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Forbes - It also offers state-of-the-art features usually found in more expensive projectors including lens shift and color management combined with our exclusive two-year Road Service(TM) and PrivateLine(R) support -- all for under $1,300." The Home Cinema ...

News.com.au - Kidman is beefing up for her next movie. The 40-year-old Australian movie star has already added 4.5 kg to her svelte frame and plans to double her weight gain in coming weeks before she starts filming The Reader . "She is naturally very slim and ...

News.com.au - A MASSIVE crack in a concrete floor – said to symbolise racism and the gulf between white Europeans and the rest of humanity – has been unveiled as the central exhibit at London's Tate Modern gallery. Shibboleth , by Colombian sculptor Doris ...

Seattle Times - Peter Reiquam painted a large peace sign on the nearly flat metal roof. It is easily seen by airplanes using nearby Boeing Field. Peter fashioned this kitchen table, which rolls, from butcher-block and a salvaged marine steel buoy ball. It was ...

Newsday - It brought together artists in Brooklyn. Now, it's being duplicated in Queens with the same goal. It's "Project Diversity Queens," which will have galleries across the borough displaying work reflecting the county's different cultures. Nearly 100 ...

Philadelphia Inquirer - Tiffany lamps, characterized by dazzling mosaic shades of vividly colored glass, have become widely admired and sought after - and extremely valuable - since Louis Comfort Tiffany stopped making them about 75 years ago. Their stunning patterns and ...

Chicago Tribune - As a University of Iowa business major, nothing intrigued Kevin Kotecki more than his finance classes. "I liked figuring out the net present values and internal rates of return for projects," said Kotecki. His love of finance continued until his ...

St. Petersburg Times - Iplayed football for four years in public school, two years in college and one season on a six-man team in the Marine Corps. I always knew there was something artistic about football, along with all other sports, but I didn't know in what way. I ...

Xinhua News Agency - KUNMING, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- China will hold its first rural culture and art festival in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province. The festival, scheduled for November 18 to 22 at the Fubao village, near the Dianchi Lake, includes folk ...

Xinhua News Agency - BEIJING, Oct. 21 -- The 2007 Jinan International Humor Art Week opened on Friday evening in the capital of Shandong Province, featuring performances by artists from the U.S., Brazil, Argentina, Spain and Russia. The performers managed to overcome ...