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Past the very northern end of Interstate 95, traffic dwindles to just a few thousand cars a day. Past that, there's no sign of the highway residents were promised more than 60 years ago.

The Iranian-American journalist was imprisoned in Iran, interrogated, tried and eventually released. But the controversy continues. Saberi says she confessed to her crimes in order to get out of jail but asserts that she did nothing wrong. Her new book Between Two Worlds is an account of her time in captivity.

Two centuries ago, Lord Elgin pried sculptures off the Parthenon and took them to Britain. For decades, the main argument against the return of the marbles was Greece's lack of a suitable location for their display. The new Acropolis Museum is a stunning rebuttal.

Set in German-occupied France, Quentin Tarantino's World War II revenge fantasia Inglourious Basterds is an ungainly pastiche — that also manages to feel organic. David Edelstein has a review.

Government research shows more and more households are getting rid of their land lines. For the first time, cell-phone-only homes outnumber those with just land lines.

Even by Hollywood standards, My Sister's Keeper is shoddy goods. It's an arm-twisting weepie that panders to our reflexive need to blame someone for a no-fault tragedy. Critic Ella Taylor isn't buying.

While in Beijing, President Obama is trying to connect with the Chinese people. One of Obama's main messages is that the U.S. does not seek to contain China or force its values on it. Many Chinese welcome that message, but they don't necessarily trust it. One blogger says he sees little difference in Obama's policies toward China than those of President Bush.

Colorado has seen a huge increase in marijuana dispensaries in the past year because the state hasn't clamped down on them. But there is growing interest among some state lawmakers to regulate the industry when the legislature reconvenes in January.

It has been a dismal time for the nation's travel and tourism industry, with business travel taking an especially big hit. About 200,000 tourism and travel jobs evaporated in 2008. But many in the industry say they are beginning to see signs of a rebound, sparked by travel bargains.

The Supreme Court weighs in on an issue involving the campaign contributions received by elected judges. Also, the court says it will not hear an appeal from a former Army captain who was dismissed under the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.