A Clever End Run Around the Movie-Streaming Gremlins

By DAVID POGUE
Published: March 16, 2011

Fellow movie fans, we find ourselves in a time of great transition. We have one foot in the world of recorded movies — a time of fantastic selection, but also a time of tapes and discs. Our descendants will laugh their little holographic heads off when they hear about our ridiculous trips driving back and forth to the video store. More

Economic Downturn Holds Fierce Grip on Border Town

By JENNIFER MEDINA
Published: March 16, 2011

EL CENTRO, Calif. — This is the desert, not meant for lush fields and tight cul-de-sacs. But here they are, a few miles from the Mexican border. For a time, this was a thriving place that represented the promise of a new middle-class life, full of hope and optimism.

Now, some of that hope, too, is drying out in the sun. More

In Bali, Bamboo Is the Bricks and Mortar

Ibuku International is creating a collection of structures that look more like treehouses and pirate ships than luxury villas.
By BETTINA WASSENER
Published: March 10, 2011

SIBANG, INDONESIA — When Macarena Chiriboga came to Bali in 2009, she had just finished a master’s degree in architecture in the United States, doing her thesis on the use of bamboo as a building material. More

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I just wish

They'd waited until after I got to work before they started the wiener roast at the Cub Foods on 60th and Nicollet.

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