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...animals in question were crocodiles, which thrived in the wetlands of the ancient Sahara 100 million years ago. Sereno found his first specimens of these prehistoric monsters about a decade ago, a species called Sarcosuchus, nicknamed SuperCroc: it was some 40 ft. long and weight 8 tons. (See pictures: "Dinosaur-Era Crocodiles Are Discovered in the Sahara...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Super-Crocodiles May Have Dined on Dinosaurs | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

...combat the slaughter, Thailand has unleashed a massive surge, sending nearly 70,000 security forces into a region populated by 1.7 million people. But the authorities have also encouraged local residents to arm themselves and form militias with fanciful names like the Iron Ladies, the Night Butterflies and the Eyes of a Pineapple. Around 100,000 civilians are now members of such armed groups, and they either receive free guns from the military or can buy them at deeply subsidized rates. The majority of militia members come from Buddhist ranks because the government feels they are most vulnerable to attack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thailand: Aiming For Parity | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

...that all his pictures are blockbusters. Since The Perfect Storm in 2000, only his Ocean's (Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen) capers have topped $100 million at the domestic box office. But at 48, Clooney--handsome and affable, with a wit that can deftly cut as it charms--is surely the modern idea and ideal of stardom. Whereas other celebrities seem tortured by the public attention their work earns them, he positively bathes in it. Remember what Mel Brooks as Louis XVI proclaimed in History of the World, Part I? "It's good to be the King." Clooney must think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clooneypalooza: A Star Is Airborne | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

Everybody knows where the story ends up. Meyer has sold 45 million books in the U.S. and 40 million more worldwide. Altogether her books have spent 235 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list, 136 of them at No. 1. The movie version of Twilight, which came out a year ago, made $350 million. New Moon opens on Nov. 20; the third installment, Eclipse, arrives in theaters next June. (See portraits of characters from New Moon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Twilight in America: The Vampire Saga | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

...these tickets and waiting in line forever. When Stephenie came out, these girls next to me started trembling and crying and grabbing each other. It was crazy ... it was like the newsreels of the Beatles or Elvis." When Eclipse came out a year later, the publisher printed a million copies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Twilight in America: The Vampire Saga | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

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