Arlington photographer saving county barns on film

On Friday, Gerald Magelssen passes an old shed on his way to photograph a Camano Island barn that he originally photographed in the 1970s.

Renaissance man mixes W.E.B. Du Bois, Chuck D

He's a teacher, an activist, a hip-hop artist and a deejay. He's Brandie Spencer - unless he's Joeson Apex. And he wants everybody to get an education.

Kaneto Shindo tells a personal story in 'Postcard'

'Postcard,' which Kaneto Shindo, 99, says is his last film, is based on an incident from his Japanese naval service in World War II. Kaneto Shindo has spent most of his long career telling other people's stories. As a screenwriter and film director, he showed the hardscrabble lives of the have-nots in Japanese society — prostitutes, farmers, migrant workers and war victims. No subject seemed too ...

Looking Back: B-17 turret found under porch a perfect fit

URBANA — Part of the forward fuselage is from Yucca, Nev., and part of the aft from 20th Century Fox studios.The tail is from a target practice plane, and the equipment to retract the rear wheels was rescued from a 50-year-old crash site in Alaska.

PPR kicks Avenue to curb

Francois-Henri Pinault’s rocky affair with plus-size fashion is finally over. The French luxury tycoon — whose wife is Selma Hayek and whose PPR conglomerate owns Gucci — yesterday watched as the New Jersey-based plus-size Avenue clothing chain filed for bankruptcy, four years after he bought it for $200 million in an...