Today is Monday, Jan. 5, the fifth day of 2009. There are 360 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 5, 1896, an Austrian newspaper, Wiener Presse, reported the discovery by German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen of a type of radiation that came to be known as "X-rays." On this date: In 1781 ...

Last night, at the opening of The Annex, a SoHo satellite of Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Daily Transom found itself on the red carpet with Gossip Girl Taylor Momsen; later that evening, Debbie Harry of Blondie and Dave Mason from Traffic were to perform. "Blondie like changed my life!" Ms. Momsen said, excitedly swaying back ...

A memorial service for punk rock was held at the weekend at New York's CBGB club, birthplace of the movement in America, which closed its spit-spattered doors after 33 loud years, a victim of gentrification. Some of the punk stars who launched their careers in the cramped and grungy East Village venue on Bowery are close to pension age ...