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Panasonic 3-D TVs Sell Out as U.S. Viewers Take `Avatar' Technology Home Panasonic Corp. said its 3-D TVs sold out in the U.S. in their first week, raising optimism the technology that helped “Avatar” break records at the box office will extend to living rooms and help boost profits.

Highlands Brings $45 Glenrothes Scotch, Haggis to Village Pub: Ryan Sutton The best Scottish food is the kind you drink.

Hitchcock's `Psycho' Mural, $450,000 Scary Bus, Playful Eliasson: Hot Art The scary house in which Norman Bates played dress-up with his dead mother in Hitchcock’s “Psycho,” stars in a giant mural at Metro Pictures gallery in New York’s Chelsea district.

Nissan’s Ugly Cube Exudes Gen Y Dorky Coolness: Jason H. Harper Man is that thing ugly. Not just homely -- willfully, thoughtfully, ugly. I kind of like it.

Bentley Fetches Top Price at $1.5 Million Classic-Car Auction A 1950s Bentley was the top lot in a U.K. auction of classic cars last night that raised a total of 1 million pounds ($1.5 million). Bidders were encouraged by vehicles with low estimates and avoided some with higher prices.

IYogi Karma Needs Work on PC Fix-It Service: Rich Jaroslovsky It’s late at night, and technology is tormenting you. Something’s wrong with your computer. Blood pressure climbing, you try your PC maker’s tech support, or maybe Microsoft’s. They say the glitch has nothing to do with their stuff -- it’s somebody else’s problem. Yours. What to do?

Mint Manages Money for the Attention-Impaired: Rich Jaroslovsky In Mint.com’s creation story, as recounted on its Web site, founder Aaron Patzer started the free online personal-finance service after a tedious 2005 session with Intuit Corp.’s Quicken budgeting software. These days, any complaints about Quicken should be directed at Patzer himself.

Patti Smith Misbehaves, Queen Loses Head: Great London Weekend Watch the blindfolded Queen of England get ready for execution as the first stop on your London weekend.

Highlands Brings $45 Glenrothes Scotch, Haggis to Village Pub The best Scottish food is the kind you drink.

Cameron Diaz, Recession Can’t Stop Winemakers in ‘Ugly’ Economy Vintner Ben Sharp was waiting to meet a distributor at a New York cafe last year when he spotted actress Cameron Diaz at a nearby table.

Diageo Sell-Off Brings Deep Discounts for Bordeaux: Elin McCoy “What’s terrifying,” said John Kolasa, managing director of Bordeaux chateau Rauzan-Segla, “is what will happen to Bordeaux wines in America now that Diageo has bowed out.”

Patti Smith Misbehaves, Queen Loses Head: Great London Weekend Watch the blindfolded Queen of England get ready for execution as the first stop on your London weekend.

Nuremberg Museum Shows Giant-Footed Africans, Constipated Man America doesn’t exist. The people of southern Africa have giant feet that they use to shade themselves from the scorching sun by lying on their backs, legs in the air. The King of Ceylon has the largest ruby ever seen.