Toy Story 3 Made A Billion Dollars How Many Other Films Have?
Sep 1, 2010 World
Disney has been touting the fact that Toy Story 3 passed the $1 billion mark at the box office this weekend. Is it that big of a deal? Well, looking in absolute dollar terms, yes. Sort of. The film is the first animated film to break the threshold and only the seventh overall. And, with [...]
Motorcycle rider, 13, dies after crash at Indy
Sep 1, 2010 World
Motorcycle rider, 13, dies after crash at Indy
Glenn Beck’s rally was large, vague, moist, and undirectedthe Waterworld of white self-pity.
Sep 1, 2010 World
One crucial element of the American subconscious is about to become salient and explicit and highly volatile. It is the realization that white America is within thinkable distance of a moment when it will no longer be the majority. This awareness already exists in places like New York and Texas and California, and there have even been projections of the time(s) at which it will occur and when different nonwhite populations will collectively outnumber the former white majority. But it also exerts a strong subliminal effect in states like Alaska that have an overwhelming white preponderance.[more ...]
6ft 9 teenager who cannot fit on the school bus
Sep 1, 2010 World
A 14-year-old girl who stands at 6ft 9in has been forced to quit school
because she cannot fit on the school bus.
Are we living in a designer universe?
Sep 1, 2010 World
The creators of the world were closer to men than to gods, argues John
Gribbin.
Gunmen kill Afghan candidate ahead of Sept. 18 election – Reuters
Aug 31, 2010 World
Gunmen kill Afghan candidate ahead of Sept. 18 election – Reuters
On board US aid helicopter in Pakistan
Aug 31, 2010 World
The BBC’s Gill McGivering travels on a US military helicopter carrying aid to the Pakistani city of Kallam
Obamas Leave Martha’s Vineyard, Head To New Orleans For Katrina Anniversary (PHOTOS)
Aug 31, 2010 World
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The vacation is over for the first family. They left sunny Martha’s Vineyard Sunday morning, first stopping at the Cape Cod Coast Guard station, according to pool reports.
The first lady and president greeted well-wishers, including 87-year-old World War II veteran Jack Dugan. The president then shouted to school-age children “Have fun at school!”
The first family then headed to New Orleans to commemorate the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. They arrived shortly before noon. Read more about Obama’s New Orleans visit here.
The Obamas enjoyed an 11-day vacation on Martha’s Vineyard, filled with bike riding (with helmets!), lunch at local restaurant Nancy’s, dinner at Sweet Life Caf and State Road Restaurant and book-shopping on a rainy day.
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Iraq needs intel, not soldiers, as U.S. scales back
Aug 31, 2010 World
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq does not need more soldiers and police to wage war against insurgents as U.S. combat operations end, a senior Iraqi security official said.