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Wearing nothing but a black caftan, Marra Racz glides onto a low table surrounded by a room full of people--men, mostly, all in their 20s. "How do you want to start this?" she asks, the room taut with expectation. With long poses, she is told, then make them shorter and shorter until the hour is up. Racz brings out a digital egg timer and sets it for four minutes, takes a breath and hikes her caftan to mid-thigh. The room comes alive.

The Cleveland Browns won't be acknowledging the death of former owner Art Modell before Sunday's opener against Philadelphia. The franchise had planned to do so with an "appropriate recognition" for Modell, but scrapped it at the request of his family. Modell's son, David, asked that the Browns not do anything for his father, feeling a tribute might spark an ugly backlash from Cleveland fans still bitter that Modell moved the franchise to Baltimore. The NFL has asked the league's other teams to honor Modell with a moment of silence or similar gesture before Sunday's games.

Patricia Modell pleaded with her husband, Art. "You can't leave me now," she said. "Don't you go." Not after 32 years of marriage, after decades of frustration over the team they own, the Cleveland Browns/Baltimore Ravens, after all the vilification they had suffered for changing cities five years ago, after the agony of five consecutive games this season without a touchdown on offense.

Art Modell, a marketing executive who helped negotiate the NFL's first television contract and later enraged fans when he moved the Cleveland Browns franchise to Baltimore, has died. He was 87. Modell died Thursday of natural causes at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, the Baltimore Ravens announced. He had a history of heart problems. "Art Modell's leadership was an important part of the NFL's success during the league's explosive growth during the 1960s and beyond," NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement.

Art Modell, who died on Thursday, will be best remembered (angrily by many) as the man who moved the NFL's Cleveland Browns to Baltimore, where they became the Ravens. But Modell, who owned the Browns and Ravens for more than four decades, also played a key role in making the National Football League a television powerhouse. Prior to buying the Browns in 1961, Modell had worked in television. NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle tapped Modell to oversee the league's broadcast committee, which basically made him the point person in negotiations with the TV networks.

The Cleveland Browns won't be acknowledging the death of former owner Art Modell before Sunday's opener against Philadelphia. The franchise had planned to do so with an "appropriate recognition" for Modell, but scrapped it at the request of his family. Modell's son, David, asked that the Browns not do anything for his father, feeling a tribute might spark an ugly backlash from Cleveland fans still bitter that Modell moved the franchise to Baltimore. The NFL has asked the league's other teams to honor Modell with a moment of silence or similar gesture before Sunday's games.

Art Modell, saying he doesn't expect "to turn every NFL player into a goody-goody choirboy," nevertheless believes the NFL's proposed drug testing plan is a necessary step. Modell, the owner of the Cleveland Browns, says he, his front office and the Browns players are still in shock from the cocaine-induced death of free safety Don Rogers on June 27. "Was there ever a more fearful example of how drugs can kill?" asked Modell. "What else will it take to demonstrate this danger?

Art Modell, a marketing executive who helped negotiate the NFL's first television contract and later enraged fans when he moved the Cleveland Browns franchise to Baltimore, has died. He was 87. Modell died Thursday of natural causes at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, the Baltimore Ravens announced. He had a history of heart problems. "Art Modell's leadership was an important part of the NFL's success during the league's explosive growth during the 1960s and beyond," NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement.

BERKELEY, Calif. - Cheryl Cohen Greene likes to spend weekends close to home with her husband, Bob, a former postal worker. Often, they go hiking in the Berkeley Hills that surround their neighborhood, or watch movies in the living room of their modest duplex. At 68, Greene is trim for her age and says she'd lose 10 pounds if she didn't love food so much. She's a devoted grandmother who frequently visits with her two children and grandchildren. No one would guess that more than 900 people have paid to have sex with her. Greene has worked as a surrogate partner therapist for 40 years.

The towering minimalist sculpture by world-renowned artist Ellsworth Kelly that has been proposed for the twin peninsulas of Embarcadero Park near Seaport Village has met with steady opposition in recent months. Now a local group that calls itself Public Art for the Public is mounting a campaign to open up the selection process and offer alternatives to the Kelly proposal.

Art Modell, who died on Thursday, will be best remembered (angrily by many) as the man who moved the NFL's Cleveland Browns to Baltimore, where they became the Ravens. But Modell, who owned the Browns and Ravens for more than four decades, also played a key role in making the National Football League a television powerhouse. Prior to buying the Browns in 1961, Modell had worked in television. NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle tapped Modell to oversee the league's broadcast committee, which basically made him the point person in negotiations with the TV networks.

They say you can't go home again, and Art Modell hasn't bothered trying. In the seven years since he moved Cleveland's beloved Browns to Baltimore, Modell has gone back to his hometown only to testify in court. There, he's seen as a carpetbagging scoundrel unworthy of the Hall of Fame despite his enormous role in shaping the NFL as we know it.

Patricia Modell pleaded with her husband, Art. "You can't leave me now," she said. "Don't you go." Not after 32 years of marriage, after decades of frustration over the team they own, the Cleveland Browns/Baltimore Ravens, after all the vilification they had suffered for changing cities five years ago, after the agony of five consecutive games this season without a touchdown on offense.

Wearing nothing but a black caftan, Marra Racz glides onto a low table surrounded by a room full of people--men, mostly, all in their 20s. "How do you want to start this?" she asks, the room taut with expectation. With long poses, she is told, then make them shorter and shorter until the hour is up. Racz brings out a digital egg timer and sets it for four minutes, takes a breath and hikes her caftan to mid-thigh. The room comes alive.

Seattle Seahawk owner Ken Behring, a day after meeting with NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, said Tagliabue told him he does not want the team to move to Los Angeles because of the agreement Behring and other owners signed a year ago deeding the city's football future to the league. "Under antitrust, that agreement is illegal," Behring said. "But we don't want to pursue that legally. We're not here to fight and try and get another lawsuit. We want to work something out.

Led by a police escort, the black Cadillac arrived to applause and "We love you, man" signs Monday--an obvious contrast to the Mayflower vans that carried away the Colts in the dead of night 11 years ago--and delivered Art Modell and a signed lease for his Cleveland Browns to play here for the next 30 years.

The Getty Conservation Institute's innovative design of a case for maintaining mummies and other fragile organic materials was used as a model recently by an Egyptian museum to restore the Royal Mummies to public view. The case sustains an environment that stems the erosion of mummies by preventing microbiological activity.

The Cultural Foundation said it was making a bold statement when it selected an avant-garde architectural model for the theater that would highlight an arts complex the group hopes to build in Sepulveda Basin. But after taking strong criticism for the recently unveiled model, the foundation has decided to speak a little more softly. Arts Park L.A.'s proposed theater is designed to jut above ground in what appears to be an industrial splay of grids, fins, elevated walkways and "thrusting circulation bars."

The Getty Conservation Institute's innovative design of a case for maintaining mummies and other fragile organic materials was used as a model recently by an Egyptian museum to restore the Royal Mummies to public view. The case sustains an environment that stems the erosion of mummies by preventing microbiological activity.

The Cultural Foundation said it was making a bold statement when it selected an avant-garde architectural model for the theater that would highlight an arts complex the group hopes to build in Sepulveda Basin. But after taking strong criticism for the recently unveiled model, the foundation has decided to speak a little more softly. Arts Park L.A.'s proposed theater is designed to jut above ground in what appears to be an industrial splay of grids, fins, elevated walkways and "thrusting circulation bars."