Each week, Wired Design brings you a photo of one of our favorite buildings, showcasing boundary-pushing architecture and design involved in the unique structures that make the world’s cityscapes interesting. Check back Fridays for the continuing series, and feel free to make recommendations in the comments, by Twitter, or by e-mail.
Wired Top Stories
Holocaust denier’s Nazi-themed artwork spurs debate
Once revered for his ironic Nazi-themed artwork, Charles Krafft has sparked controversy in the art world after being outed in a U.S. weekly newspaper as a Holocaust denier.
Game of Streams: HBO’s Schizophrenic Relationship With the Internet
HBO’s Game of Thrones has a strange relationship with the Internet, with a rabid online who have no legal way to stream the episodes. But recent comments by HBO CEO Richard Plepler may indicate a chance on the horizon.
Wired Top Stories
Ellen gets deafening reception in Sydney
Ellen DeGeneres has promised lots of games as she films parts of her show before 3,000 fans in Sydney.
 |
 |
Experts doubt tax-snitching can bring in new revenue
Tax experts are questioning the value of the new federal plan that would pay whistleblowers to squeal on offshore tax evaders. They are doubtful Ottawa has the resources to make such a program cost-effective.
The most happening videos this week!
Don’t Miss: The most happening videos this week!
rediff News
62 Myanmar refugees dead in Thailand fire
At least 62 Myanmar refugees have been killed and over 200 injured when a fire swept through their camp in northern Thailand, with officials fearing that the toll could rise further.
rediff News
MPs, voters have ‘no faith in govt’
Federal ministers who have resigned have shown they no longer have confidence in the govt, Abbott says.
|
|
Tammy Nelson, Ph.D.: Can I Get Over An Affair? The Three Phases Of Recovery
The immediate response after discovering a spouse’s affair is commonly disbelief, anger, sadness, loss or grief.
Read More…
More on Infidelity
Obama Urges Action On Gun Control Bills In Weekly Address
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama put the spotlight back on gun violence on Saturday, praising senators for taking “big steps” to advance gun bills but pressing lawmakers to finish the job and deliver legislation to his desk in the coming weeks.
In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama said the nation has changed in the three months since the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., that took the lives of 20 children and six adults. There is “still genuine disagreement” about how to reduce gun violence, he said, but everyone now agrees that it is time to do something.
“Senators here in Washington have listened and taken some big steps forward,” Obama said, pointing to the mix of gun control legislation headed to the Senate floor next month. Provisions on the table include tighter background checks, a new gun trafficking statute, an assault weapons ban and a ban on high-capacity gun magazines.
Read More…
More on Gun Violence