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...movies, The Bounty Hunter, starred that offscreen love pair Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler - Jenni-Butt to the gossip rags - in a romcom battle of the exes. Another, Repo Men, sent Jude Law and Forest Whitaker cavorting through a high-tech dystopia. The weekend's third big debut, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, boasted no stars, an inexpensive marketing campaign and low expectations from industry gurus. All it had going for it was a popular series of kid-angled novels by Jeff Kinney, who last year was named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People...
...With tensions high and nerves fraying, Sam and Alex remained tough and were able to pull out the final two points,” Cao said. “Both played steady, calm tennis and demonstrated amazing resolve and determination in closing out the match...
...have explored every financial scenario before taking this action, but more than 80% of our budget goes to salaries and benefits, which forces today's drastic measures," said McCoy. With annual court budget deficits expected to be as high as $140 million over the next four years, court officials say up to 1,800 staff positions may be eliminated. Last year, the California judicial council instituted a one-day per month closure of all state courts as both a cost-savings. "The unintended yet inevitable symbolism of 'Closed' signs on our courthouses - institutions that embody our nation's revered democratic...
While the case of Father H. has assumed a high profile, Germany's sexual abuse scandal first broke in January when it was alleged that two former priests molested pupils at Berlin's Jesuit school, Canisius College. Since then, dozens of people have come forward with allegations of sexual abuse levelled against former priests. The scandal has even spread to the famous Regensburg Cathedral choir - which was led by the Pope's brother Georg Ratzinger for 30 years - and there've been up to a hundred allegations of abuse at a boarding school run by Benedictine monks in Ettal, Bavaria...
...called filicide-suicides are not a new phenomenon in East Asia, but Hong Kong's relatively high number - there have been at least 15 since the start of 2008 - has raised alarm. "Three in one month is a critical warning sign," says Paul Yip, director of the Centre for Suicide Research & Prevention in Hong Kong. In the U.S., murder-suicides predominantly involve spouses killing partners before taking their own lives. But in Hong Kong, Yip says, at least 50% of cases involve the death of a child. (See "Hong Kong Roundtable: Ten Years, Five Views...