacrosse player Yeardley Love was found dead facedown in a pool of blood on a pillow in her bed. Within hours, her ex-boyfriend, George Huguely V , a lacrosse player from Chevy Chase, was charged with murder and jailed in Charlottesville, where he remains. Read full article > >

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George Huguely’s trial in Yeardley Love’s death starts Monday with jury selection

Thinking of cashing in on the Beyoncé baby boom? Too late! That train has already left the station, only four weeks after little Blue Ivy Carter was born . On Jan. 26, new parents Beyoncé and Jay-Z filed an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to protect the baby’s name — and reserve it for a future line of baby carriages, baby cosmetics, diaper bags and other undoubtedly fabulous accoutrements for the fashion-forward infant. Read full article > >

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‘Blue Ivy,’ the trademark: Feds move fast on rights to Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s baby’s name

Just plopping down on the couch to watch the big game seems so slow, so lonely, so . . . 2010 to Lenny Beckerman. These days, when Beckerman watches his beloved New York Giants, as he will during Sunday’s Super Bowl, he doesn’t just watch them. Read full article > >

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Kristen Bell, an actress best known for playing the title character on “Veronica Mars,” really love sloths. “I’ve been obsessed with sloths for as long as I can remember. They must be my spirit animal or something,” Bell recently told the Insider. Read full article > >

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It’s fair to think of the 1971 Tony-winning musical “Two Gentlemen of Verona” as “ Hair II ”: same composer (Galt MacDermot), same gestalt (antiwar, pro-sex, whirling hippies, whoo!). Glow sticks were being handed out at the door over the weekend for the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s giggly concert version of the show, although that seems about as close to trippy as director Amanda Dehnert wanted to get. The performance, which closed Sunday, was not especially Day-Glo vibrant or free-love lusty — and from “Night Letter” to “Hot Lover,” the quick-hitting rock tunes percolated with pheromones. But it was a flip, frisky evening and often wonderfully sung. Read full article > >

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‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’: Harman Hall musical, if not trippy, is worth the trip

New poems by the noted publisher Jonathan Galassi tell the story of a married, middle-aged man who falls in love with a younger man. “It’s about me,” he said.

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In upcoming film “Lovelace.”

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SJP Takes Over for Demi Moore

G eorgia is on my mind as I sink my teeth into a corn muffin that, along with a clove-scented sweet potato muffin, launches dinner at Evening Star Cafe in Alexandria. The golden snack sports a moist crumb and, unlike too many corn muffins in these parts, leans savory rather than sweet. Read full article > >

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Tom Sietsema: Wishes come true at Evening Star Cafe