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opening day stories: 6 news summaries

 New Moon Breaks 
 Opening Day Record 

'Twilight' sequel earns $72.7 million, beating 'Dark Knight'

Nov 21, 09 2:09 PM CST
(Newser) - The Twilight sequel raked in $72.7 million yesterday, making it biggest opening day ever. New Moon earned $26 million in midnight showings alone, helping it trump the previous record of $67.2 million earned by Dark Knight. The feat is all the more remarkable because it's outside the usual... More »

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Hollywood • box office • movies • Twilight • New Moon • opening day • Summit Entertainment

(Newser) - The new Transformers flick had a stellar start, raking in $60.6 million on opening day to make it the biggest Wednesday debut ever, Variety reports. For all-around opening days, the Michael Bay shoot-em-up lags just behind record-holder Dark Knight, which took in $67.2 million on... More »

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entertainment • film • Transformers • box office • The Dark Knight • movies • sequel • debut • Spiderman • opening day

 Dark Knight
 Hauls In 
 Record
 $66.4M 

$66.4M first day for 'The Dark Knight' shames last Spidey's $59.8M

Jul 19, 08 1:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Batman sequel The Dark Knight raked in $66.4  million in its first 24 hours, easily sweeping past the previous mark of $59.8 million opening day set last year by Spider-Man 3, the AP reports. With a showing like that, Dark Night is poised to surpass Spidey’s opening... More »

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Spider-Man • box office • Batman • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • movies • opening day

MLB.TV a Flop on Season's First Days

Technical issues plague pay service, fans outraged

Apr 2, 08 5:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Major League Baseball Internet service intended to provide high-quality game broadcasts has been dogged by technical issues over the first two days of the season, provoking the ire of fans unable to view games they paid for, PC World reports. MLB.TV did not even have its new Mosaic... More »

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MLB • fans • media player • streaming media • web services • MLB.TV • Mosaic player • opening day

 Play Ball! (Yes, Even 
 Outside Boston and NYC)  

Sox, Yankees, Mets suck up headlines, but '08 season has plenty more storylines

Mar 31, 08 12:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Opening Day is fun for fans around the nation—not just the perennial media darlings in Boston and New York. Time runs down the top story lines that don’t involve the Red Sox, Yankees or Mets:
  1. Watch Detroit. With new acquisitions Miguel Cabrera, Jacque Jones, and Edgar
... More »

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Barry Bonds • Cleveland Indians • Detroit Tigers • list • Colorado Rockies • Los Angeles Dodgers • baseball • opening day

Best Baseball
Reads for
Opening Day

Slate highlights blogs, articles to kick off the season

Mar 30, 08 5:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Want to get a literary start on the baseball season? Slate sports columnist Josh Levin highlights four great reads appropriate for opening day, including outspoken Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's blog 38 Pitches, where his output hasn't slowed despite the shoulder injury keeping him off the field. Other recommendations: More »

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MLB • San Diego Padres • Boston Red Sox • Kansas City Royals • Curt Schilling • baseball • Lenny Dykstra • Rany Jazayerli • Tony Gwynn Jr. • Trevor Hoffman • opening day

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