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Films encapsulate British directorThursday, January 8, 2009 @ 1:44PMA new double-disc set from Sony, "The Films of Michael Powell," brings a pair of impeccably restored movies by this pre-eminent British director.

Derailing the Rapture ExpressThursday, January 8, 2009 @ 6:07AMI found it touching that someone with a paid seat on the Rapture Express would take the time to give such sure-to-be-left-behinders as me a friendly heads up (HJ January 3, “Jesus Coming Very Soon”). All signs, Peggy tells me (with eight exclamation points so distributed as to strengthen my conviction), suggest that the prophecies of Revelation are about to be realized and that “the seven years ...

Call to end the use of monkeys in researchThursday, January 8, 2009 @ 12:11AMA Scots Labour MEP has called for a total ban on the use of monkeys in medical research carried out in this country. David Martin said that a disproportionate level of tests involving primates were carried out in Scotland and that alternatives must be found.

LOCAL BAND: Standing Ape CountWednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 7:15PMQ: What’s behind the name? A: Anthony Hill singer: Well, it’s a play on words referring to the boxing term "standing 8 count" which gives a downed fighter a chance to recuperate from his opponents beat-down. But it actually has nothing to do with that. It’s more like we’re counting down the dwindling number of unevolved apes while the world evolves despite them. Q: Describe your music in 10 ...

Way back when: Today in historyWednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 8:29AMThree county prisoners awaiting trials sawed their way out of the city jail, highlighting the need for a new county jail. The prisoners sawed a little at a time for several hours and broke out at 4:30 a.m.