Worried About Your Brain? Take Some Shakespeare

To stimulate your brain and fire it up, try Shakespeare, or so a study proves."n Shakespeare what is apparently a small matter is actually often a big deal made seemingly small only because it is happening at pace. The moment of a decision in Macbeth, of a death in Lear: they...

Researchers Investigate Box Office Impact Vs. Original Movie

Study shows correlation between movie release date and gap between release of sequels as to how movies do in the box office."Although movie sequels don’t always do as well at the box office as the original, they tend to do much better than non-sequels, according to a new...

65 Years for Fish and Chip Romance

"A WALK to the fish and chip shop led to love for George and Mabel Canning. The couple, who celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary on Boxing Day, knew each other through Mabel’s brother-in-law Billy Dite , who was friends with George. “He said to her, ‘Go and get some...

Powell Says U.S. Losing in Iraq, Calls for Drawdown by Mid-2007

"Former secretary of state Colin L. Powell said yesterday that the United States is losing what he described as a "civil war" in Iraq and that he is not persuaded that an increase in U.S. troops there would reverse the situation. Instead, he called for a new strategy that...

Gina Lollobrigida to Wed Man 34 Years Younger

" The diva, who in Italy is affectionately nicknamed"La Lollo,"told Spain's Hola'magazine, which first reported her wedding plans, that "I have always had a weakness for younger men because they are generous and have no complexes." "