VP Phil Schiller gives the Mac faithful the good news at Apple's last Macworld trade show in San Francisco. Among the highlights: a 17-inch MacBook Pro, new iTunes pricing and software updates.
Ex-U.S. Rep. Leon Panetta was apparently not seeking the post of CIA chief. So, considering he has little foreign policy or intelligence experience, many wonder why he was chosen to run the troubled agency.
Unlike a list of top 10 movies, buildings and other structures are but one piece in an ever-changing landscape. Beautiful architecture, like a fine wine, gets better with age, like the Albany Target store (above). John King. Photos.
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Apple's Phil Schiller unveils software upgrades aplenty during his keynote speech at the annual Macworld Expo in San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center.
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Bishop T.D. Jakes, a preacher in Dallas, wrote the novel "Not Easily Broken," a love story told from a male perspective that has been turned into a movie.
Nice effort, Turiaf. Still, the Warriors lost to the Jazz in Utah and lost Stephen Jackson to injury.
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Former U.S. Rep. Leon Panetta might face a mission impossible should he win Senate confirmation as the new head of the CIA. Blog.
An expression of patriotism, the dress Michelle Obama wears to the official balls will be enshrined in history.

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