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By Emi Kolawole, on September 7th, 2012 The Andy Warhol Foundation is partnering with Christie’s auction house to sell its collection of the celebrated artist’s work. The sale, which will be conducted over the course of years in the form of private sales and live and online auctions, includes works that have never been publicly displayed. Read full article > >
Continue reading Now, you too, can own a Warhol … maybe
By Stephanie Nebehay, on August 25th, 2012 GENEVA — More than 200,000 Syrians have poured into neighboring countries in the course of its 17-month-long conflict, with a recent surge pushing the total past the 185,000 the U.N. refugee agency had expected to flee by the end of this year. Read full article > >
Continue reading Syrian refugees top 200,000 as exodus grows-UN agency
By By JAMES GORMAN, on June 5th, 2012 In the course of birds’ evolution from dinosaurs, it appears that their skulls pulled a Peter Pan and stopped growing up.
Continue reading Side Effects: Skull Analysis Charts the Changes From Dinosaurs to Birds
By By LIAM STACK, on April 20th, 2012 Protesters chanted for the overthrow of the ruling military council on Friday, reflecting rising unease over the course of the country’s fitful democratic transition.
Continue reading Anxious Egyptians Jam Tahrir Square in Protest
By , on March 29th, 2012 Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson says contentious refereeing decisions even themselves out of the course of a season.
Continue reading Lucky breaks even out – Ferguson
By , on January 2nd, 2012 On this holiday weekend, Los Angeles was dealing with a new plague, this time an arsonist (or arsonists) who in the course of three days firebombed at least 39 cars in the metropolitan area.
Continue reading Los Angeles Car Firebombings Set City on Edge
By , on December 7th, 2011 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton marked International Human Rights Day with a phenomenal speech in Geneva yesterday. Over the course of 30 minutes, Clinton delivered a blunt yet inspiring speech that took on all the myths and canards about homosexuality and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) people. Her address earned her a standing ovation in the Palais des Nations and will endear her and the Obama administration to gay people around the world. Read full article > >
Continue reading Jonathan Capehart:
Clinton’s Geneva accord: ‘Gay rights are human rights’
By , on November 6th, 2011 Beautiful weather greeted the roughly 45,000 entrants running the New York City Marathon: temperatures in the low 40s and the course bathed in lovely sunshine.
Continue reading On the Run Blog: Live Blog: Follow the New York City Marathon
By , on October 19th, 2011 Test screenings are par for the course in Hollywood, where studios regularly show their movies to audiences in order to get feedback during editing. The process is less common in the experimental world, where filmmakers can usually be found zealously crafting intensely personal expressions in what amounts to an insular aesthetic bubble. Read full article > >
Continue reading Lynne Sachs and ‘Your Day is My Night’ at the National Gallery
By , on October 9th, 2011 Rebecca Taber and the Army lieutenant kissed on the sidewalk outside her 16th Street apartment. They had met through friends and had spent, at most, six hours together over the course of two evenings. In a few weeks, 1st Lt. Dan Berschinski was going to Afghanistan, where he would lead a platoon of 35 men. It was June 2009. Read full article > >
Continue reading Love for wounded soldier upon return from Afghanistan
By , on September 23rd, 2011 The wartime prime minister’s dark moods, plus a series of lucky encounters, may have transformed the course of human history, writes John Gray.
Continue reading Churchill, chance and the ‘black dog’
By , on August 11th, 2011 A snapshot of the suspected rioters who were due to appear before one magistrates’ court in London on disorder-related charges during the course of one day.
Continue reading Who are the rioters?
By , on May 3rd, 2011 Multiple times over the course of this season, the Washington Capitals characterized stinging defeats and growing pains from a new style of play as lessons that would help guide them through the playoffs.
Continue reading Capitals can’t learn any more lessons the hard way
By , on April 18th, 2011 Kenya’s Geoffrey Mutai has won the Boston Marathon in a record-breaking 2 hours, 3 minutes, and 59 seconds. It’s not only a record for the course, it’s the fastest marathon ever run-though there isn’t an official world record for marathons due to…
Continue reading Kenya’s Mutai Sets Marathon Record
By , on March 4th, 2011 Rant on Twitter for 20 minutes, pay it off for three years. Courtney Love’s Twitter tirade against fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir has ended in a settlement: the Hole frontwoman will pay Simorangkir $430,000 over the course of the next three years….
Continue reading Courtney Love Settles Twitter Suit
By , on March 1st, 2011 Frank Rich, who over the course of a three-decade career at The New York Times was theater critic, magazine essayist and Sunday Op-ed columnist, is leaving the paper to join New York magazine.
Continue reading Media Decoder: Frank Rich to Leave The Times for New York Magazine
By , on March 1st, 2011 Frank Rich, who over the course of a three-decade career at The New York Times was theater critic, magazine essayist and Sunday Op-ed columnist, is leaving the paper to join New York magazine.
Continue reading Media Decoder: Frank Rich to Leave The Times for New York Magazine
By , on March 1st, 2011 Frank Rich, who over the course of a three-decade career at The New York Times was theater critic, magazine essayist and Sunday Op-ed columnist, is leaving the paper to join New York magazine.
Continue reading Media Decoder: Frank Rich to Leave The Times for New York Magazine
By , on February 8th, 2011 A 95-million-year-old fossil snake is helping scientists understand how these creatures lost their legs through the course of evolutionary time.
Continue reading Studying how snakes got legless
By , on January 26th, 2011 The CPS is facing a a call to investigate the Metropolitan Police for perverting the course of justice in its inquiry into journalists’ phone-hacking.
Continue reading Call for Met phone hacking probe
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