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Guitarist John Scofield is no stranger to the Cambridge jazz haven Regattabar, but when he returns to the Charles Hotel’s fabled lounge for a two-night stand, he will abandon his usual frantic and funky post-bop for the deep soul of Ray Charles’ songbook...
...That was how the six-party talks were saved: China provided the foundation, and Hill and Rice closed the deal. At around noon on Sept. 19 the delegations released the Chinese-authored statement of principles, and Pyongyang agreed to abandon its nuclear programs in exchange for security, economic and energy benefits that included the possibility of the light-water reactor. No specific dates for disarmament have been set, and barely hours passed before Pyongyang and Washington were sniping at each other over the details. North Korea declared that the U.S. "should not even dream" that it would dismantle its nuclear...
...mobile operators still have an edge in the turf war, because they know how to put phones in people's hands and how to mass-market mobile services. And they already provide some video content over their existing networks. But once mobile broadcasting goes mainstream, users could well abandon 3G for the real thing. The near future will likely involve some mixture of transmission methods. One possible scenario is that consumers might freely fetch mass-market shows from broadcast airwaves, while purchasing more specialized video - such as, say, a Lenny Bruce skit or minor-league soccer clip - from mobile networks...
...giant live oak trees in our front yard had toppled, missing the house by inches. We knew the storm was starting again when we heard the wind. But Alicia was only a Category 3 storm. When Rita was upgraded to a Cat 5 this morning, everyone decided to abandon ship...
...also dropped its demand that North Korea abandon its hopes for peaceful nuclear power. The statement affirmed North Korea's "right to peaceful uses of nuclear energy," and said the six parties in the talks would consider assisting North Korea in building a light-water reactor "at an appropriate time." (Light-water reactors produce fewer materials that can be used in nuclear weapons than other types.) Chief U.S. negotiator Christopher Hill told reporters at a briefing that the U.S. would consider the light-water reactor issue "when North gets rid of its nuclear weapons and all of its existing programs...