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‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ bests ‘Mortal Kombat II’ at the box office

In a box office battle of the sequels, "The Devil Wears Prada 2" had the slight edge over "Mortal Kombat II" in North American theaters this weekend. According to studio estimates Sunday, "The Devil Wears Prada 2" earned a chart topping $43 million in its second weekend, while "Mortal Kombat ...

Experts dismayed CDC unseen in hantavirus outbreak

NEW YORK — No quick dispatching of disease investigators. No televised news conference to inform the public. No timely health alerts to doctors. In the midst of a hantavirus outbreak that involves Americans and is making headlines around the world, the U.S. government's top public health ...

Rare antelope ‘ghost’ of African forests

NANYUKI, Kenya — The mountain bongo has become the "ghost of the forest," hard to spot amid the dense shrubs due to its ability to camouflage. A critically endangered species, the animal is being slowly reintroduced into the wild by conservationists to increase the number of the rare ...

Beware the social media health ‘experts’

Health and wellness advice is available in abundance on social media — from trendy to informative to straight-up disinformation — and you're far from alone in seeing it. A new survey by the Pew Research Center finds that about 4 in 10 U.S. adults — and around half of those under 50 — ...

Urban artists bring new life to former German ironworks

VOLKLINGEN, Germany — Dozens of urban artists from 17 countries have converged on one of Europe's most important industrial landmarks for a show that takes advantage of the former ironworks' sprawling spaces and aura of abandonment. At the Volklinger Hutte, or Volklingen Ironworks, the ...