AFP – A Cold War-era nuclear bunker in Britain has been put up for sale on online auction site eBay, and by Sunday bidders had pushed the price up to more than 27,000 pounds (30,000 euros, 40,000 dollars). http://bit.ly/b6p6bm
Roger Ebert gets ‘voice’ grandkids can recognize (AP)
AP – Film critic Roger Ebert, who lost his ability to speak after surgery for cancer, says a Scottish company has helped him regain a voice his grandchildren can recognize. http://bit.ly/dwfEGi
Hollywood’s Oscar contenders chart course for gold (Reuters)
Reuters – With the Vancouver Olympics near an end on Sunday, Hollywood began charting its own path to glory at the Oscars, and though the film honors feature shoo-in contenders in several key races, industry watchers still expect some excitement. http://bit.ly/cIiTAB
AP Enterprise: How nuclear equipment reached Iran
Early last year, a Chinese company placed an order with a Taiwanese agent for 108 nuclear-related pressure gauges. But something happened along the way. Paperwork was backdated. Plans were rerouted, orders reconfigured, shipping redirected. http://bit.ly/9CxR2i
Roger Ebert gets ‘voice’ grandkids can recognize (AP)
AP – Film critic Roger Ebert says computer programmers have captured his voice from movie commentary tracks so he can type what he wants to say and listeners hear a voice that sounds like him. http://bit.ly/9LATwk
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`Shutter Island’ stays afloat at No. 1 with $22.2M (AP)
AP – Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese continue to lure movie-goers to “Shutter Island,” while James Cameron’s “Avatar” has surpassed $700 million domestically. http://bit.ly/aghd0O
Hello, stranger: the ups and downs of Chatroulette (AP)
AP – A new Web sensation called Chatroulette feels like a throwback to the early 1990s, when online chat rooms brimmed with lonely strangers looking for meaningful connections, meaningless sex, or something in between. http://bit.ly/94msb5
Baby born in traffic jam as leader drives by
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – A Pakistani woman gave birth to a baby girl in an auto-rickshaw stuck in a traffic jam when police closed roads to let President Asif Ali Zardari’s motorcade drive by. http://bit.ly/cbgN8z
Scorsese’s “Shutter Island” top film at box office (Reuters)
Reuters – Martin Scorsese’s suspense thriller, “Shutter Island,” led the North American box office for a second consecutive weekend on Sunday, fending off strong debuts from the comedy “Cop Out” and horror remake “The Crazies.” http://bit.ly/9R4IpR
