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Connecting Pasts in the Present Wednesday, December 11

Artists draw on experiences to create a ‘shared past' 
with guest curator's family in new Cummer exhibit

Family Tradition Wednesday, December 11

Husband-and-wife folk-rock duo Johnny Irion and Sarah Lee Guthrie turn far-reaching roots into modern-day success

The Art of Downtown Wednesday, December 11

A new job at MOCA continues twin passions

Are You Ready to Smell Some Football? Wednesday, December 11

Is the signature smell of Texas A&M University more "Italian lemon, bergamot and iced pineapple" (that open into "a body of vivid florals, raw nutmeg and cinnamon") or more "bat feces" and "chilifest stink"? The two commentaries were contrasted in a …

Dads to Dozens Wednesday, December 11

Among America's most prolific "fathers" (in this case, maybe better considered "egg-fertilizers") are Nathaniel Smith, age 39, who claimed on TV's "Divorce Court" in September he's the father of 27, and the late Samuel Whitney, whose grown …

More Magic Bullets Wednesday, December 11

In October, a 28-year-old man, reeling from a domestic argument in Port Richey, Fla., put a gun to his head and, against his girlfriend's pleas, fired. As a neighbor across the street stood on her porch, the suicide bullet left the victim's head and …

Skydiving to Safety Wednesday, December 11

In November, barely two weeks after a small plane carrying 10 skydivers left no survivors when it crashed on the way to an exhibition near Brussels, Belgium, nine skydivers were able to dive for safety when two planes headed for a tandem jump …

Somebody Think About the Chickens Wednesday, December 11

In September, Orthodox Jewish communities again staged traditional kaparot, in which chickens are killed in a prescribed way for the purpose of "transferring" a believer's latest sins over to the chicken (whose death banishes the sins). In many such …

The Speed of Money Wednesday, December 11

Some Americans still believe stock market sales are typically made human-to-human, but the vast majority of buys and sells now are made automatically by computers, running pattern-detecting programs designed to execute millions of trades, in some …