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Beijing International Screenwriting Competition announces winners

2013-05-20 06:36:00

An American woman arrives in China to retrace the steps of her deceased daughter from a video diary the daughter kept of her trip to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. A young flautist travels to Beijing to audition for a conservatory. A seamstress for a...

Bionic ear with superhuman potential, hot off the printer

2013-05-02 13:49:00

Need a new ear? In the future you may be able to print one out and pop it on. Taking us one step closer to a future in which we are all part human, part machine, scientists at Princeton University have created a pair of high functioning bionic ears made...

David Petraeus, former CIA chief and military leader, joins USC

2013-05-02 00:10:00

David H. Petraeus, the former four-star U.S. Army general who resigned as head of the Central Intelligence Agency last year after confessing to an extramarital affair, will teach part-time at USC and help mentor students who are veterans, officials are...

Edward Frieman dies at 87; leading figure in American science

2013-04-28 13:00:00

Edward A. Frieman, a leading figure in American science for decades as a researcher with wide-ranging interests, a top-level governmental advisor on defense and energy issues, and director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, has...

A rich season for playwright Richard Greenberg

2013-04-27 08:00:00

NEW YORK — "I'm too tired to be anxious," said playwright Richard Greenberg, looking worn out with anxiety as he settled into a booth at a Chelsea diner. This neighborhood canteen, dubbed his "office" by the late theatrical agent Helen Merrill, is...

Review: 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' considers 9/11 effects

2013-04-26 00:00:00

If there ever was a time to see "The Reluctant Fundamentalist," that time is here and now. In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, with even President Obama asking, "Why did young men who grew up and studied here as part of our communities and...

David Petraeus to teach at CUNY school in New York

2013-04-24 14:14:00

David Petraeus, the former four-star general who was forced out as head of the Central Intelligence Agency because he had an affair with his biographer, has accepted a post as a visiting professor in New York. In a statement released Tuesday, Macaulay...

'Jurassic Park' paleontologist offers advice on ways of dinosaurs

2013-03-31 06:00:00

The blockbuster Steven Spielberg movie "Jurassic Park," being re-released in 3-D on April 5, wouldn't be the same place without paleontologist Jack Horner. In addition to advising the production on scientific matters, Horner provided inspiration for the...

Movie review: 'Admission' gets a passing grade

2013-03-22 00:00:00

A fraught romantic comedy shot through with anxiety about getting your child into an Ivy League school or else, "Admission" stars Tina Fey as a Princeton University admissions officer with a secret. Her genial foil is Paul Rudd, who runs a rural New...

With 'The Croods' in top spot, 'Olympus' will fall to No. 2

2013-03-21 14:15:00

"The Croods" could club its way to box-office success this weekend, as the animated caveman movie looks certain to end up No. 1. The 3-D DreamWorks Animation film is likely to open with a solid $40 million, according to those who have seen pre-release...

Mohsin Hamid comes home to roost in Pakistan

2013-03-14 06:00:00

Many of the characters in Mohsin Hamid's novels are cultural nomads, hopscotching between the Islamic world and the Western capitalist world, the spiritual and the material, Urdu and English, the undernourished countryside and the teeming mega-city. It'...

Short of voters, Republicans gerrymander their way back to power

2013-02-06 05:00:00

Republicans have become a devious party that believes if you cannot win by following fair rules, there is nothing wrong with rigging the game. To their constitutionally endorsed advantage in the Senate, they have added a manipulated advantage in the House...

Cars.com has appointed Barbara Mousigian vice president of product. She will oversee the development and launch of new products while also guiding enhancements to Cars.com�s existing properties.

2013-04-22 11:31:00

Misha Malyshev, chief executive of Chicago-based Teza Technologies, has joined buildOn's global leadership council. BuildOn is a non-profit organization active in Chicago area schools, working to break the cycle of poverty, illiteracy and low expectations through service and education.

2013-03-29 00:00:00

Ocoee linebacker Rohan Hylton is taking his football and academic skills to Princeton University.

2013-01-05 00:00:00