Movie theaters posted their worst attendance since 1994 last year, but Hollywood is poised for a big comeback — with the help...
War photography exhibit debuts in Houston museum
Label: LifestyleHOUSTON (AP) — It was a moment Nina Berman did not expect to capture when she entered an Illinois wedding studio in 2006. She knew Tyler Ziegel had been horribly injured, his face mutilated beyond recognition by a suicide bombing in the Iraq War. She knew he was marrying his pretty high school sweetheart, perfect in a white, voluminous dress.It was their expressions that were surprising."People don't...
The New Old Age Blog: The Emotional Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy
Label: HealthLet’s talk about the emotional aftermath of the storm that left tens of thousands of older people on the East Coast without power, bunkered down in their homes, chilled to the bone and out of touch with the outside world.Let’s name the feelings they may have experienced. Fear. Despair. Hopelessness. Anxiety. Panic.Linda Leest and her staff at Services Now for Adult Persons in Queens heard this...
Power struggle at Warner Bros.
Label: Business Two years ago Time Warner Inc. Chief Executive Jeff Bewkes created an Office of the President to inspire three ambitious executives...
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Lakers fire Mike Brown as coach
Label: World The Lakers have fired Mike Brown as coach after the team's 1-4 start, according to a person familiar with the situation but...
He called it, and now Silver's a pop-culture star
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — The other night, Nate Silver got a little taste of what things are going to be like for him, post-Election 2012.The 34-year-old statistician, unabashed numbers geek, author and creator of the much-read FiveThirtyEight blog at The New York Times had gone out for a drink with friends on Manhattan's Lower East Side. But he couldn't stay incognito; Immediately, he says, people sitting...
Well: Can Foods Affect Colon Cancer Survival?
Label: HealthA new study suggests that what you eat may affect your chances of surviving colon cancer.The research is among the first to look at the impact that specific nutrients have on the likelihood of disease recurrence in people with colon cancer, one of the leading causes of cancer death in the United States. It found that people treated for Stage 3 disease, in which tumor cells have spread to lymph nodes,...
Rally fades as fears of Washington gridlock return
Label: Business An early rally faded on Wall Street after President Barack Obama...
2 brief Bradbury works out this fall
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Ray Bradbury was in failing health during his final years, but he could still reminisce about his love for books or finish a brief and mysterious Christmas story.Two pieces released this fall were written late in life by the science fiction/fantasy master, who died in June at age 91. He contributed "The Book and the Butterfly," an introduction to this year's edition of "The Best American...
Global Update: Polio Eradication Efforts in Pakistan Focus on Pashtuns
Label: HealthMichael Kamber for The New York TimesPolio will never be eradicated in Pakistan until a way is found to persuade poor Pashtuns to embrace the vaccine, according to a study released by the World Health Organization. A survey of 1,017 parents of young children found that 41 percent had never heard of polio and 11 percent refused to vaccinate their children against it. The survey was done in...
Average price for movie tickets falls in third quarter
Label: Business "The Dark Knight Rises," the most successful movie in the third quarter, was not shown in 3-D, which probably contributed...
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