Let′s face it, Indiana Jones was a pretty lousy archaeologist. He destroyed his sites, used a bullwhip instead of a trowel and was more likely to kill his peers than co-author a paper with them. Regardless, “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” which celebrates its 30th anniversary on June 12, did make studying the past cool for an entire generation of scientists. Those modern archaeologists whom “Raiders” inspired luckily learned…
Paris – An important debut in Continental menswear this season was the first show designed for Louis Vuitton by U.K.-born Kim Jones, staged Thursday, June 23, in Paris. And, like its location, the airy, modernist glasshouse of Parc Andre Citroen, the collection opened up a more vivacious, spirited sensibility, shifting Vuitton’s former sportswear driven style into a more outdoors indie gentlemanly take on modern fashion. Where the previo…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A monster black hole shredded a Sun-like star, producing a strangely long-lasting flash of gamma rays that probably won’t be seen again in a million years, astronomers reported on Thursday. That is definitely not the norm for gamma ray bursts, energetic blasts that typically flare up and end in a matter of seconds or milliseconds, often the sign of the death throes of a collapsing star. “This is truly differe…
… at the heart of the mission of the Paris-based luxury supernova and it remained so, despite a change of designers at the head of its menswear studio. For his debut collection at Vuitton the new men’s style director Kim Jones delivered a globe-trotting collection of slick, jet-set staples electrified by African touches that looked like they’d been plucked out of a Kinshasa market. High-waisted trousers and razor-cut jackets in navy pi…
NEW YORK – Jordin Sparks sang the national anthem at the Super Bowl in 2008 and for President Barack Obama this week, and now she’ll perform it for baseball fans. The “American Idol” champ will sing the “Star-Spangled Banner” on July 12 at Major League Baseball’s 82nd All-Star game. The game will be held at the Chase Field in Phoenix. It airs on Fox at 8 p.m. EDT. MLB’s All-Star week will also feature pe…
NEW YORK – A lawyer for a New York TV meteorologist accused of fabricating attacks on her says his client has been indicted, an unusual step for prosecutors in a misdemeanor case. The Manhattan district attorney’s office declined to comment Monday on Heidi Jones’ case. Taking a case to a grand jury for indictment is common in felony cases but not in lower-level misdemeanor ones. Defense lawyer Paul Callan said prosecutors didn’…