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It was just seven-and-a-half years ago that Spider-Man became the first film to gross over $100 million in a single weekend. Now, we have a movie that has in fact dropped $100 million between its first and second weekend. That's...

Mr. Mitchell was a leading philanthropist, and a well known businessman and social figure in the 1940's, 50's and 60's. Born April 22, 1913 in Libau, Latvia, Mr. Mitchell fled Nazi persecution and arrived in America where he worked his...

Americans turned out in force this weekend to shop for Black Friday deals, some of them purchasing clothes or electronics for themselves after months of scrimping. Many said they had shortened their holiday gift lists this year out of necessity,...

This means the team will join Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Papua New Guinea, Hong Kong, Manawatu, Western Force, Suva I and Ratu Filise as the teams confirmed for the tournament. Festival media manager Jeremy Duxbury said USA coach Al Caravelli had...

That's the advice Morgan Stanley is giving clients this morning. "We think this setback in equities is the most serious since developed markets bottomed in March," writes Morgan Stanley's local economist Gerard Minack. "Our hunch is that equities can have...

The shortage of doses has led to confrontations with patients who insist on getting it when they find their doctor has some. With the unanticipated shortage of the new H1N1 swine flu vaccine, my life as a practicing internist suddenly...

For a political horror show, fast forward to the summer of 2010: The unemployment rate is stubbornly high, hovering in a range between 9.3 percent and 9.7 percent. Companies are wary about hiring more workers because the economy remains soft....

No-one lasts long in the comic-book universe, and you can't always count on springing back to life...Io9 rates the top six religions to affiliate yourself with before someone is kneeling over your body, shouting 'Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!' Let's say that one day...

The Washington Post is closing its last US bureaus outside the nation’s capital as the money-losing newspaper retrenches to focus on politics and local news. “At a time of limited resources and increased competitive pressure, it’s necessary to concentrate our journalistic...

At 6' 3" the tall, lumbering Michael Shannon doesn't look like a leading man with his rumpled character-actor looks. Sometimes, Shannon's so quiet and reserved in person you wonder how he made the leap to stage acting. Yet when unleashed...