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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009
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weekend stories: 5 news summaries

 It's Official: 
 The 4-Day Week Works 

Utah shows economic, environmental, and health benefits from new scheme

Aug 25, 09 1:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - A year ago, Utah’s governor instituted a 4-day, 10-hour-a-day workweek for some 17,000 state employees—and the results so far show big benefits, GOOD reports:
  • Closed offices on Fridays have cut energy use by 13% and reduced the state’s carbon footprint by some 6,000 metric
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commute • Utah • weekend • five day workweek • four-day week

Christmases Chokes Australia at Box Office
 

Comedy tops box office, curbing Twilight sensation

Nov 30, 08 5:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Four Christmases iced the competition over the long Thanksgiving weekend and raked in $46.7 million, Variety reports. Box office numbers stayed strong overall—up 2% to 3% over last year's holiday—as Twilight ($39.5 million), Bolt ($36 million), and Quantum of Solace ($28.1 million) filled out the... More »

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box office • holiday • weekend • Thanksgiving • ticket sales • movie theaters • Four Christmases

 Eagle Eye Soars At Box Office 

Spike Lee's new war film barely breaks Top 10

Sep 28, 08 8:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Eagle Eye flew into first at the weekend box office by grossing $29.2 million, Variety reports. The Diane Lane-Richard Gere romantic drama Nights in Rodanthe swooned into second place with $13.6 million, while Lakeview Terrace ranked a neighborly third by banking $7 million. Spike Lee’s Miracle at ... More »

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box office • sales • weekend • movies • Lakeview Terrace • Eagle Eye • Miracle St. Anna

 Who Stays Hot  
 at Box Office 

Dr. Seuss flick tops box office two weeks in a row

Mar 23, 08 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dr. Seuss’ Horton heard cha-ching at the box office again this weekend despite a 45% drop in sales, Variety reports. The family flick grossed $25.1 million, beating number-two Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns and photographic horror remake Shutter, which grossed $20 million and $10.7 million, respectively, the... More »

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film • box office • Owen Wilson • weekend • Tyler Perry • Horton Hears a Who

Pope Blasts Wasted Weekends

Sundays are time to reflect on dangers posed by humanity, he says

Sep 10, 07 8:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pope Benedict has urged Catholics to  keep Sunday special amid the  "mad rush" of the modern world. He encouraged people to set the day aside for reflection on faith and the dangers humans pose to the world, including destruction of "God's creation," an apparent reference to environmental... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • religion • Austria • Catholicism • Vienna • Sundays • weekend • St. Stephen's Cathedral

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