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...other major art museums, Madrid's Prado maintains an online gallery of its most important works. Now, thanks to a new Google project unveiled on Jan. 13, 14 of those masterpieces, including Velázquez's Las Meninas, El Greco's Nobleman with Hand on His Chest, Durer's Self-Portrait and Fra Angelico's Annunciation, have been reproduced in a resolution so fine - 14,000 megapixels - that not only individual brushstrokes but even the seams in the canvas and cracks in the varnish are visible. (Read a TIME story on the Prado...
Wickrematunge, 50, was one of this war-ravaged country's brave contrarians. For the past 14 years, his paper published cheeky editorials and outrageous exposés alleging corruption and self-dealing among politicians of every party and was openly critical of a government that demanded absolute loyalty from the media. On Jan. 8, he joined the long list of the silenced. He was driving to work when two men on motorcycles swerved in front of his car to block its path. Two others pulled up on either side, smashed the car's windows and shot him. Wickrematunge died...
...that may force Geithner, 47, to do some self-evaluation. Along with Paulson and Bernanke, Geithner has been one of the key players overseeing the bailout of the banking industry. Some of the trio's decisions - like not rescuing Lehman Brothers in mid-September - have come under criticism on Wall Street and Capitol Hill for being hesitant and reactive. Associates say Geithner doesn't necessarily disagree with the charge that the government's response "has had an ad hoc, seat-of-the-pants quality to it," as a senior investment banker in the middle of things puts it. That...
...Cultural decline is not inevitable," Gioia concludes. "While we cannot be complacent, we can surely pause to celebrate our common success." Unfortunately, that self-congratulatory tone spoils the entire report and overshadows its larger point - that more Americans reading is a good thing, regardless of whether the NEA made them...
...Senators is optional, but if the cameras are rolling, they must use the opportunity to grandstand. In that sense, Tuesday's hearings at the Foreign Relations Committee to confirm Secretary of State nominee Hillary Clinton are a good test of her preparedness for the grinding hours of meetings with self-important, highly sensitive foreign officials...