%u2018Michelangelo Code%u2019 seen in frescoes - Science - MSNBC.com

%u2018Michelangelo Code%u2019 seen in frescoes - Science - MSNBC.com: "SAO PAULO, Brazil - Two Brazilian doctors and amateur art lovers believe they have uncovered a secret lesson on human anatomy hidden by Renaissance artist Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel%u2019s ceiling."

NBC5.com - Irresistible Headlines - Teen Charged With Vomiting On Teacher

NBC5.com - Irresistible Headlines - Teen Charged With Vomiting On Teacher: "OLATHE, Kan. -- A Kansas high school student who vomited on his Spanish teacher has been charged with battery against a school official. The misdemeanor charge was filed Monday against the Olathe Northwest High School student. The 17-year-old was charged as a juvenile and his name was not released. Prosecutors said the vomiting was intentional. The teacher, David Young, called the act 'outrageous.' The student's father said his son told him he did not mean to throw up on the teacher, but had been made uncontrollably ill by the stress of final exams. The father said the district expelled his son and recommended he enroll in an alternative school in the fall."

Bob Dylan to headline Amazon%u2019s Web concert - MUSIC - MSNBC.com

Bob Dylan to headline Amazon%u2019s Web concert - MUSIC - MSNBC.com: "Online retailer to host July 16 show on site%u2019s 10th anniversaryThe Associated PressUpdated: 9:39 a.m. ET June 16, 2005SEATTLE - Amazon.com Inc. is planning a concert featuring Bob Dylan and Norah Jones to celebrate its 10th anniversary next month."

New Do Right Man

Radar Online: "Morgan Spurlock, who sucked the joy out of Happy Meals, is now taking aim at the rest of society%u2019s ills. Great. by Danielle Stein Empowered by the success of his documentary Super Size Me, which exposed the deep-fried evils of the fast food industry, director and do-gooder Morgan Spurlock is about to take on a whole host of societal ills in his new FX show, 30 Days. In his Oscar-nominated documentary, Spurlock subjected himself to the ravages of perpetual Big Mac consumption; on his show he subjects himself and a few possibly insane volunteers to a variety of life-altering regimens, like constant binge-drinking and, shocking though it may seem, living under the same roof with%u2026gay people! All this, he says, is in the service of making the world a better place. But can one person really be this altruistic? On a recent too early morning, we set out to find a smidgen of darkness hidden in the heart of Morgan Spurlock."

Dylan Gives the People What He Wants

New York Times: "THE theater, 70 miles north of Lansing, Mich., was big and boomy and boxy, and a third empty. The fans sat, six to a side, at long tables perpendicular to the stage. A few dozen yards away, slot machines jangled, lights flashed, cards snapped. Onstage, the frail-looking singer hunched over the keyboard and bleated out a tune that the patient audience strained to recognize. The singer, dressed as he always is in courtly dark garb, said little to the audience, though once or twice he emerged from behind the keyboard to play a harmonica solo from center stage. The place was the Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort, and it was an odd rock 'n' roll show. But it was the kind of show and the kind of site that Bob Dylan has increasingly made his own.Mr. Dylan, 64, plays big cities, of course. (In April he played five nights in Manhattan.) But more and more, he is choosing stranger settings: state fairs, corporate events, urban street fairs and casinos (from Indian casinos like the Turning Stone in Verona, N.Y., and the Soaring Eagle to more traditional ones in Las Vegas and Reno). He is now in the middle of his second summer barnstorming tour of minor-league baseball fields, like the Osceola County Stadium in Kissimmee, Fla., with Willie Nelson in tow. Mr. Dylan may be in the final phase of his long and iconoclastic life as a star, and for it he has chosen a very long and very iconoclastic tour: 1,700 shows and counting, beginning in 1988. Caught in an artistic crisis then, he decided to defibrillate his career and go back on the road. Accompanied by a small combo, he reintroduced himself to fans, sporting a lean energy and a commitment to exploring his nonpareil song catalog. He shows no signs of slowing down, though he has lately replaced the guitar he has played for more than 45 years with a keyboard, causing speculation that back problems might be responsible for the switch. (Through Mr. Dylan's publicist at Columbia Records, his management said playing keyboards was 'just his musical preference' and declined to comment otherwise for this article.) Mr. Dylan has turned his act into one of the weirdest road shows in rock. He rarely speaks to the crowd, and when he does, his remarks are often gnomic throwaways. ('I had a big brass bed, but I sold it!') He plays some of his best-known songs, but often in contrarian, almost unrecognizable versions, as if to dampen their anthemic qualities. He highlights recent compositions more than most of his 60's coevals, but these, too, are delivered as highly stylized, singsongy chants. He strives to play as many kinds of places as possible, even playing successive nights in different theaters and clubs in large cities."