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Theater Lover Takes A Stand Against Annoying Cell Phone
Writer Kevin Williamson of the National Review attended a musical in New York. He says a woman was web surfing on her phone, violating theater rules. He tells Gothamist he complained to the woman. She replied, "So don't look." That's when Williamson grabbed her phone and threw it across the theater.
In spite of the robotic persona they've cultivated for years, Thomas Bangalt...
Daft Punk On 'The Soul That A Musician Can Bring'
In spite of the robotic persona they've cultivated for years, Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo elected to make their new album, Random Access Memories, in a real studio, with real musicians. Hear the elusive electronic duo in conversation with All Things Considered's Audie Cornish.
Left Without New Star Trek Episodes, Fans Create Their Own
The next Star Trek movie comes out this week. It's been four years since the last one came out, and more than 40 years since the final episode of the original Star Trek series aired on television. Some fans moved on. Some spent the intervening decades pining away for Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock and the rest of the crew of the Starship Enterprise. And some took up the gauntlet Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry threw down in 1966 and started making episodes of their own.
Senators Lead Push To Change Military's Sexual Assault Policy
New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is sponsoring legislation cracking down on sexual assault in the military.
At Least Six Dead After Tornadoes Tear Through North Texas
A series of tornadoes ripped across north Texas on Wednesday night, killing six people and injuring dozens of others. The strongest tornado hit the city of Granbury with winds approaching 200 mph. Rescue crews were going door-to-door on Thursday searching for survivors.
Despite significant advances in neurology and imaging, researchers still don...
Why Is Psychiatry's New Manual So Much Like The Old One?
Unlike cardiology and most other fields of medicine, psychiatry still hasn't developed discrete, biological tests for diagnosing illnesses of the mind. That's because the brain "hasn't yielded its secrets yet," one psychiatrist says.