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French love affair with Sarkozy is fading

Amid a high-profile romance with Italian supermodel Carla Bruni, the French president is facing tough questions and slipping in public opinion polls.
01/11/2008 12:00 am
This 'Bucket' feels listless

Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson team up for a clunky story about two seniors trying to live it up before it's too late.
01/11/2008 12:00 am
In Peru, Novalima bangs the drums of change

By updating traditional Afro-Peruvian music, the band is mainstreaming black culture in the racially divided nation.
01/11/2008 12:00 am
Satellite navigation systems send trucks down the wrong routes in Britain

Drivers end up rolling through towns on roads meant for a horse and cart. Can people please stop running into Ena Wickens's roof?
01/10/2008 12:00 am
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01/10/2008 12:00 am
Anything for root beer

Root beer is hard to come by in France. When a case of it arrived at a nearby shop, it was a must-have.
01/09/2008 12:00 am
It's a Starbucks world. (We only sip in it.)

A journalist asks: How did a modest Seattle coffeehouse become a global juggernaut?
12/17/2007 12:00 am
Whose rules apply to the Web?

Sites go to extraordinary lengths to stay legal in a world where taboos vary.
11/21/2007 12:00 am
Ikebana with a samurai swagger

10/03/2007 01:00 am
Less is more when it comes to serving tomatoes

Cooks from Provence relish August's ripe, red bounty, simply prepared.
09/12/2007 01:00 am