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Providence theater experiments with ‘tweet seats’

Providence theater experiments with ‘tweet seats’

Associated Press, Erika Niedowski · January 27, 2013 10:55 pm

ADVANCE FOR MONDAY JAN. 28 AND THEREAFTER - FILE - In this Wednesday Sept. 18, 1996, file photo, Rep. Pat Schroeder, D-Colo. reacts as Colt Manufacturing Vice President Doug Overbury shows his company's Smart Gun during a Capitol Hill news conference. The gun, a standard-looking .40-caliber, semi-automatic pistol can only be activated from a pea-size radio transmitter worn on the wrist of an authorized shooter. When the White House recently called for pushing ahead with such new technology as part of President Obama's plan to cut gun violence, the administration did not mention the concept's embattled past. As with so much else in the nation's long-running divisions over gun rights and regulation, what sounds like a futuristic vision is, in fact, an idea that has been kicked around for years, sidelined by intense suspicion, doubts about feasibility and pressure tactics. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson)

Push for futuristic guns builds on embattled past

Associated Press · January 27, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - This April 19, 2012 file photo shows Australian actress Olivia Newton-John arriving at a central London bookstore for a signing of her book 'Livwise'. Newton-John has helped open a new Arizona wellness center. The "Grease" and "Xanadu" star visited Scottsdale, Ariz., on Friday Jan.25, 2013, to launch the grand opening of the Trivita Wellness Center. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, file)

Olivia Newton-John opens Ariz. wellness center

Associated Press · January 27, 2013 5:00 am

In this Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 photo, U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, speaks to reporters following a rally in support of three Iowa Supreme Court justices who are up for retention votes in the November election, in Des Moines, Iowa. Harkin says he will not seek re-election in 2014, The Associated Press reports Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Iowa candidates for Tom Harkin’s Senate seat emerging

Associated Press · January 27, 2013 5:00 am

Video + story: Police up death toll to 245 in Brazil club fire

Video + story: Police up death toll to 245 in Brazil club fire

Associated Press · January 27, 2013 5:00 am

Famke Janssen, Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton arrive at the premiere of "Hansel & Gretel Witch Hunters" on Thursday Jan. 24, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision/AP)

‘Hansel & Gretel’ nabs $19M, No. 1 at box office

Associated Press · January 27, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2011, file photo, U.S. actor Randy Quaid smiles during a news conference in Vancouver, British Columbia. Canadian immigration officials have denied U.S. actor Randy Quaid's request for permanent resident status in Canada, a Canadian government official confirmed late Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck, File)

Canada denies Randy Quaid’s request to stay

Associated Press · January 27, 2013 5:00 am

IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR THE PRODUCERS GUILD - Channing Tatum, left, and Jonah Hill arrive at the 24th Annual Producers Guild (PGA) Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Saturday Jan. 26, 2013, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision for The Producers Guild/AP Images)

‘Argo’ wins Producers Guild Awards

Associated Press · January 27, 2013 5:00 am

Jennifer Lawrence, Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Hathaway win SAG prizes

Jennifer Lawrence, Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Hathaway win SAG prizes

Associated Press · January 27, 2013 5:00 am

Leading Democrat: Gun control faces uphill climb

Leading Democrat: Gun control faces uphill climb

Associated Press · January 27, 2013 5:00 am

Director, writer and cast member Lake Bell celebrates as she comes on stage to accept her U.S. Dramatic Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award for "In A World..." during the 2013 Sundance Film Festival Awards Ceremony on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP)

‘Fruitvale,’ ‘Blood Brother’ win Sundance Awards

Associated Press · January 27, 2013 5:00 am

Senate Minority Leader Richard L. Saslaw, D-Fairfax, left, and Senate Majority Leader Thomas K. Norment, Jr., R-James City, right, confer in the rear of the Virginia Senate chamber at the State Capitol in Richmond, Va. Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. The Republican and Democratic members have been at odds all week, since Republicans passed a new redistricting plan while Democratic Senator Henry L. Marsh, III, D-Richmond was attending the Presidential Inauguration. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Bob Brown).

GOP voting bills aimed at party hegemony in Virginia

Associated Press · January 27, 2013 5:00 am