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...family physician, Crofton, who died at 97 on Nov. 3 in Edinburgh, earned his medical credentials in the heat of battle, in field hospitals at Dunkirk and in the Middle East for the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War II. By 1946, TB was a leading cause of death among adults in Europe and North America, festering in the close quarters of military barracks and shelters accommodating displaced communities. There was no treatment other than rest and fresh air. An American scientist had purified an antibiotic, streptomycin, that raised hopes by showing a remarkable ability to kill tuberculosis bacteria...
...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...
North and South Korea's navies exchanged gunfire for the first time in seven years, raising tensions between the rivals shortly before President Barack Obama visits the region. Both countries reported no injuries from the Nov. 10 skirmish along their western maritime border, though the North Korean vessel sustained heavy damage. Officials in Seoul said the shooting was triggered by a North Korean patrol boat that had strayed more than a mile into South Korean territory; the North said the South was the aggressor. Analysts did not expect the incident to spark further conflict, suggesting that Pyongyang may be seeking...
...entering the remake--sorry, reimagining--sweepstakes with The Prisoner (begins Nov. 15), a six-hour sprucing up of the 1967 classic that was the granddaddy of TV head trips like Lost. In the original series, creator Patrick McGoohan starred as an agent who resigns his post and is abducted and taken to the Village, a cheerfully totalitarian seaside town where everyone has a number. He becomes Six; the Village is overseen by the despotic Two. What the Village is and why it is were the (never completely resolved) questions of the fascinating 17-episode series...
Four bombs in four days rocked Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province, including a Nov. 10 explosion in a crowded marketplace near Peshawar that killed 34 people. Extremists have targeted the region in retribution for the Pakistani army's offensive against Taliban fighters in South Waziristan, a militant enclave along the Afghan border. Bombings have killed an estimated 350 Pakistani civilians since early October...