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...acres of the Coronado peninsula in San Diego Bay, the hotel has been the setting for more than 30 movies and television shows. It was home away from home to 10 Presidents and countless celebrities. But when its last private owner died in the early '90s, it began to slip into obscurity...
...going abroad, take along a permission slip. Amid growing concern over child-custody disputes, many countries (including Mexico and Canada) now require kids traveling with one parent to have a notarized permission letter signed by the other parent. Some countries (again, including Mexico) demand even more documentation. Check entry requirements with your destination country's embassy or consulate...
...Botterill established herself as the heavy favorite for the Patty Kazmaier Award-the prize given to the most outstanding player in women's college ice hockey. Against Northeastern in the Beanpot championship game, Harvard trailed 3-1 going into third period. The Crimson was letting its third straight Beanpot slip away...
...iSmell works a bit like an ink-jet printer. You slip a scent cartridge into the shoe-box-sized device, which can mix thousands of smells using the same chemicals found in perfumes and food. It then releases a dose of the scent in short, focused spurts. Though a spokesman announced the company's demise last month, DigiScents continues to pin its hopes on the video-game market. Co-founder and chief executive officer Joel Bellenson predicts that a year from now players firing off a round of ammunition in a virtual shoot-out will be immersed in the smell...
...outside, the patient's stomach is smeared in yellowy iodine and puffed out from the CO2 pumped in to provide some elbow room. Five "ports" are cut through his side, allowing surgeons to slip mechanical tools into his body. On the inside, it's an unrecognizable mess of viscera, shiny pink surfaces and gloopy fat. Across the room, lead surgeon Barry Gardiner sits at a console with his head pressed into a 3D viewfinder. His fingers, looped into what look like castanets, dart about just above his lap. But the action is taking place inside the patient, where metal robot...