Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton star in an aggressively uplifting musical that will leave you either snarling or singing or maybe both in Joyful Noise movie.
In every movie, reviewer lurks two creatures: the critic and the fan. The critic analyzes and cauterizes, coolly judging a film’s manipulation of its audience. The fan sits there and [...]
SYDNEY (AP) — Caroline Wozniacki lost her quarterfinal at the Sydney International on Wednesday, opening the way for Petra Kvitova to take over the No. 1 ranking before next week’s Australian Open.
Wozniacki, who needed a medical timeout in the final set to have her left wrist taped, lost 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 to seventh-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska [...]
A LACK of snow across much of the United States has ski resorts from Lake Tahoe to Vermont scrambling to make enough on their own.
In Vermont, where unseasonably warm temperatures challenged snow-making in mid-December, Mad River Glen was forced to close for four days earlier this month.And resorts in Park City, Utah, have run snowmakers [...]
The mounting pile of evidence against for-profit institutions, a new report from the National Bureau of Economic Research finds a grim future for students who attend for-profit schools.
The study, written by a trio of Harvard researchers,Are these institutions “nimble critters” smartly capitalizing on the increased demand for college degrees by providing educational opportunities to students [...]
We’re so used to hearing about the importance of screening for cancer — the earlier tumors are detected, the better they can be treated — that it seems anathema to learn that in some cases, screening may not necessarily save us from cancer.
At least, it may not necessarily save enough lives on a population level [...]
The U.S. auto industry is revving its engine heading into the new year. The three largest domestic carmakers posted strong gains to close out 2011 in another sign that the U.S. economy is coming back to life following the Great Recession. Chrysler led the pack, reporting a 26% jump in sales highlighted by its best [...]
HOUSTON — If Iran were to follow through with its threat to blockade the Strait of Hormuz, a vital transit route for almost one-fifth of the oil traded globally, the impact would be immediate: Energy analysts say the price of oil could rise 50 percent or more within days.
An Iranian blockade by means of mining, [...]
JERSEY CITY — On the rough-edged streets of Harlem in the 1940s, the young Walter Dean Myers knew better than to carry his library books where other children could see them.
“I was teased if I brought my books home,” said Mr. Myers, now a prolific and award-winning children’s book author. “I would take a paper [...]
PHILADELHIA — A boyhood fantasy came to life under an evening sky burnished by a chilly wind. More than 46,000 fans stood roaring at Citizens Bank Park in 38-degree temperatures as a national television audience sat in warm homes holding its breath.
Henrik Lundqvist, playing his first game outdoors since he was a child in Sweden, [...]
Natalie Batalha has had plenty of experience fielding questions from both layfolk and other scientists over the past couple of years — and with good reason. Batalha is the deputy principal investigator for the spectacularly successful Kepler space telescope, which has found evidence of more than 2,000 planets orbiting distant stars so far — including, [...]
