It’s Nobel Prize announcement week, and if you had Carol W. Greider, Elizabeth Blackburn, or Jack Szostak in your office pool, you’re off to a good start (the trio will share this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine).
Next spring’s “Iron Man 2” premiere will be memorable not only for the stars of the film, but also for two lucky fans — thanks to cast member and Oxfam Ambassador Scarlett Johansson.
Leading Senate Republicans indicated Sunday that a filibuster on Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court is unlikely, though they also promised not to shy away from what they characterized as a troubling judicial record