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...price. Lindstrom admits to being mystified by TV ads that give viewers close-up food-porn shots of meat on a grill but accompany that with generic jangly guitar music. One of his earlier brain studies showed that numerous regions, including the insula and orbital frontal cortex, jump into action when such discordance occurs, trying to make sense...
However, it is far from encouraging that Brown’s action has been termed such a radical show of “bipartisanship.” In fact, this perception speaks to the outrageous level of factional division in the Senate. Thirteen Republicans voting for a minor bill is barely worthy of discussion, historically speaking. In years past, legislation regularly passed by such margins and garnered little media attention when it did. Yet, today, every measure seems split on party lines. Hostility and blind partisanship are the going order, and, as such, Brown’s adherence to basic...
...what they paid to see were dark action pictures with ceiling-high body counts and suppurating psychopaths. Shutter Island, with Leonardo DiCaprio playing a U.S. marshal who is trapped in a remote insane asylum, stayed in first place in its second week, according to early studio estimates. Martin Scorsese's you-dunit claimed $22.2 million, easily besting the $18.6 million registered by the Bruce Willis-Tracy Morgan police-buddy comedy Cop Out, which survived a title change (from A Couple of Dicks) and felonious reviews (a 20% score on Rotten Tomatoes). In third place, with a solid $16.5 million...
Wright, playing in only his third game since a bout with Achilles tendonitis, was also an effective reserve in similarly limited action. The front-court mainstay collected 10 points, a game-high six rebounds, and three assists in only 18 minutes...
Thaksin was elected Prime Minister twice - in 2001 and 2005 - before being ousted in a military coup in September 2006. At the time, military leaders cited his unbridled corruption and alleged disloyalty to the country's monarchy to justify their action. Under international pressure, the generals stepped down and allowed elections to return a civilian to power after a little over one year of rule, but they still wield considerable power. Although Thaksin has been banned from politics for five years for violating election laws, he remains popular with the rural poor, who feel he was the first Thai leader...