Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:10:14 +0100 LOS ANGELES, Feb 13 (TheWrap.com) - "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 1" got off to a stronger start on home entertainment than the last "Twilight" movies, selling 3.2 million DVD and Blu-ray discs over the weekend. That is 18 percent more than the 2010 "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" took in its first weekend of home release in December 2010. "Eclipse" sold 2.7 million units its first weekend of release. The discs went on sale at midnight on Saturday -- timing reserved for big titles. ... (Source: Reuters)
CORRECTION (kill previous version): Twitter index: Twitterers react to the death of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il (original wire sent December 19)
Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:10:09 +0100 (Corrects headline and header to read "North" instead of "South")Twitterers report that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il died on December 17 due to a heart-attack. His death was first reported by North Korean state television in the early hours of December 19 and the news quickly spread around the microblog. (Source: AFP Relax News)
A page from a previously unknown manuscript by Bengali poet ...
Sat, 19 Nov 2011 11:40:02 +0100 (Reuters) - A page from a previously unknown manuscript by Bengali poet and Nobel Literature Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore, is seen in this undated handout. The manuscript is expected to fetch up to $250,000 when it is auctioned in New York on December 13, 2011. Rabindranath's 1928 notebook contains 12 poems and lyrics for 12 songs in Bengali, some of which were drafts for works that were published later, according to Sotheby's. REUTERS/
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A 36-year-old man previously accused of stalking heiress Paris ...
Wed, 06 Jul 2011 02:20:05 +0200 (AFP/Getty Images/File) - A 36-year-old man previously accused of stalking heiress Paris Hilton, pictured in May 2011, was charged and jailed Tuesday for violating a judge's stayaway order, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's office said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Ethan Miller)
A rebel fighter looks out from the roof of a house, that previously ...
Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:00:01 +0200 (Reuters) - A rebel fighter looks out from the roof of a house, that previously had been used as an observation post for forces loyal to Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi, in the city of Kikla, about 150 km (90 miles) southwest of Tripoli, June 14, 2011. REUTERS/Anis Mili