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John Moore

If it can go wrong, it will: French brakery

The mayors of two feuding Paris suburbs have changed road markings to create busy one-way streets that send motorists hurtling toward each other. One way or another, this vehicular stalemate will have to be curbed.

John Moore

NYU students can bang out credit for ‘Guitar Hero’

Maybe the university has a string loose, but a new psychology class this fall is focusing on the popular video game series. It’s one course everyone wants to pick.

Cindy House

Wikipedia tries to get legit

Wikipedia is boosting its efforts to be seen as a credible information provider by rolling out “WikiTrust,” which will color-code newly edited text based on the writer’s reputation for trustworthiness.

Steve Foster

ESPN’s mea culpa to the West

It’s probably a good sign that ESPN is starting to hear the grumbling about its ignorance of nearly all things Middle America, not that it will change anything. ESPN is what it is: a division of a multinational conglomerate that approaches news the way its movie divisions approach film.

John Moore

Animals do the darnedest things: Harvard cow

What the hay, a cow is going to Harvard? Now you might be thinking the school has a reached a new low, but a professor who has claimed grazing rights says he is merely trying to keep tradition alive. Hopefully he isn’t just milking the publicity.

John Moore

Crime doesn’t pay: Taxman surfeth

Officials in several states who are going after tax scofflaws using social-networking sites say they only are gathering information that is publicly accessible. Hopefully we won’t have to file this one with Form 1984.

Steve Foster

A weekend worth forgetting for the Rockies

When the Colorado Rockies next take the field, it will be September and the team that was swept in three games over the weekend to the San Francisco Giants will have changed.

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