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...technology that hasn't improved much in decades. They've also spurred some twisted behavior. In a vivid, detailed account of the "blood-soaked disaster" that was the American Rocketbelt Corporation, Montandon reveals the underbelly of this single-minded quest. Brawls and lawsuits over "Pretty Bird" - a "cherry red" belt whose "silver tanks shone so brightly you could comb your hair in their reflection" - spiral into a sordid tale of murder, kidnapping and torture. After being sentenced to life imprisonment, one of the perpetrators, Larry Stanley - "paunchy, graying, defeated, and washed-up at fifty-seven" - tallies the price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Strange History of Jetpacks | 10/26/2008 | See Source »

When out-of-control federal spending runs smack into sluggish tax revenues, red ink splashes all over Washington. In September, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that the deficit this year would be $407 billion, a sum that reflected the $168 billion economic stimulus package approved by President Bush in February and the estimated $188billion spent for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through 2008. Add to that the $700 billion financial bailout package passed in October, plus another economic stimulus package likely to take shape in the coming months that could cost as much as $175 billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does Anyone Care About a Trillion Dollar Deficit? | 10/25/2008 | See Source »

...chair dancer, flight attendant, spy, and anime character, her new video for “Womanizer” features the only thing left: the Ugly One. Yes, Britney as “office girl” is actually so ugly in a black bob wig, librarian glasses, and bright red lipstick that you can almost hear her saying, “These shoes rule.” Dear Lord, she’s run through so many sexual types that she now must resort to making ugliness itself into a fetish. Oh, and to remind us that she?...

Author: By Elsa S. Kim, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: POPSCREEN: Britney Spears | 10/24/2008 | See Source »

...Human” really sets itself apart from the current trend flooding YouTube these days. The video is neither overly artsy nor X-rated, but is familiar enough in concept to be just that fresh breath of desert air you need (trust me, all that brown and red grows on you). Essentially, the merit of the song, with its catchy hook and earnest, personable lyrics, is what makes the video work. Seriously. So why shouldn’t these Las Vegas natives cash in on a formula tried and tested by the likes of Coldplay and U2? After all, there?...

Author: By Eunice Y. Kim, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: POPSCREEN: The Killers | 10/24/2008 | See Source »

Luxe Layovers. Westin Hotels are coming to you gate-side. The hotel group has teamed with United Airlines and created the Westin Renewal Lounge, located inside United's Red Carpet Clubs at the JFK, Los Angeles and San Francisco airports. Each lounge (built for one) is furnished with daybeds and the energy-boosting blue-light ActiViva lamp used in the Westin Chicago's Concept Room (see Hotels here, plus healthy snacks. In United's business class, passengers get oversized Westin Heavenly Bed pillows and blankets, along with scented towelettes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel News: Low Fares to Oz, and Other Goodies | 10/24/2008 | See Source »

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