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Imprisoned Phil Spector gives music a new spinFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 2:21AMIn the often weird world of show business marriages, the love story of Phil and Rachelle Spector is among the strangest. The 70-year-old Spector is a rock music legend imprisoned for the murder of an actress. His wife, an aspiring singer who just turned 30,... Phil Spector - Murder - Actor - Singing - Rachelle Spector

Classical Music: Berkeley Opera is bringing back the 'Ring'Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 2:21AMThe production condenses the four parts of Wagner's Ring Cycle into one superb three-hour performance.

Google Earth Now Shows Rain and Snow in Real TimeFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 2:21AMGoogle Earth is one of the great "wow" applications in Google's stable, especially on touch devices like Android smartphones or the iPad, whether it's showing undersea formations or cities in 3D . It's also surprisingly useful, and Google's always adding elements to it to give it more utility and/or fun. The newest is the clouds layer, which now shows rain and snow in real-time weather patterns ...

Fiction review: 'Star Island,' by Carl HiaasenFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 2:21AMStar Island By Carl Hiaasen (Alfred A. Knopf; 337 pages; $26.95) Does anyone remember what we did for fun before novelist Carl Hiaasen began turning out his satirical comedies one after another after another? Every year you find yourself setting down your... Carl Hiaasen - Star Island - Alfred A. Knopf - Novel - Arts

How Netflix Scores Top Movies and TV for StreamingFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 2:21AMStreaming video is Netflix 's future--it's no secret, not to their customers, not to the press, and not to their peers. But the company's difficulties in securing top-quality movies and TV shows from the studios to stream is well-documented. How is Netflix dealing with this problem? Smartly, it turns out. CNET explains some of the ways Netflix is working to make sure their streaming video ...

Movie review: "Cats & Dogs" bond together to stop plot in spy-spoof sequelFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 2:21AMDogs and cats, living together. . . . mass hysteria? Maybe not so much. While these animals were resourceful and well-equipped enemies in the original "Cats & Dogs" from 2001, now they're forced to band together to fight a common foe in the sequel, "Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore."

Sense of history drives writer to tell POW taleFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 2:21AMWhen Navy bomber pilot Dieter Dengler turned up alive, six months after being shot down and taken captive in Laos in 1966, Bruce Henderson was there to greet the plane that delivered him back to his ship. Henderson, a 19-year-old weatherman on the aircraft... Dieter Dengler - Aircraft - Military - Prisoner of war - Bomber

Regatta website making a splashFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 2:20AMBULLHEAD CITY — The Bullhead City River Regatta is shaping up to be the largest yet, according to Steve Johnson, Bullhead City public information officer. “Everybody’s saying, ‘We’re bringing our family, we’re bringing our neighborhood,’ ” Johnson said.

Chicken producers debate 'natural' labelFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 2:19AMFederal officials are considering changing guidelines for labeling chicken after some producers argued that poultry injected with salt, water and other ingredients shouldn't be promoted as "natural."