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There was blood at the wickets this pre-Halloween, as the corpses of every one of the weekend's new movies littered the lobbies of North American theaters. The Saw torture-porn franchise took the biggest hit, with its sixth installment getting chainsawed by the Paranormal Activity phenomenon. Another horror entry, Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, was D.O.A. Astro Boy, the third autumn movie based on a kids, pop-culture touchstone, didn't fly; and neither did the aviation bio-pic Amelia, which took off at low altitude and instantly crashed. As for the weekend's goriest psychodrama...
...Thursday, he was transferred to Mass. General and examined by cardiologists, who determined that a sudden drop in blood pressure had caused Gomes’ faintness, according to Page...
...next day, doctors inserted an artificial pacemaker into Gomes’ heart. The devise sends electrical signals to the heart in order to regulate the heart rate and maintain constant blood pressure in the body. The pacemaker will hopefully help to relieve Gomes’ sensations of dizziness, according to Page, who also noted that the procedure went smoothly...
Read more about the blood, guts, and glory of the Intercollegiate Quidditch World Cup after the jump...
...would turn away from their traditions devalues the familiar analogies between kite flying and Afghan politics that became famous in the bestselling novel The Kite Runner. On Kite Hill, as in the book, the kite string is textured in glue and glass, and can slice a sleeve or draw blood from a finger as it un-spools skyward. Once you've got your kite in the air, the aim is to cut down another kite - these battles can draw in dozens of combatants. And usually the kites are so high it is impossible to see whom you are fighting...