Paul Bentley, detective who helped arrest Oswald at Texas Theater, dead at 87 (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
DALLAS - Dallas police Detective Paul Bentley, who helped arrest presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald at the Texas Theater, had a ready retort for those who didn't accept the official story that Oswald acted alone.

Samsung's Series 7 Plasma HDTVs Expand the Horizons of Luxurious Home Theater Design and Multimedia Capability (Broadcast Newsroom)
RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J., BUSINESS WIRE -- Samsung Electronics, the market leader in HDTV design and innovation, continues to deliver the ultimate form of "functional art" to consumers with the Series 7 Plasma HDTV featuring Samsung's ToC(TM) (Touch of Color(TM)) designed bezel.

Giz Explains: Dolby, DTS and Home Theater Audio Codec Confusion [Giz Explains ] (Gizmodo)
You actually know what some of the crazy doodles on the side of an HDTV means when it comes to video—720p, 1080i, 1080p. Congrats, you're ahead of most people, like my mother. But do you understand...

Theater Review: A razor-sharp 'Sweeney Todd' (The Sacramento Bee)
Stephen Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" is unlike anything you've seen at the Music Circus. But then, "Sweeney Todd" is unlike any other creation in American musical theater. Mark Jacoby as the title character in "Sweeney Todd" gets the evil Judge Turpin (Michael G. Hawkins) into his barber's chair.

'Welcome Home': The Hollow of A Veteran's Heart (Washington Post)
"Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter" is not so much about the stories that wounded soldiers bring back to us as it is the ones they keep to themselves.

A theater group for everyone (The Enumclaw Courier-Herald)
For more than a decade, Plateau Community Players provided audiences with high-quality theater productions like “Brigadoon” and “The Unsinkable Molly Brown.” The nonprofit, community theater group plans to continue its production of top-notch live theater, but with a new moniker and a fresh outlook.

Detective who helped arrest Oswald dead at 87 (The Charlotte Observer)
Dallas police Detective Paul Bentley, who helped arrest presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald at the Texas Theater, had a ready retort for those who didn't accept the official story that Oswald acted alone. "What does conspiracy do?" Bentley would say. "It sells." Bentley died Monday of natural causes in his home, said his grandson, David Ottinger. He was 87. Bentley worked for the Dallas ...

Obituaries in the news (The Charlotte Observer)
Paul Bentley DALLAS (AP) - Paul Bentley, a Dallas police veteran who helped arrest presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald at the Texas Theater, had died. He was 87. Bentley died Monday of natural causes in his Dallas home, said his grandson, David Ottinger. Bentley worked for the police department for 21 years, starting as a patrol officer and retiring as a detective five years after the ...

Summer Sanity: Find low-price entertainment close to home (The Star-Ledger)
With travel getting more expensive every day, you might be surprised to find there's so much you can do close to home, for free. As you drive around town, pay attention to signs posted along the road. You might find a free theater production of a great show at the local high school.

Movie industry eyeing 3D movies for the home theater (Ars Technica)
There's currently no consistent standard governing 3-D display on the small screen, but the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) wants to change that. The group intends to develop a universal standard to handle the broadcast and display of 3-D video, but Hollywood may not be happy to see its newfound cash cow walking out the barn door. Read More... ...








Projector Tricks: More than Home Theater of the Office - eWeek

Projector Tricks: More than Home Theater of the Office eWeek,   NY  - 5 hours ago Business projectors are more than just the home theater of the office and conference room. A little know-how and a few tricks enable more than presentations ...

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