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Janos Starker dies at 88; renowned cellist won a Grammy in 1997
Janos Starker, a renowned concert cellist as well as a distinguished teacher and recording artist, died Sunday at his home in Bloomington, Ind. He was 88 and had been in declining health. Since 1958, Starker had been a professor at the Indiana...
Tags: Hungary, Entertainment, Indiana University, Awards and Prizes, Music
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Balthazar Korab dies at 86; architect-photographer with wide-ranging eye
Balthazar Korab, an architect-turned-photographer with a wide-ranging eye whose moody, polished images captured the spirit of midcentury modern architecture and celebrated its masters, including Eero Saarinen and Mies van der Rohe, died Jan. 15 in Royal...
Tags: Hungary, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Danube River, New Year's Day, Parkinson's Disease
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Wes Anderson wrote 'Moonrise Kingdom' with a little help from friends
Wes Anderson won't formally begin his next movie, "The Grand Budapest Hotel," until the new year, but he's on the phone after a busy day spent filming "little shots" in Saxony with a very good German driver named Peet who's quite adept, Anderson says,...
Tags: Academy Awards, Entertainment Events, Ernst Lubitsch, Film Independent Spirit Awards, Conan O'Brien
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Azerbaijan defends freeing convicted killer as Armenians protest
World NowRamil Safarov had been sentenced to spend the rest of his days behind bars after killing an Armenian officer with an ax in Budapest, Hungary. But President Ilham Aliyev pardoned the convicted killer last week after Hungary agreed to return him to... -
Hungary arrests alleged Nazi-era torturer after tabloid finds him
World NowNearly seven decades after his alleged crimes, Hungarian prosecutors arrested and charged a 97-year-old man accused of torturing Jewish detainees before they were sent to Nazi death camps.... -
Arthur P. Stern dies at 86; transistor pioneer
Arthur P. Stern, a Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor whose prominent career in electronic engineering included leading the development of General Electric's first transistor radio in the 1950s and guiding the commercialization of satellite navigation at...
Tags: Texas Instruments Incorporated, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Engineering, Radio, Entertainment
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A taste of Hungary's history in Budapest's sumptuous coffeehouses
BUDAPEST, Hungary —American coffeehouses are prized for their quick service and fast Internet — ideal for people on the go. But a century ago, European cafes were places to linger amid Gilded Age opulence. Nowhere was this more so than in...
Tags: Hungary, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Leonard Bernstein, Walnuts, World War II (1939-1945)
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Food FYI: 'Raw milk has become the new pot'
Daily DishFood FYI: 'Raw milk has become the new pot'... -
Monster Mash: Steve Jobs statue unveiled; Beethoven's deafness
Culture MonsterPaying tribute: A statue of the late Steve Jobs has been unveiled in a technology park in Budapest, Hungary. (Los Angeles Times) Genius: Experts say Ludwig van Beethoven's gradual deafness may have influenced his music. (BBC News) They're in the...... -
Steve Jobs statue unveiled in Budapest office park
TechnologySteve Jobs statue: A bronze Steve Jobs statue was unveiled at an office park in Budapest.... -
Apple fined in Italy, accused of misleading warranties
TechnologyItaly has fined Apple 900,000 euros, or about $1.2 million, accusing the tech giant of selling consumers two-year AppleCare warranties when they were entitled to free two-year warranties under Italian law.... -
Eva Zeisel dies at 105; ceramic artist and designer known for her tableware
Eva Zeisel, one of the most influential industrial designers of the 20th century who created lyrical yet practical tableware and ceramics, has died. She was 105.
Zeisel, whose deceptively simple designs first became popular in the 1940s and are still...Tags: Radio, Newspaper and Magazine, Entertainment, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Material Science
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