Whirlwind tour through the District’s many painting exhibits
Photoshopped collages, video installations, mixed-media assem­blages — there’s no lack of contemporary media that sidestep traditional artistic techniques. Yet people keep painting. On any given week in Washington, there are too many painting exhibitions to peruse them all. But here’s a whirlwind tour, inspired by one show that features a half-dozen area daubers. Read full article >>

Drug criminal's home had hiding place, underground tunnel
They stole identities from dead people.

Road to the IGF: Alexander Bruce's Antichamber
[In the latest in our "Road to the IGF" series of interviews with 2012 IGF finalists, Gamasutra speaks with Alexander Bruce about his 2012 IGF Technical Excellence Award nominee Antichamber.] Alexander "Demruth" Bruce's Antichamber is a game about discovery, set inside a vibrant, minimal, Escher-like world, where geometry and space follow unfamiliar rules, and obstacles are a matter of ...

Temple Run and Flick Soccer prove popular on iOS
iPhone and iPad users were making a beeline for Imangi Studios' Temple Run and Full Fat's Flick Soccer in the last week of January, according to official figures from Apple.

Gingrich, Romney Battle in Winner-Take-All Florida
Watch Video | Listen to the Audio RAY SUAREZ: Next Tuesday's Florida Republican primary looks to be a two-man race, with the latest batch of polls showing former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leading former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Judy Woodruff has our report. JUDY WOODRUFF: It was not even a week ago when the former speaker of the House rolled into Florida, pumped up from a double-digit ...