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...Beyond the numbers are the people. At least half of Up's domestic gross has come from its 3-D showings, where the cost of admission is perhaps 30% higher, The Hangover makes its money the old-fashioned way: at regular ticket prices. That means that many more people saw the R-rated comedy on its opening weekend. They liked what they saw, spread the word, kept the momentum rolling: the picture made another $27 million in the Monday-to-Thursday period, as opposed to $19 million for Up. Success like this becomes its own news, the buzz phrase...
...severe and frequent nightmares or insomnia was a strong predictor of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. More than half of the study participants had attempted suicide at least once in the past, and the 17% of the study group who had made an attempt within the previous month had dramatically higher scores in nightmare frequency and intensity than the rest. Bernert found that the relationship between nightmares or insomnia and suicide persisted, even when researchers controlled for other factors like depression. See TIME's special report on how not to get sick...
...Australia and New Zealand) and others that were predominately Asian (such as China, Thailand, Malaysia, Japan and Korea). In the U.S. and other mostly Caucasian countries, Mindell found that only 12% of parents reported bed-sharing, and 22% reported room-sharing. But in Asian countries the numbers were much higher: fully 65% of parents shared beds with their infants, and 87% slept in the same room...
Medvedev told the security council of Dagestan that since the beginning of the year, a total of 235 people - 48 civilians, 112 bandits and 75 law enforcement officers - have been killed in the North Caucasus. Observers believe the real number to be much higher. Following Medvedev's visit, two policemen in Dagestan were killed by gunmen on Tuesday afternoon. On Wednesday, the deputy chief judge of the Supreme Court of Ingushetia was murdered by unidentified gunmen outside a kindergarten...
...Much more important than rigging are institutionalized drives to get out the vote," says Abtahi. "All that is needed for Ahmadinejad's government is to tell the millions of beneficiaries of the Relief Committee as well as those who are now receiving higher pensions and salaries to vote for him," the former Vice President observs, adding, "And that is legal...