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Cover Story

• COVER STORY: Actor much more than 'Old Man River'
  One-man play shows performer Robeson as talented, complex
• Renaissance man

Television

• OBIT: 'Jeffersons' actor Franklin Cover dies at 77
• TELEVISION: TV juggernaut
  'American Idol' dominates weekly ratings, leaves competitors scrambling
• TELEVISION: Soap star leaps at second chance to dance

Movies

• MOVIE REVIEW | FIREWALL: Tough as a whip
  Nobody better bet against Ford to outfox, outfight clever villains
• MOVIE REVIEW | CURIOUS GEORGE: Chimp knows how to have fun
• MOVIE REVIEW | THE PINK PANTHER: Pratfalls would numb anybody's funny bone
• MOVIE REVIEW | THE WHITE COUNTESS: Final film exemplifies pair's quiet wizardry
• NEW TO VIEW: Film examines economic devastation in Africa
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• FILMS ENDING TODAY
• Novelist 'JT LeRoy' exposed as faker

Theater

• Co-stars forever
  Romantic roles inspired offstage lives of performers
• STAGE NOTES: Domestic violence explored in show
• THEATER: CATCO taps heady keg of Irish wit, wisdom

Music

• NIGHT LIFE: Ex-leader of Guided by Voices fronting new band
• Tickets, please
• CD REVIEWS: Album documents early grunge bands
• VISUAL ARTS: Retired professors keep busy creating
• U2 upstages Carey with five Grammy awards
• MUSIC & DANCE: Nothing says love like a romantic holiday concert
• Sounds of the '40s to soar at benefit
• GRAMMY AWARDS: Legends new and old
• 'Purple' offers golden gift to violists
• Foo Fighters frontman would love to win technical recognition

Dining

• NO RESERVATIONS: Food quality can be less than poetic at Haiku
• OFF THE MENU: Bexley's Monk hires chef to restore luster to reputation

Children's Activities

• BOOKS FOR KIDS: Love's bond cements family relationships
• THE YOUNG AT ART: 'Little Women' all about love, director says

Visual Arts

• MUSEUMS: Chicago venue tops list with its family programs

Other stories

• PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Will Barbie make up with made-over Ken? (Feb. 10)
• Birthdays: Sheryl Crow, Jennifer Aniston, Christina Ricci (Feb. 10)
• PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Provocative picture tells a thousand words (Feb. 9)
• Britney steers clear of pesky photographers (Feb. 8)
• Today's birthdays: John Williams, John Grisham, Seth Green (Feb. 8)
• PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Body double fashions a lucrative career (Feb. 7)
• BIRTHDAYS: Ashton Kutcher, Chris Rock, Garth Brooks (Feb. 7)

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Dining

New review: Da Vinci's Ristorante

2005: Top 20 Restaurants in Columbus

New-restaurant activity remains in recovery as investors seem to be regaining their optimism, while existing restaurants continue to dust off remodeling and expansion plans that had been on hold during the recession.

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