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Actor Elijah Wood is 31. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Frodo Baggins in "The Lord of the Rings" movies, in which he appears here.

A year after Egypt's #Jan25, Twitter launches selective censorship
More than a year after hashtag #jan25 on Twitter was used by Egyptian activists to invite people to join the protests against Hosni Mubarak, micro-blogging site Twitter.com announced that it may block specific content on a country-by-country basis if required, virtually imposing selective censorship in some countries. In 2011, the use of Twitter was instrumental in information exchange during ...

Ben Aronson at Jenkins Johnson Gallery
To keep realism in painting from looking rote or academic requires a touch as lively as Ben Aronson displays in camera-assisted paintings at Jenkins Johnson. "Photorealism" does not fit what Aronson does. He apparently...

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Traffic returns to Cairo protest square
Traffic flowed through Cairo's Tahrir Square on Saturday after the end of a three-day sit-in to mark one year since the uprising that toppled president Hosni Mubarak, even as more protests were planned.