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...slipped back into the political chicanery and military meddling that typified the 1970s and '80s. "You can't use an election to clean the slate after a coup," says Christopher Sabatini, senior policy director at the Council of the Americas in New York City. "It just threatens to roll back democratic norms in Central America by decades." (See pictures of violence in Honduras...
Zynga's tactic of gaming Facebook's architecture was critical to its takeoff. It flooded Facebook with ads. It exploited the social network's distribution engine to pepper players' friends with updates and invitations. To release games quickly, it used a roll-up strategy, buying YoVille, licensing Texas HoldEm (which it renamed zyngapoker) and imitating rivals. Playfish's Restaurant City was around before Cafe World, and FishVille is reminiscent of Crowdstar's Happy Aquarium. Even FarmVille rips off Happy Farm, a hugely popular online game in China (richly ironic, given China's disregard for intellectual property). Once it had collected...
...Rock 'N' Roll has never excelled at math. "Two plus two always makes a five," says Radiohead, while Bono famously counts, "Uno, dos, tres, catorce." So why expect better from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Founded in 1983, the Hall celebrated its 25th anniversary in October 2009 with two all-star concerts at Madison Square Garden. An edited version will be televised on HBO on Nov. 29. Cutting shouldn't be a challenge...
...Franklin performed spirited duets with Annie Lennox and Lenny Kravitz, but the sparks started when Metallica, whose facial hair has always belied its sincerity, backed Lou Reed, Ray Davies and Ozzy Osbourne on two songs each, with impressive seriousness. Lead singer James Hetfield screamed, "Now that's rock 'n' roll!" after the Kinks' "You Really Got Me," and he sounded like a man who had discovered its power anew...
...Despite Fuller's musical background, the hotel resists a kitsch reimagining of rock 'n' roll's heyday. Think of this, instead, as a Hard Rock Hotel for grown-ups. Rooms start from...