NEW YORK — Tom Hanks’ long gestating Web series is coming to Yahoo.
“Electric City,” an animated futuristic series Hanks has been developing for years, will premiere on Yahoo this spring. The series includes 20 episodes, each three- or four-minutes long.
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa drug cartel appears to be extending its massive production of methamphetamine into neighboring Guatemala, as hundreds of tons of precursor chemicals stream into the Central American nation.
While Mexico is usually estimated to be the main supplier of meth used in the United States, seizure data suggest that neighboring Guatemala could in fact be producing as much or more.
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2 ($35.99 BluRay combo pack; Warner Bros.) — So the Harry Potter film series deserves to win the Most Improved award at its graduation ceremony. Carefully faithful to the books in the ways that mattered (obviously, no film could include everything), the HP movies were never great, but they were consistent as far as fans were concerned and didn’t shy away from getting darker and darker. Little kids who can easily enjoy the first film (and the first book) won’t always be ready for the darker later editions. The last few movies did a much better job with production design and costumes, turning what was a sort of glossy theme park/artificial world into a genuine and convincing universe. The supporting actors were always the cream of the crop but the trio at the center have worked hard. Emma Watson has always seemed the most naturally gifted and Rupert Grint the most aware he’s lucky to be along for the ride. Daniel Radcliffe has stretched himself very smartly and worked hard at his craft and is unquestionably a much stronger actor. Kudos for taking full advantage of his opportunities and you can see the results on Broadway for a few more weeks where Radcliffe is quite charming in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. Maybe sale prices aren’t a fair comparison, but I do believe the bargain price of $20 on sale for this combo pack should be the price point for all such movies: you get a BluRay, a DVD, a digital copy and an online cloud-based copy you can stream onto any device, all for $20. That’s terrific flexibility. Now if only it included access to the Pottermore website. I went through the process of signing up for Flixster and UltraViolet to check the service out. It does allow you to download a physical copy onto your computer, though it’s unclear to me if this means the physical copy is my own or they can restrict viewing whenever they want. (As far as I can tell, I can’t move it onto iTunes, for example so I can make it part of my regular digital library like I would prefer.) The streaming worked easily and I was able to start watching the film on both my iPhone and my iPad at the same time (a freedom I bet they curtail soon enough.) Of course, you need wifi to stream, so it’s useless in the many cases you’d want it, like a plane or car or train. Plus, I’d be very very wary of the cost of streaming movies whenever I wanted to watch them; beware of usage caps by your internet provider — streaming a movie you own could be more expensive than you expect!
Cutting down forests to increase the dwindling number of coho salmon may seem unusual, but groups are embracing this in California’s Garcia River Forest.
The Nature Conservancy and The Conservation Fund have joined in an unlikely partnership with Hawthorne Timber Company to restore endangered coho salmon populations, by felling trees to create better stream habitats.
According to The Nature Conservancy, the area’s coho salmon numbers may be at just 1% of the estimated population from the 1940s. Since 2008, 15 miles of stream have been restored in Mendocino County and that number is expected to double by the end of 2011.
The World Golf Hall of Fame & Museum is set to make a special announcement on Thursday from the Barclays Singapore Open. PGATOUR.COM will carry a live audio stream of the announcement. The teleconference is scheduled to start Thursday morning at 8 a.m. ET (which means it will take place Thursday night at 9 p.m. [...]
There has been a steady stream of scientific findings indicating that children whose parents do not resolve their marital conflict have difficulties adjusting.
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TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran’s first nuclear power plant has started adding electricity to the national grid, media reported on Sunday, coming on stream on Saturday night after years of delays.
“The Bushehr nuclear power plant joined the national grid on Saturday at 23:29 (1859 GMT) with the power of around 60 megawatts,” the ISNA news agency reported.
Hamid-Khadem Qaemi, spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization, told Iran’s Arabic language TV station al-Alam the plant would be officially inaugurated by September 12, by which time it would be operating at 40 percent capacity.
Rory McIlroy is glad to be back at work, especially after the last two months. McIlroy said during a press conference Wednesday at the PGA Championship that it’s been a steady stream of photo shoots, celebrity gossip and attention since his U.S. Open victory last June. The 22-year-old with the tight, dark curls from Northern Ireland became a worldwide sensation after rebounding from a…
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Before she is laid to rest, Betty Ford will be memorialized in the Southern California desert region she and her rehab center made world famous by treating a stream of spiraling Hollywood stars.
Rancho Mirage was already a billionaires’ playground, but Ford’s center made it a household name as it provided help to luminaries from ranging from Elizabeth Taylor to Lindsay Lohan.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. — New York retiree Phyllis Hornung has never been to Minnesota and has no ties to the state – other than the steady stream of campaign donations she sends to Michele Bachmann.
Almost every other month last year, Hornung sent the conservative Republican congresswoman a check for $25, or sometimes $75.
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Except for the massive grandstands and endless stream of shuttle buses, so much about Congressional looks somewhat similar to Hunter Mahan from the last time he was here. Mahan closed with a 62 two years ago and finished one shot behind Tiger Woods. That was in the AT&T National, a regular PGA Tour event situated on the calendar between two majors.
The steady stream of sex-related scandals is just the most visible part of something more widespread and troublesome: the gap between people’s public lies and private truths.
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