Google’s Schmidt challenges: no screen time for 1 hour a day
By Ross Kerber Sun May 20, 2012 4:45pm EDT (Reuters) – Google Inc Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt challenged college graduates on Sunday to take the radical step — at least for their generation — of tearing their eyes away from their smartphones and computer screens. “Take one hour a day and turn that thing off,” [...]
Dale Chihuly’s ‘Glass House’ shines in Seattle
By Jordan Riefe Sun May 20, 2012 1:56pm EDT (Reuters) – Pioneering glass artist Dale Chihuly, whose work has been shown in over 200 museums worldwide, will be honored in his home city Seattle when “Chihuly Garden and Glass” opens on Monday, offering the most comprehensive collection of his work ever. Spanning one and a [...]
Sorkin says Jobs movie won’t be straight biography
NEW YORK | Fri May 18, 2012 10:47am EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin hasn’t yet figured out how to put the life of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs on the silver screen, but he is certain it’s not going to be a straightforward biography. Sorkin, who won an Oscar for his screenplay of [...]
Scottish jewelry show commemorates Norway tragedy
By Ian MacKenzie EDINBURGH | Fri May 18, 2012 12:58pm EDT EDINBURGH (Reuters) – The 77 people killed by Anders Behring Breivik in Norway last year have been commemorated in a display of specially commissioned jewelry which opened on Friday at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Curator Rose Watban said 16 established or [...]
Storied battleship making final port call in Los Angeles
By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES | Fri May 18, 2012 12:51pm EDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The USS Iowa, which ferried the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt across the perilous Atlantic waters to a historic meeting with Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin in the dark days of World War Two, will have to be towed [...]
