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Raising Yahoo Bid, Microsoft Steps Up Talks By DEALBOOK  In a breakthrough after a months-long standoff, Microsoft has increased its offer and intensified negotiations, a person involved in the talks said.

• Bits: Yahoo Will Get Steve Ballmer’s Last Dime

 

 

Heavy Suit, Light Touches

 

 

 

Movie Review | 'Son of Rambow': Lonely Boy’s ‘First Blood’ and First Pal

 

 

 

Movie Review | 'Redbelt': In a Chokehold, on the Mat and in Life

 

 

 

 

At Kodak, Some Old Things Are New Again

By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH

Eastman Kodak, which once considered itself the Bell Labs of chemistry, has embraced the digital world and the researchers who understand it.

 

 

 

Paddling, Wining and Dining on the Other Eastern Shore

By STEVE BAILEY

Jamie Rose for The New York Times

The sun rises along the shore of the Assateague Island National Seashore.

At the entrance to Chesapeake Bay, on the southern tip of Virginia's Delmarva Peninsula, nature and wildlife reclaim the land.

Slide Show: The Nature of Delmarva

 

 

 

36 Hours in Athens, Greece

By JOANNA KAKISSIS

Yannis Kontos/Polaris for The New York Times

The Parthenon crowns the Acropolis.

Athens is reinventing itself as a city where antiquity meets edginess. Museums and galleries abound, and new ones are in the works.

Slide Show: A Weekend in Athens, Greece

Athens Travel Guide »

Where to Stay, Where to Eat and What to Do in Athens.

 

 

 

'White House Ghosts'

By ROBERT SCHLESINGER
Reviewed by CARYN JAMES

Robert Schlesinger's valuable and painstakingly researched book charts the history of presidential speechwriters from from the age of Jackson to our age of spin.

 

 

 

Modern military contractors vs. 'Iron Man'
MSNBC - By Jeremy Hsu When superhero Tony Stark isn't donning his Iron Man armor to personally rough up villains, he's pitching the US military on new gadgets to fight the War on Terror.

 

 

 

VIDEO AND AUDIO NEWS

Penguins pose, Cola explodes - it's OddBox One-Minute World News

 

 

 

New Afghanistan?

The level of militant threat facing Somalia

 

 

 

Study sheds light on spider sex Jumping spiders use ultraviolet B rays to "talk" to potential mates, scientists report. How jumping spiders mate

 

 

 

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