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...first was the Super Bowl in the Superdome, right after Sept. 11, which was obviously memorable. But a little added irony is that an hour after I got offstage that night, I got a call from Dublin saying that the U2 [storage] space had been flooded. All our instruments and amps had been destroyed. The only ones that survived were the ones we happened to have in New Orleans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for The Edge | 9/18/2006 | See Source »

...like the shows to be compared--the producers of Studio 60 refused to be interviewed for this article for that reason. And on the one hand, they have a point. The shows have different formats. (Helpful mnemonic: the one with 30 in the title is half an hour; the one with 60, an hour.) They have different tones: 30 Rock lampoons all its characters, even Liz, while Sorkin, as Michaels says with understatement, "tends to write in a more heroic mode." It's not a zero-sum game; as Reilly notes, "If these were two cop shows, we wouldn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do Not Adjust Your Set | 9/18/2006 | See Source »

Mention the word drive to most Australians, and they'll probably think of Sydney's rush-hour gridlock. But until recent times, the word also referred to the transport of vast herds of cattle along the outback's traditional stock routes. In an attempt to recapture some of the adventure of a drover's life (a drover is the Australian answer to a cowboy), the Great Australian Outback Cattle Drive offers visitors a chance to ride those same desert trails, accompanying herds up to 500 strong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drive Time | 9/18/2006 | See Source »

...movies or burn them to DVDs. So far, just 75 movies are available, all from Disney studios, and downloads lack DVDs' bonus features. Amazon's films require special software, and you can't watch them on an iPod or Mac. DVD-quality digital films can take more than an hour to download. The company won't discuss its download technology, the audiovisual quality of its movies or how easy the service will be to use. There may be early glitches. WHAT'S NEXT Apple's challenge is to grow its movie library. In less than a year, iTunes went from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coming Soon to The Tiny Screen | 9/17/2006 | See Source »

...been doing just fine at his local elementary school and that it shouldn't be held responsible for his backsliding at home. But both an independent hearing officer and an administrative-law judge disagreed and found that Luke's disability was severe enough to warrant a publicly financed 24-hour educational program. The district is now suing in federal court to try to overturn those rulings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Pays for Special Ed | 9/17/2006 | See Source »

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