This winter’s surprise hit movie offers no marquee names and no special effects, only a small cup of poison for maternal peace of mind. In The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Rebecca De Mornay plays the Nanny from Hell, who insinuates herself into the home of a trusting family only to wreak havoc on it.
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Japan One Month Later: Elusive Royals Out of Seclusion to Help Victims
Apart from some miracle rescues, Japan has seen little good news in the month since catastrophe struck.
Facebook and Labor Laws: Can Internet Posts Get You Fired?
Dawnmarie Souza’s comments on her Facebook page didn’t win her any points with the boss, but the rest of us owe her a debt of gratitude. In a rare test of old law on a new medium, she helped us understand just how little the online world differs from the land of bricks and mortar.
In Israel, the Shadow of a New Gaza War
Israeli officials say it so often they’ve taken to apologizing for using the example, acknowledging it’s become a clich: Israel and Hamas can lob shells into and out of the Gaza Strip indefinitely without risking actual war, the explanation begins. Each side wants to appear tough, and over four years the call and response has grown as delicately calibrated as a minuet.
Egypt’s Revolt: How Democracy Can Work in the Middle East
When Frank Wisner, the seasoned U.S. diplomat and envoy of President Obama, met with Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday, Feb.
Afghan Women Fear Their Fate Amid Taliban Negotiations
The Taliban pounded on the door just before midnight, demanding that Aisha, 18, be punished for running away from her husband’s house.
Spotlight: New Mammogram Guidelines
The uproar in the medical community was immediate. In a reversal of standard practice that bewildered physicians and patients around the nation, an independent government panel this week abandoned its long-standing recommendation that healthy women over age 40 get a breast-cancer screen once every year or two years.
Unrest continues for third day in East Jerusalem
Israeli police on Tuesday arrested Sheikh Raed Salah, leader of the Islamic movement in Israel, in the third consecutive day of unrest in East Jerusalem, police said. Salah, an Israeli-Arab and former mayor of the Haifa District city of Umm el-Fahm, was arrested in Wadi Joz in East Jerusalem and was being questioned by police for incitement, Jerusalem police spokesman Shmulik ben Rubi said.
Shipments of H1N1 flu vaccine leave factories
At least three of the four makers of H1N1 vaccine have begun shipping their products, their representatives told CNN Tuesday.
Taliban leader boasts of eventual victory in Afghanistan
The Taliban fight against American and NATO troops in Afghanistan “is forging ahead like a powerful flood,” according to a purported online message posted Saturday by the Taliban’s elusive leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar. “Anyone who opts to resist it will himself be washed away.