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...Museum of Islamic Art. Ecker carefully combed the 900-plus pieces of Islamic art in the DIA's collection, most of which was stored in the basement. Some pieces, like shards of pots, weren't worthy of being publicly shown. Others were striking finds, like the massive gilded copper candlestick the DIA acquired from a Belgian art dealer in 1922. It had been classified as an 18th century candlestick but was actually made between 1400 and 1500 in what is now Turkey. Some people thought the candle looked like a church bell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Struggling Detroit Art Museum Tries to Reach Out | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

...before McCarthy's son was diagnosed, that was the course most parents were following anyway. I recall my parents in the 1970s trying out a range of therapies and various diets for my younger brother Noah, a low-functioning adult autistic: everything from chiropractic adjustments to megavitamin doses to copper bracelets. McCarthy was the first celebrity to embrace this approach publicly and to hit the airwaves pep-talking mothers to never give up. That is what she tells those parents who seek her out here at Generation Rescue - and the 200,000 mothers she has met on her various autism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Autism Debate: Who's Afraid of Jenny McCarthy? | 2/25/2010 | See Source »

...reasons for the thefts remain unclear, but Catalano wrote in an e-mail that it was likely due to the value of the copper pipes...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 9 Downspouts Stolen From Lowell House | 2/23/2010 | See Source »

...theft of copper products is not an uncommon occurrence and has peaked within the last few years with the increase in recycle value of copper," he wrote. "We generally see one or two copper thefts on campus each year...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 9 Downspouts Stolen From Lowell House | 2/23/2010 | See Source »

...Coming down the last stretch, he’s got a solid lead; no one doubts he’ll win. As he tires, images run through his mind of his bleak life: his harried and shrill mother, his dead father, the cash he swiped from a bakery, the copper who nabbed him, the condescending director who’s dangled the prospect of an Olympic future or at least better treatment in the present. A few yards from the finish line, he stops. A crooked grin spreads over his face. The second-place runner passes him. Life will deal...

Author: By Jessica A. Sequeira | Title: Angry Men | 2/18/2010 | See Source »

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