These he transferred in light pencil onto large sheets of Arches 300-pound hot-press paper, some of them as much as six feet in length, at which point Zega set to work painting the reconstructed edifices in intense watercolor hues, taking as long as a month on each.

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We also got to take a peek at some hot-off-the-press Pebbles in their final finishes -- the black, gray, orange, red and white wearables posed for a point-and-shoot, so they don't pack the typical punch of a pro photo job.

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London - Hot off the press: The Times newspaper has just announced that it will be launching an Internet television service this week.

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The use of military tear-gas rounds had actually been noted in a number of documents amassed by the FBI and other law-enforcement officers over the years, but no officials realized they were technically--and thus figuratively--"hot" until the press started calling around a month ago.

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As for the crudities of hot-metal typesetting and letter-press printing, all these have long been superseded by electronic setting (in which a 1970s managing director, Ian Trafford, was a pioneer, and made The Economist one too), and by the stunning quality of modern offset printing.

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These hot new dollars, fresh off the printing press, are buying treasuries and mortgage-backed securities so that their market price is bid up even higher (and therefore interest rates are even lower).

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