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...cost is a mighty $185 million). And do comic-book fans really care if Superman is a lover as well as a fighter? New guy Routh fills out the blue tights, and Spacey looks like a deliciously loony Lex Luthor, but Clark Kent might need to find a new beat. -By Lev Grossman...
...head. On Saturday the protesters got to within blocks of the palace before being repelled by police firing tear gas and rubber bullets. At least 14 people have died nationwide. Protesters claim the toll is higher, accusing police of quietly carting away more bodies, and TIME saw police beat a demonstrator unconscious and drag him away before medical teams could arrive. Bhandhari says the parties and the Maoists are trying to claim credit for the movement, but it's beyond either's control. "This is the people," he says. Nepalese of all persuasions have joined in the protests. Police have...
...Harvard women’s tennis team guaranteed itself at least a share of the Ivy League title after beating Yale 6-1 on the road and Brown 7-0 at home this past weekend. The Crimson remains undefeated in the Ivy League (6-0) and now holds a 17-6 overall record. “These were two pretty convincing wins,” co-captain Elsa O’Riain said. “We now have the joint title and there’s almost no chance we won’t win 7-0 on Tuesday...
...father, who was mentally ill when I was married to him [at age 14], though I didn't know it then. We also didn't know he'd been married three times before. He beat me so often you wouldn't believe it if I told you. Once, he grabbed me by the throat, held a knife to it, and said he'd butcher me like a lamb. Another time, he tried to throw me out of a 12-story window. Another, he beat me with a bicycle chain. By the time I took the children and ran away from...
...Nepalese riot police in full battle gear. One of the fleeing demonstrators, with a student's lanky hair and in a white shirt, catches the bottom of his jeans on the wire and falls, tangled, to the floor. Seven or eight of the police, crowding in, start to beat him, bringing their canes down from behind their backs like choppers...