LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Lincoln" is marching to more movie theaters.Disney, which distributed the DreamWorks film, is making additional prints of director Steven Spielberg's historical saga starring Daniel Day-Lewis to meet an unexpected demand that has left some moviegoers in Alaska out in the cold."To say that we're encouraged by the results to date or that they've exceeded our expectations is an understatement,"...
Global Update: GlaxoSmithKline Tops Access to Medicines Index
Label: HealthSang Tan/Associated PressGlaxoSmithKline hung on to its perennial top spot in the new Access to Medicines Index released last week, but its competitors are closing in. Every two years, the index ranks the world’s top 20 pharmaceutical companies based on how readily they get medicines they hold patents on to the world’s poor, how much research they do on tropical diseases, how ethically...
Dec
02
Slaying of 4 rocks Northridge neighborhood
Label: World Shane Grady was jolted awake early Sunday when he heard gunfire on Devonshire Street.He said he dropped to the floor and looked...
Nintendo president apologizes for bulky day-one Wii U firmware update
Label: TechnologyAs we noted in our first impressions, Nintendo’s (NTDOY) Wii U is charting new ground with its wireless GamePad and touchscreen controls that engage gamers in the living room like never before. But before you can even set up the Wii U, a mandatory firmware update is required upon power up. Gamers everywhere were frustrated to learn that the firmware update, which is pegged anywhere...
L.A. mayor loses patience with port strike as talks continue
Label: Business Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has had enough. He wants round-the-clock bargaining to end the six-day-old strike at...
Dec
01
Downtown L.A. residents voting on streetcar project
Label: World Voting will conclude Monday in a special election on a streetcar proposal in downtown Los Angeles.The proposal before downtown...
Ricky Martin finds new home on small screen
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Ricky Martin is saying goodbye to Broadway's "Evita." But don't cry for him.The Latin superstar has a slew of new projects in the works, including two television series and a children's book."It's about growing," said Martin in an interview Friday. "It's a moment in my life where I just need to absorb and be surrounded by amazing actors and musicians and grow as an entertainer. I think...
Adderall, a Drug of Increased Focus for N.F.L. Players
Label: HealthThe first time Anthony Becht heard about Adderall, he was in the Tampa Bay locker room in 2006. A teammate who had a prescription for the drug shook his pill bottle at Becht. “ ‘You’ve got to get some of these,’ ” Becht recalled the player saying. “I was like, ‘What the heck is that?’ He definitely needed it. He said it just locks you in, hones you in. He said, ‘When I have to take...
Rising sports programming costs could have consumers crying foul
Label: Business The new owners of the Dodgers are expected to get $6-billion-plus for the TV rights to their team's games.That may be a big...
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