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Flu Me Twice, Shame on Me
What can we do about avian flu?

Half Empty
A small but vocal minority of users are raising a stink about how eBay treats their beloved Half.com.

Silicon Valley News Notes
Valley Transportation Authority's Zero-Emission buses aren't all they're cracked up to be.

Silicon Alleys
Meeting San Jose's Original Neighbors.

Technology News
Ping Meltdown.

Car Culture
The air bag is, of course, a brilliant invention. Sure, sure, a few kids die every year from suffocating after an air bag discharges—but they shouldn't have been sitting in the front seat anyway.

Ringer Of Fire
Cash is king in sentimental but irresistible biopic of country star with Joaquin Phoenix as the man in black.

Method Madness
'Ellie Parker' is Scott Coffey's shot-on-DV tale of the agonies and ecstasies of the no-name actress who went on to become Naomi Watts.

Dragon Season
'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire': going whole Hogwarts.

From Duck To Tapas
The International Latino Film Festival: eight movies in three days.

Positive Spin
'Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic': I suppose she kisses her mom with that mouth.

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Filmed Notes
Prepare for the cinema Cash with an armload of music biopics.

We've Got to Carry Each Other
Whatever you say about Bono and his Secretariat-sized ego, the man can make an entrance.

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C'mon, Get Happy
Even if your mom didn't serve you tofu made to look like meat, you'll feel mothered at the Happy Bamboo.

Live Feed
My First Taste Of Taiwan.

5 Things to Love
Places to Feast Without The Fuss.

Club Life
Baybar in Redwood City.

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Twilight of The Trick
Gabriel García Márquez skewers the follies of an aging man in 'Memories of My Melancholy Whores.'