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...million, and after just 24 days has topped the $150 million mark in domestic receipts. Following a movie about football was one about rugby: Clint Eastwood's South African drama Invictus, with Morgan Freeman playing Nelson Mandela. It struggled into third place with $9.1 million, and a lower per-screen average in its first week than The Blind Side in its fourth. (See the top 10 Disney controversies...
...picture is cashing in some coin too. Playing this weekend at 72 theaters, Up in the Air earned $2.5 million, or $34,000 per screen. It achieves full liftoff Christmas Day. That seems an excellent flight plan for two kinds of gold: at the box office and on Oscar night...
...bite of musk ox bone marrow, could not possibly come from any other place on earth but Scandinavia. "Like no other restaurant, Noma has been able to define Scandinavian cuisine by focusing entirely on the unique character of regional produce and presenting them in a clearsighted, innovative way," says Per Styregard, editor of Sweden's Gourmet magazine. (See a story about sustainable food and Dan Barber's restaurant Blue Hill...
...holds the top spot in the U.S. car market, with 20% of the market, down from more than 40% in the late 1970s and just ahead of Toyota and Ford. In addition, the new labor contracts with the United Auto Workers have helped GM trim costs by $5,000 per vehicle with changes in health care benefits and work rules. The work rules have been whittled down, giving GM's managers more flexibility and control than they've had in two generations. GM could become profitable very quickly if demand for new vehicles recovers, he says. Indeed GM has said...
...routine. "Our job at the border is to prevent illegal arms and drugs entering Israel, but most of the time we end up dealing with refugees, even though that's not the army's job," he tells TIME. "During heated periods, we hear shots fired three, four times per week," Gilinski says. "Out of groups of maybe 10, only one or two get through the border. The others are shot at or surrender and return to Egypt." (See TIME's video "Jerusalem's New Secular Mayor...