Let’s Rush To Judgment: ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug’
Well, here it is: the trailer for the next Hobbit movie in the series of three Hobbit movies that will …
Gannett To Buy TV Station Owner Belo For $2.2 Billion
Gannett Co. plans to buy TV station owner Belo for $1.5 billion in cash and $715 million in debt in …
Turkey’s Prime Minister Issues Warning To ‘Lawbreakers’
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a strong warning to the protesters camped out at Taksim Square in Istanbul. …
Now He Tells Us: ‘Tang Sucks,’ Says Apollo 11′s Buzz Aldrin
Hey, we were told in the ’60s that we’d grow up to be astronauts if we drank Tang and that …
New York Hospitals Shelve Rivalries For Proton Beam Project
During the recent debate in Washington, D.C., over whether to let to local competing hospital systems build rival proton beam …
Natural DNA Cannot Be Patented, Supreme Court Rules
In a decision that could have broad-reaching effects on the future of science and medicine, the Supreme Court on Thursday …
VIDEO: Gov. Christie Slow Jammin’ The News With Jimmy Fallon
President Obama did a slow jam with NBC-TV’s Jimmy Fallon last year, and now his Republican pal and potential successor …
The Complete List: What NPR’s Backseat Book Club Has Read So Far
Ever since we launched NPR’s Backseat Book Club in 2011, our young listeners have been busy reading — classics like …
Reader Advisory: ‘Shining Girls’ Is Gruesome But Gripping
Borrow from Stephen King a house with a wormhole that somehow allows for time travel, re-create the monstrous chilliness of …
Book News: Inmate Fights For His Right To Read Werewolf Erotica
The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly. A San Francisco appeals court has ruled that …
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