29 December 2008 By Jessica Bachman / Staff Writer Her nose is pressed firmly against the street-side window of her Tverskaya apartment. Her eyes dance through a maze of metal bars, wood planks and endless rows and columns of punched-out vinyl holes as she strains to make out forms below.

For the guys in My Morning Jacket, this time last year offered some of the last peaceful moments they would enjoy before a fuse was lit and the ensuing explosion changed their lives.

For the guys in My Morning Jacket, this time last year offered some of the last peaceful moments they would enjoy before a fuse was lit and the ensuing explosion changed their lives.

Happy 40th anniversary … yes? When the band itself is named in the affirmative, you have to assume that, no, Yes is not dreading that somewhat daunting milestone — even if it does suggest a certain level of seniority among its citizenship.

A proposed Internet filter dubbed the Great Aussie Firewall is promising to make Australia one of the strictest Internet regulators among democratic countries. Consumers, civil rights activists, engineers, Internet providers and politicians from opposition...