CURRENT NEWS ITEM: A HALF-CENTURY LATER, WOODLEY HOUSE STILL AT THE CUTTING EDGE

TOP - 50 RELEVANT BREAKING NEWS

1. A Half-Century Later, Woodley House Still at the Cutting Edge

   You don't hear much about mentally ill people being locked in the attic by misguided relatives anymore. There are no "insane asylums" where patients go for counseling but end up getting a lobotomy instead. Words such as "warehouse," "snake pit" and "cuckoo's nest" are no longer used to describe most...

2. Hot Docs: Bush White House Using Tax Dollars for Political Trips, a 'Once in a Century' Meltdown

   Today's selection of timely reports.

3. Roisin Murphy: Meet the poster girl of cutting-edge chic

   When I meet the singer Roisin Murphy at a café after the House of Holland show at London Fashion Week, it's hard not to feel as comparatively uncool and drably dressed as a policeman at the Notting Hill carnival. She is wearing a pink and grey shard-patterned sweatshirt by Vivienne Westwood, and huge vintage Courrèges sunglasses, although this is actually quite a subtle look by her striking standards.

4. House prices fall to two-and-a-half-year low

   In what will come as a further blow to homeowners’ confidence, a survey released today shows that the average house price in the UK has now dropped to levels last seen more than two and a half years ago, with prices down 7.3 per cent on this time last year.

5. Professor Frank Walbank: Classical scholar who defined and dominated the field of Hellenistic history for half a century

   Frank Walbank, Emeritus Rathbone Professor of Ancient History at Liverpool University, was one of the great ancient historians of the 20th century. For around half a century he defined and dominated the field of Hellenistic history. Above all he was the unchallenged expert on the Greek politician and historian Polybius, who composed his history of Rome around the middle of the second century BC. Walbank's magnum opus is the monumental three-volume Historical Commentary on Polybius – a project launched in 1944 and completed in 1979 – which is widely regarded as the finest commentary ever composed on a historical author from antiquity.

6. Federal Reserve slashes US interest rates to lowest in half a century

   Fed chairman Ben Bernanke has stepped up efforts to keep a likely recession in the world's largest economy as shallow as possible.

7. Federal Reserve cuts interest rates to half-century low

   The Federal Reserve came to the aid of ailing financial markets last night -- slashing interest rates by half a percentage point to avert the worst US recession in the postwar era.

8. Mazda reports profits edge up in 1st half

   TOKYO -- Mazda Motor Corp.'s net profit edged up 2 percent in the fiscal first half as the yen's surge countered vehicle sales gains in Europe and China.

9. Half a Century, a Slice at a Time

   Arlington has changed a lot over the past 50 years.

10. Cutting-edge care can give overseas facilities an edge

    Doctors in some foreign countries may be more adept at some techniques that Americans want. Low cost isn't the only reason Americans are traveling to foreign countries for healthcare. Timmi Ryerson of Vista, Calif., went abroad looking for expertise she couldn't find at home.

11. Rubin bring up half-century with title triumph

    FC Rubin Kazan celebrated their 50th anniversary in style by winning their first Russian Premier-Liga championship - securing a rare place in the spotlight for the Tatar club's understated coach Kurban Berdyev.

12. Cutting Edge Websites, Logos, Bus. Cards, Flyers, T-Shirts & more!

13. Troubled half-century of urban renewal in SF

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Holding her cane and shuffling carefully down the sidewalk in the city's Jazz Preservation District, 88-year-old Leola King stopped and looked at the words stamped in concrete: Leola King's Birdcage, 1505 Fillmore....

14. Spain's Cutting-Edge Chef

    Ferran Adria's unique style has some calling him a mad scientist.

15. USA: LA mayor: wildfires worst in half a century

    Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency for Los Angeles County At least 6,500 acres (2630 hectacres) have been ravaged by the flame.

16. Cutting-edge delivery

    GROWTH in online Christmas shopping is a double-edged sword for parcels delivery group Business Post, it admitted yesterday.

17. DCU plans cutting edge indoor facility

    A 10,000-seater, fully enclosed GAA stadium, equipped with cutting-edge technology, is just part of a bold new €15m development DCU authorities are looking to construct in St Clare's on Dublin's northside.

18. Cutting Edge Focus For First Pieces Bought With Charity Funds

    Preview - Collected, featuring new acquisitions at Glasgow's Gallery of Modern Art, showing from December 11 2008

19. 19 century riverside character house in the Loire Valley, Centre, 750000 euros

    Located in the heart of the Loire Valley only 10 minutes walking distance from the center of Tours. A 19th century recently restored riverside character house. House offers 15 rooms, 500m² living space with 8 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 3 shower

20. A boat on the cutting edge and already a relic

    The BMW Oracle team has built a high-tech racing machine aimed at the America's Cup, but with the defending champion, Alinghi, seeking rapprochement and uncertainty over the long-running legal battle that gave it birth, the leviathan, a trimaran dubbed "Dogzilla," may never race.

21. Cutting edge and vintage charm in Istanbul real estate

    Here in Turkey's cultural capital, two multimillion-dollar projects exemplify the wide range of high-end living: The sleek new residences at Kanyon that rise above the Levent neighborhood, and the 19th century Rizzo and Kamondo buildings that have been given a second life near the bustling district of Beyoglu.

22. A boat on the cutting edge and perhaps a relic already

    The BMW Oracle team has built a high-tech racing machine aimed at the America's Cup, but with the defending champion, Alinghi, seeking rapprochement and uncertainty over the long-running legal battle that gave it birth, the leviathan, a trimaran dubbed "Dogzilla" may never race.

23. Interest rates lowest for half a century, says uSwitch.com

    Interest rates are at their "lowest level for half a century", according to uSwitch.com, after the Bank of England cut them for the second time in two months.

24. Canada's rate at half-century low

    Canada's central bank brings interest rates to their lowest level in 50 years, at 1.5%, in an effort to stem recession.

25. Skin Deep: taking opera to the cutting edge

    Satirist Armando Iannucci and composer David Sawer tell Jasper Rees why they wrote an opera about plastic surgery.

26. Classic Bugatti worth $4.3m gathered dust for half a century

    A vintage Bugatti car, which gathered dust in a Tyneside garage for 47 years could fetch 3m at auction.

27. Cubans Mark Half-Century of Revolution

    SANTIAGO, Cuba, Jan. 1 -- President Raúl Castro and the Cuban government celebrated the 50th anniversary of their revolution Thursday night in a nostalgic but low-key event that was far removed from the triumphant displays and mass rallies of their socialist glory days, as ordinary Cubans continu...

28. Woodwork lessons highlight Hearts’ need for cutting edge

    Hearts 0 Hibernian 0 Lewis Stevenson was named as man of the match by Setanta.

29. he Insider: A mouse in the house

30. Vote 2008: Key House Races

    ABC's Jon Karl highlights the seats up for grabs in Congress.

31. Bale Watch: Man Builds House Out of Hay

    East Texas man is constructing a dwelling out of straw bales and mud plaster.

32. The House of Pumpkins

    Display consists of 5,000 squashes, with 70 varieties of pumpkins.

33. Obama Buys a Half-Hour Block From Networks; 'SNL's' Fauxbama Draws 11 Million Viewers

    Barack Obama's presidential campaign is getting a bargain for the half-hour of prime time it's bought on CBS and NBC, and is in talks about buying on ABC and Fox.

34. Deed the House to Your Child or Put It in Your Will? First, Do Your Homework.

    Q Is it a good idea to deed our house to one of our children, or would it be better to just put these instructions in our wills? What is the downside to doing this?