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NEWS ABOUT: image

image stories: 7 news summaries

Scientists Capture Detailed Image of Molecule

Technique could help improve electronics, drugs

Aug 28, 09 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a scientific first, IBM researchers have produced a detailed image of a molecule’s structure, the BBC reports. The stunning image, made with an atomic force microscope that vibrates like a tuning fork, is so finely detailed that it shows chemical bonds. Such intricate familiarity with the molecule opens... More »

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drugs • science • electronics • IBM • image • microscopic • atom • scientific research • molecules

Wall Street
Aims to Give Itself a Facelift

Trade group mounts effort to counter 'populist overreaction'

Jun 25, 09 2:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wall Street’s top trade group is fighting to fix its image amid what it calls a “populist overreaction” to the financial crisis, Bloomberg reports. Top aides to former Treasury secretary Henry Paulson are leading the “city-by-city, grassroots” campaign focused on politicians and the media. The securities industry... More »

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Wall Street • image • financial sector • financial institutions • financial crisis

OPINION

 Can Mel Make a 
 Comeback? 

Gibson aims for rehabilitation, but Mad Max is 'gone'

Mar 2, 09 1:21 PM CST
(Newser) - Mel Gibson appears to be making an effort to revive a career stalled after his 2006 arrest and accompanying anti-Semitic tirade, but “it seems unlikely he can ever really come back,” writes Roger Friedman for Fox News. “Like Tom Cruise, Gibson has sent himself into a weird... More »

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Hollywood • film • sexism • image • film director • Mel Gibson • actor • anti-Semitism • comeback • movies • Roger Friedman

 It May Be Curtains for  
 Squeaky-Clean Brown 

Brown's success built on good-guy image

Feb 10, 09 12:17 PM CST
(AP) - At this point, Chris Brown would have been better off getting caught with a bong. At least then the scandal enveloping his white-hot career could have been dismissed by some as a youthful indiscretion. But Brown's arrest after an alleged assault on Rihanna has potentially devastating implications for the 19-year-old... More »

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pop music • image • arrest • assault • Rihanna • career • Chris Brown

OPINION

Phelps Gets Off Easy Thanks to Image, Not Race

Goody-goodies, black
or white, see minimal
hit for taking hits

Feb 5, 09 2:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Those who think Michael Phelps would be facing harsher treatment if he were black are “stuck in the 1960s,” Jason Whitlock writes for Fox Sports. “Image is everything whether you're black or white.” Only bad boys get hung out to dry when controversy calls—Phelps was... More »

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sports • Michael Phelps • marijuana • marijuana legalization • image • racial inequality • controversy • Jason Whitlock

For Obama the Nominee, Even More Discipline

Acutely aware of scrutiny, campaign takes control of image

Jun 19, 08 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Barack Obama's campaign transitions from Democratic frontrunner to nominee, his team is ratcheting down control over the candidate's public image and media access to him. But yesterday's revelation that Obama campaign volunteers prohibited two Muslim women wearing headscarves from sitting behind him at a rally underscores the challenges facing... More »

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Barack Obama • media • press • image • nominee • Election 2008

Antiwar Band Tours Mideast With State Dept. Backing

Ozomatli incorporates Arab musician's beats into its Latin music

Aug 1, 07 6:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - In an effort to bolster its image in Muslim countries, the US is sending a group of Los Angeles musicians to the Arab world as cultural ambassadors. The band Ozomatli, whose members frequently bash Bush administration policies and the Iraq war, is touring the Mideast on the government's dime, drawing... More »

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entertainment • music • Middle East • culture • Ozomatli • image • Iraq war

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