All Stories from October 11, 2012 (Change date)
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Geithner: U.S. economy growing despite headwindsOct 11, 2012 6:00 am - TOKYO — U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Thursday that financial reforms and other actions in response to the global crisis are yielding results, helping th...
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Kiss’ new album, ‘Monster,’ is scary goodOct 11, 2012 6:00 am - Kiss, “Monster” (Universal) Nearly 40 years after first slapping on the makeup, donning the costumes and changing forever the way a live concert is performed, Kiss can s...
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'Smiley' overdoes it with horror conventionsOct 11, 2012 6:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: 'Smiley' By the time Michael J. Gallagher's "Smiley" gets around to providing its own twist to the contrived mad slasher formula (virginal good g...
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'Boom' embraces silly story, falters on serious notesOct 11, 2012 6:00 am - "Here Comes the Boom," with Kevin James as a tubby high school science teacher who becomes a mixed martial-arts sensation, is every bit as ridiculous as it looks. That'...
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Ben Affleck's 'Argo' a white-knuckle trip to 1979 TehranOct 11, 2012 6:00 am - Ben Affleck's fact-based drama "Argo" hits such a suspenseful nerve that it doesn't matter we already know it has a happy ending. Actually, the movie's last 15 carefull...
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'Psychopaths' a sadistically hilarious crime comedyOct 11, 2012 6:00 am - If Quentin Tarantino had directed a feature film starring the Three Stooges, roughly, you'd get something like Martin McDonagh's sadistically hilarious crime comedy "Sev...
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'Sinister' a disappointing horror tale with a slow fuse, minimal payoffOct 11, 2012 6:00 am - The sorry state of scary movies right now boils down to this: Nothing on the silver screen of late comes close to matching the raw power, raspy inventiveness and sheer t...
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Wendy's pigtails get first touchup since 1983Oct 11, 2012 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Wendy's pigtails are getting a tweak. For the first time since 1983, the Dublin, Ohio-based fast food company is updating its logo in a move intended to signa...
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It’s never too soon, only too late to visit ill loved oneOct 11, 2012 5:54 am - Q. My grandma is dying; they found cancer too, too late. She went from being moderately healthy to having only a couple of months left. I live 10 hours away by car. My s...
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Biden likely to play ‘hardball’ in debateOct 11, 2012 5:30 am - WASHINGTON — Four years ago, Joe Biden was careful not to appear overly aggressive in his vice presidential debate with Sarah Palin, then a newcomer to the national stag...