PARIS (AP) -- Comics, long a staple of the French literary diet, are moving to center stage. From Asterix and Obelix to Tin Tin to the brooding comic book hero Largo Winch, the French public has long adored their cartoon heroes. Now the visual world of comics is being embraced for the first time by Paris' Louvre museum. In the hazy lighting and hollow stone walls of the Louvre's Medieval hall, Bernar Yslaire brought the latest character from his comic strip "The Sky above the...
Paris travel: Louvre hosts exhibition of famous watches
The Salt Lake Tribune
The Salt Lake Tribune
The Salt Lake TribuneUpdated: 06/23/2009 11:32:22 AM MDT Click photo to enlargeThis Breguet watch is a quarter repating self winding tgimepiece...
World's best comic collection opens to public in France
The Independent
The Independent
From Saturday comic books will have their own Louvre, a museum devoted to the art of speech-bubbles, super-heroes, boy journalists, stubborn Gauls and facetious talking animals. The Musée de la bande dessinée in...
Essential touring sites in Paris
The Examiner
The Examiner
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England strive for team unity
BBC News
BBC News
As fans and journalists ponder any possible benefit of a thumping friendly win over a hugely-depleted France, one massive positive was England's effort to right one of the wrongs of that horrible World Cup campaign. The...
New Rick Steves iPhone app: pocket tours and potty finder, $4.99
Seattle Times
Seattle Times
Heading to Paris or Rome with your iPhone? You lucky dogs may be interested in new . The apps are multimedia walking tours that show your location and can be tapped to...
'Napoleon and Eugenie' at Nassau Museum of Art
Newsday
Newsday
Who was the first elected president of ? And who was its last emperor? Stumped? Find the enlighteningly illustrated answers in the 's sprawling historylesson exhibition, "Napoleon and Eugenie," of France's Second Empire....
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Irish Times
Irish Times
CeltronicWest Cork Chamber Music FestivalBenefactorsSimple Harmonic MotionEarth ExplorersTONY CLAYTON-LEA The Marquee, Cork Wed 7.30pm Euro39.20 (sold out) 0818-7919300 Being dubbed the...
Rare bust of George Washington to be auctioned
Denver Post
Denver Post
LONDON—Art lovers looking for a way to mark U.S. Independence Day may want to consider a rare bust of George Washington being auctioned by Sotheby's in...
Rare bust of George Washington to be auctioned in London shortly after US Independence Day
Hartford Courant
Hartford Courant
George Washington Bust To Be Auctioned In London
CBS News
CBS News
Rare Bust Of George Washington To Be Auctioned In London Shortly After US Independence Day Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments (AP) People looking for a keepsake to mark America's Independence Day might consider a...


