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Is monogamy dead?

By Jessica Bacharach | January 27

Everywhere I turn I hear some tragic story of a cheater getting caught. It's plastered across the tabloids, the stock market, even Martha Stewart is a convicted big cheater. The cheating extends beyond celebrity romance and into our beds.

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France's 'Chorus' sings heartwarming tune

By LEANA ZBOROVSKY | January 27

"The Chorus," a French film directed by Christophe Barratier, is about a talented music teacher, Cl?ment Mathieu, who is hired as the supervisor at a school for troubled boys. Set in 1949 in France, "The Chorus" begins when famous orchestra conductor Pierre Morhange returns home after his mother dies.

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Students end up sick, alone and way far from home

By Megan Slack | January 27

"Stay out of the cold, you're going to get the flu!" Sound familiar? Of course it does - it's part of a vast parental conspiracy to keep kids inside in the winter, so parents themselves don't have to go out and watch their little ones frolic in the snow. Just the thought of the achy, stuffy misery that accompanies the influenza virus is enough to keep eager young snowmen-builders and tobogganers indoors.

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Oscars dis Giamatti but look good for 'Ray' and 'Aviator'

By Daniel Longino | January 27

All the progress made by "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" by winning all of its 11 Oscar nominations last year in a triumphant onslaught of awesomeness might have just been erased. After the recent announcement of the Academy Awards nominations Tuesday, if the first words out of your mouth weren't "How could they diss Paul Giamatti two years in a row?" then you have problems.

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Flu-ency Lesson: Five ways to stay healthy

By Blair Payne | January 27

Whether or not you have the flu right now or just want to prevent it, here are some tips to stay healthy this winter: 1. Always wash your hands - after coughing, after sneezing, before and after eating, and any time your hands could come into contact with surfaces like desks and doorknobs.

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Pacino's 'hoo-ha' movies

By Daniel Longino | January 27

"William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice" hits theaters tomorrow starring none other than the feisty mad dog of cinema himself Al Pacino as Shylock, Here are five of the most "hoo-ha!" Pacino performances, rated from one to five "hoo-hahs!" One "Hooh-hah!" "Any Given Sunday" - 1999 Oliver Stone's football flick featured as much crazy Pacino as it did giant locker room man-sausage.

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Studio Theatre's new venue needs hot talent

By Molly Norris | January 27

In the shell of a building, mediocrity hatched. The production of Mark Jackson's "Death of Meyerhold" opened The Studio Theatre's new experimental venue - a hollowed-out, industrial-feeling attic in its theater complex. The Theatre calls it Stage Four, a "flexible, raw theatre space.

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Hit List

January 24

1. "The Job" Washington Improv Theater, 10 p.m., $10, Fridays and Saturdays through Feb. 5. An ensemble show in which the performers take career suggestions from the audience and craft a story about the trials and tribulations of each one in Washington. Guaranteed to be both funny and cheap! 2.

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Dylan's 'gypsy circus' now on display in Georgetown

By Chris DeWitt | January 24

On Friday, the Govinda Gallery in Georgetown opened their newest exhibition: "Ken Regan: Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Review." In 1975, Bob Dylan and the Rolling Thunder Review, a ragtag bunch of famous people came together to tour the northeast in what Dylan envisioned as a "traveling gypsy circus.

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Cartoons

January 24

Ross Nover Carrie Moskal Michael Lucibella

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Culture, 'shell' shock in UK

By Colleen McCarthy | January 24

Like most births, my life in London began with an egg. Or rather, a carton of them. Here in the United Kingdom, where even a pub meal can cost an American student more than $15, the kitchens in our dorms offer an alternative to poverty. Grocery shopping appeared simple enough.

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Razorlight checks its ego with its bags on flight to U.S.

By Megan Slack | January 24

A review of the band "Razorlight."

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Music Notes

By Jen Turner | January 24

Album reviews from Ben Allison to Ani DiFranco.

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Some sweet ways to spice up snowy days in District

By Megan Slack | January 24

Where to go to have fun in the snow (and get warm afterward).

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Decemberist lead singer better bandless

By Jen Turner | January 24

Colin Meloy opened with "Shiny" at his solo show Friday night. Arlington, Va.'s Iota Club was filled to the brim with concert-goers eager to see the lead singer and whimsical songwriter for Portland-based band the Decemberists play a show on his own. The big test for Meloy would be proving to an audience rabidly obsessed with him and his backing band that he could cut it on his own.

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'Charlotte Simmons' strays from true college living

By Blair Payne | January 24

Originally posted at www.TheEagleOnline.com Jan. 19. Can a man who is more than 70 years old effectively write a novel about college life? Better yet, can he realistically portray an 18-year-old woman? In "I Am Charlotte Simmons," Tom Wolfe manages to do both, more or less.

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'Cloud 9' redefines and challenges social norms

By By MOLLY NORRIS | January 24

Respected playwright Caryl Churchill's "Cloud 9" is a tongue-in-cheek look at a British family unit throughout history. Oh, and there's incest. So tongues do not stay safely against their own cheeks, but instead roam wildly through a landscape of nephews and uncles, brothers and sisters, and mothers and their secret selves.

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