AP Photos – CBS Sportsline
Heading into Dover, the halfway point in the race for the Chase, one driver noticeably absent from the top 12 is Matt Kenseth. Last year at this point in the NASCAR Sprint Cup season, Kenseth was third in the standings. In 2006, he was second heading
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Henson pic bought as ‘protest’ – News.com.au
A PHOTOGRAPH by Bill Henson of a young girl asleep in Tweety Bird and Sylvester pyjamas was bought yesterday as a protest by a Sydney art broker. Matt Henry, of Bronte, said he spent $5250 on the photo as a show of support for the artist, who is
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Phoenix Mars Lander has short-circuit problem – Forbes
Scientists for the Phoenix Mars Lander are wrestling with an intermittent short circuit on the spacecraft. The problem is in a device that will analyze ice and soil dug from the planet’s surface, the scientists said Friday. The short circuit was
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Anniversary of Italian Republic Day – Boston Globe
More heritage for you: local Italian groups celebrate their motherland this weekend with an Anniversary of Italian Republic Day party. Highlights of the weekend are a bocce ball tournament, which runs all day today (you can’t play, but watching as 18
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It’s as comfortable as a well-worn mitt – Boston Globe
On the MySpace profile for the new Back Bay bar McGreevy’s, the saloon’s staff has posted this description of their ideal patrons: “Red Sox fans, sports fans, Dropkick Murphys and music fans . . . People with a good sense of humor . . . people who
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May 19th Photo of the Day
“Fountain” by Photosmarts Photosmarts with permission to About.com, Inc. Our May 19th winner in our continuing Photo of the Day contest has been chosen! This image was chosen from…
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When You Give a Photographer a Lighter…
When you give a photographer a lighter and too much free time weird things happen. In this case, the 2nd in my series of Photo Fun resulted. Flaming…
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New Look, Photo of the Day, and Viewer’s Choice
Some of you may be seeing a new look to About Photography. We are changing a bit in order to serve you better. While the new look is…
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How to Photograph Flowers
Spring is in full swing and flowers are everywhere. Now is a great time to practice your flower photography. Our recent flower photography assignment brought in a amazing…
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May 18th Photo of the Day
“In Memory of Michael” by Susky Susky with permission to About.com, Inc. Our May 18th winner in our continuing Photo of the Day contest has been chosen! This image…
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Proof of life – News.com.au
IF this week had a theme, it would be proof. Proof that drugs are bad; proof that crazy stories are much better with photos; and proof that awful things do happen. First up is photographic proof. How else would we believe NT fisherman Paul van
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Photos from Jon Lester’s no-hitter – Boston Globe
Lefthander Jon Lester, the 24-year-old who survived cancer to pitch the World Series clincher for the Red Sox last fall, threw the 18th no-hitter in Red Sox history on Monday night, striking out nine Royals and walking two. He saluted the roaring
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Marine says he was ordered to delete Iraq photos – Guardian Unlimited
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) – A Marine who took pictures of Iraqi men, women and children killed by U.S. forces testified Thursday that he deleted the photos under an officer’s orders and later lied repeatedly to investigators about what happened to
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Marine testifies he was ordered to delete Haditha photos – Houma Courier
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – A Marine who took pictures of Iraqi men, women and children killed by U.S. forces testified Thursday that he was ordered to erase pictures from his computer and repeatedly lied to investigators about what happened to the
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May ’08 Month in Photos – Los Angeles Weekly
Photos from Timothy Norris of the Mars Volta’s stage destruction, Flight of the Conchords, Matt Costa and more from the Northwest fest. Be. Hear. Now. Listen to the hottest bands and stay on the leading edge of LA’s music scene with free streaming
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Peter Henry Emerson And American Naturalistic Photography – HULIQ.com
America’s first movement of creative photography and its revolutionary founder, Peter Henry Emerson, are the subjects of a new exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA.) Nearly one hundred naturalistic photographs by Emerson and twenty
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Sign up for text alerts – Pocono Record
This week’s featured reader photo from John Consiglio of Tobyhanna shows us a view of the Susquehanna River near Glenwood on Route 92. The most remarkable aspect of this photo is how John used great composition to draw the viewer’s eye across the
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Photography winners picked – Norman Transcript
Winners of the NSIA, the Sister City International Travel Photo Contest have been announced. The contest was held at the Native Roots Market in conjunction with the Spring Art Walk. Refreshments, decorations and music at the reception for winners and
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THINGS TO DO – Tampa Bay Online
A Taste of Pinellas features restaurants preparing and selling tastes of their most popular dishes; also includes concert performances by Rick Springfield (8:30 Friday), Jonny Lang (8:30 Saturday) and Eddie Money (5:30 Sunday); also activities
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Arts notes – Newark Star-Ledger
Still life photos “Howard Nathenson: Recent Color Still Lifes” brings sharply de tailed compositions in photography to the Tomasulo Gallery at Union County College through June 26, many of the works defined with a light not unlike a Baroque Caravag
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Looking ahead – Charleston Post & Courier
Rural Mission will have a benefit dinner and blues concert for its outreach programs 6-9 p.m. June 20 at Freshfields Village. The organization provides services to low-income Sea Island families and migrant farm workers who have made the islands part
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David Goldblatt’s best shot – Guardian Unlimited
I became interested in blue asbestos when a friend of mine died of mesothelioma, the cancer that it causes. It’s a very pretty material, with a lovely blue colour, but if a susceptible person inhales even a tiny piece of the fibre and it gets
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Digital printers pursuing more of world’s pages – CNBC
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) – Commercial printing, where traditional offset still reigns, could be transformed with the introduction of a bevy of versatile, high-speed digital presses. One of the most talked-about models being unveiled Thursday at Drupa
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Ruth Abrams; TV producer focused on issues of aging – Boston Globe
When Ruth Abrams stepped down as director of amenities at New England Baptist Hospital in 1984, she realized that she hated retirement. “She said, ‘This isn’t for me,’ ” said her son, Bob, of Amherst. Rather than live the traditional life of a
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Smith picks son to lead speedway, firm – Charlotte.com
Marcus Smith of Speedway Motorsports Inc., his wife Casey and daughter Gracie make their red carpert entrance at the Speedway Children’s Charities pre-screening reception to the “Cars” movie premiere May 26 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Photo credit
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Australia becoming a ‘nanny state’ over Henson photos – Big Pond News
A Melbourne publisher says the controversy over Bill Henson’s work is a ‘beat up’. Photo: ABC TV A Melbourne publisher says Australia is in danger of becoming a nanny state over the controversy surrounding the photographs of Bill Henson. Louise Adler
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Cat puts Japan rail firm on track – BBC News
Wearing a black cap and posing for photos with passengers, Tama the tabby is credited with boosting Wakayama Electric Railway’s revenue by 10%. The firm had to axe all staff at Kishi station in western Japan two years ago. But Tama stuck by her post
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Radio glitch delays activities for Mars lander – San Francisco Gate
NASA couldn’t send commands Tuesday to the Phoenix Mars lander because of a radio glitch, delaying a second day of activities, officials said. NASA said the problem was minor and workers were trying to fix it. Phoenix, the latest spacecraft on Mars
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Kylie on spending spree for 40th birthday (+photos) – New Zealand Herald
Pop princess Kylie Minogue is celebrating her 40th birthday today. The singer is expected to be joined by her parents and sister Dannii for a lavish sit-down dinner in Germany to celebrate. Minogue who is currently on her X tour, has been hitting the
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NO LIMITS – Bangkok Post
It’s a rare chance that a birth name fits its owner perfectly. Chances are, an “Onsiri” might not be so smart, or a “Somchai” not that manly. But Romesilp Sookprasert should thank his parents for correctly foreseeing his future. Rome, taken from arom
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Putting Prices On Priceless Memories Today, Yesterday – Tampa Bay Online
High school students love their bling, so when they choose a class ring they sometimes pay $550 or more for the privilege of wearing their school pride on their fingers. Gail Nowland liked her shiny accessories, too, back in 1978 when she graduated
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Art Institute hires curator for native art collections – Minneapolis Star Tribune
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts has hired Jan-Lodewijk Grootaers to head its department of African, Oceanic, and Native American Art starting June 9. The position has been vacant since the 2005 retirement of museum director Evan Maurer , who
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Pioneer photojournalist Cornell Capa, May 23 – Baltimore Sun
Pioneer photojournalist Cornell Capa, who used his pictures to illuminate social and political causes and also founded the International Center of Photography, died on May 23. He was 90. Capa, who had Parkinson’s disease, died at his New York City
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Art pick – Baltimore Sun
The Baltimore Museum of Art is famous for its holdings of works by Matisse and other early modernist masters, but it also houses an extraordinary collection of photographs by 20th-century masters. Visitors to the museum will get a chance to see a
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AP opens photo exhibit, workshop for Cuban students and – Bradenton Herald
The Associated Press opened an exhibit of historic and current photojournalism on Saturday, to be followed by a three-day workshop for promising local photographers. The three-month exhibition was mounted at the San Francisco Convent in Old Havana
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Latest Abu Ghraib film exposes little – Philadelphia Daily News
Oscar-winning documentarian Errol Morris feels a little late to the party with his Abu Ghraib expos “Standard Operating Procedure.” His fancy, arty, sometimes abstract inquiry (the movie stops to ponder the meaning of photography) into infamous
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ART SHOWS – Grand Rapids Press
Lighthouse photography by Gary Martin, abstract landscape paintings by Stephen Moss, tension sculpture by Patrick McKearnan — May 25-July 20, Krasl Art Center, 707 Lake Blvd., St. Joseph. (269) 983-0271, or www.krasl.org. “Ox-Bow Memories
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Response to Quake Prompts Burst of Acclaim for Leaders – Washington Post
With millions of earthquake survivors living in tent camps for the foreseeable future, the challenge to China’s ruling Communist Party has just begun. (By Paula Bronstein — Getty Images) BEIJING, May 23 — The official New China News Agency reported
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L.A. star tour takes joggers on a celebrity search – Los Angeles Times
I just jogged past a bald guy carrying a tray of Starbucks coffee on Rodeo Drive. I slow down. Wasn’t that Ben Kingsley? Nah. Gandhi wouldn’t be schlepping coffee around on the street. A few blocks away, I slow to a trot again, at the corner of Rodeo
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Pioneer photojournalist Cornell Capa dies at 90 – Miami Herald
In this Wednesday, April 17, 1996 file photo International Center of Photography founder Cornell Capa is congratulated by his grand-niece Eva Carolina, after receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Center’s 12th Annual Infinity Awards banquet
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YMCA to host ‘Driving Detroit’ exhibit – Detroit Free Press
In the summer of 2007 Detroit Free Press columnist Bill McGraw and members of the Free Press photo staff explored all 2,100 streets in the city of Detroit and documented their travels in the award-winning series, “Driving Detroit.” McGraw and members
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Time is Fading Out for Polaroid Photographers – KVIA.com
Photographer Isabel Asha Penzlien shoots the latest and greatest in the New York fashion scene, but she still loads film into the back of her medium-format Hasselblad. For many clients, she likes to present actual photographs — on paper, and on the
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Cornell Capa, Photographer, Is Dead at 90 – New York Times
Cornell Capa, who founded the International Center of Photography in New York after a long and distinguished career as a photojournalist, first on the staff of Life magazine and then as a member of Magnum Photos, died Friday at his home in Manhattan
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May 17th Photo of the Day
“Decisions” by AGomez AGomez with permission to About.com, Inc. Our May 17th winner in our continuing Photo of the Day contest has been chosen! This image was chosen from…
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When It Just Isn’t Fun Anymore – Recharging Your Creative Batteries
Photography is a lifelong passion for me…and many of you as well. When people first get involved in photography, or see a photographer working, they often think that it…
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How to Photograph Flowers
Spring is in full swing and flowers are everywhere. Now is a great time to practice your flower photography. Our recent flower photography assignment brought in a amazing…
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Last Day for Viewer’s Choice Nominations
Our National Photography Month celebration continues with nominations for the Viewer’s Choice gallery! Today is the last day to get your nominations in for the Viewer’s Choice Gallery. …
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