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...million in three days and $57.5 million in five. Whereas New Moon's revenue fell 70% from last weekend's neck-swiveling $142.8 million take, The Blind Side's tally increased about 18% in its second weekend. Word of mouth has been great - CinemaScore's poll of exiting moviegoers gave it a gold-star A+ - and Sandra Bullock's recently burnished star quality made this the rare sports movie that appeals to women as much as to men. Combine the grosses for The Blind Side, Bullock's summer comedy hit The Proposal ($164 million) and the throwaway All About Steve...
...extra days off gave audiences a chance to catch up on hits they'd missed; four of the session's top five slots were occupied by holdovers. The apocalyptic travesty 2012 landed in third place. In less than three weeks it has earned $486.9 million worldwide, 71% coming from overseas. (The movie has something for folks everywhere: Europe and Asia get destroyed along with the U.S.) After biding its time since early November, A Christmas Carol saw a 30% bump from the previous weekend, to finish fifth. Audiences decided, since they had started their Christmas shopping, that it might...
...Depending on the provider, data recovery might not be immediate, and customer service can be maddening. Some companies have quit the space. Earlier this year, for example, Hewlett-Packard said it would discontinue Upline; Yahoo did the same with Briefcase. Eric Nagel, who runs onlinebackupsreview.com, said that while companies gave subscribers at least a month's notice, a complete transition may take several weeks...
...Then he suddenly stood up, came near me, gave me a high five, and shouting “Done!” he flew straight out of the window. Yes, out of the closed window! And by the time I looked out, I saw him happily flying free as a bird downstream over the Charles...
That belief is central to Nikam's case, and he has spent months putting into evidence the satellite phone calls and financial records that Indian authorities say prove that the attacks were planned by a jihadi network based in Pakistan. U.S. investigators and U.S. citizens who witnessed the attacks gave testimony in Mumbai; Mumbai police also got help from American intelligence officials when they went to New Jersey to trace calls routed through a U.S.-based internet phone service. The Indian government has presented several dossiers of evidence to Pakistani authorities to prosecute defendants there. On Wednesday, an anti-terrorism...