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...company, Time Warner) folded its "indie" arm last year, Slumdog was suddenly without a U.S. distributor, and producer Christian Colson was told the film would be shelved. The parent company could have just sat on it--as Colson explains the industry logic, "It's better to let a film die than to have someone else turn it into a big hit"--but Warner Bros. "did the right thing" and let Colson show it to other indies. "Fortunately and extraordinarily," says Boyle, "and like almost everything else that's happened in this film, some mysterious stars and constellations aligned...
...papers. She and her colleagues gave random groups of people a classic risk test in which they were asked how they would respond to a disease outbreak expected to kill 600. The subjects were told that if program A were adopted, 200 people would be saved and 400 would die, and that if program B were adopted, there would be a one-third probability that all 600 would live and a two-thirds probability that all would die. Program B is riskier: you might save everyone, but you'll probably kill everyone...
...irresponsibly on their behalf, but the typical American family is not bankrupt. The average couple age 65-74 has accumulated a net worth (not counting entitlement promises as either assets or liabilities) of $691,000, according to the Federal Reserve in 2004. Shortly thereafter, of course, they start to die in large numbers. And what happens to the $691,000? Generally it goes to the children and grandchildren...
...present any evidence to counter the sworn statements under oath," said Bill Haine, state senator from Alton, explaining his vote to toss the governor. He was the first senator to go on record after Blagojevich spoke, and the fact that he's a fellow Democrat indicated that the die was cast. "I wish him luck on his new Hollywood career," added Republican Kirk Dillard of Hinsdale. (See the top 10 scandals...
...told my pastor when I die, I want him to be able to say at my funeral that I made a difference." - Agence France Presse, June...