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  • Newly born babies lie at a government hospital in Hyderabad, India, on Monday. Already the second most populous country with 1.2 billion people, India is expected to overtake China around 2030 when its population soars to an estimated 1.6 billion. (Associated Press)

    EDITORIAL: No lonely planet

    Malthusians can breathe a sigh of relief: If current trends hold, human beings won't fulfill doomsday predictions by making like rabbits after all. Thanks to the success of incessant fear-mongering, the world's population is expected to peak soon and then begin a long slide downward. That's fewer of us "defacing" the planet.

  • The 4 girls who play 'Matilda' bond offstage

    The four girls who play the title role in the new Broadway musical "Matilda" have to always remember not to smile onstage. Backstage is entirely another matter.

  • Ted Koppel: Quit moving airtime for 'Rock Center'

    Veteran newsman Ted Koppel, who reports on Friday's "Rock Center" about young offenders in adult prisons, said NBC hasn't done Brian Williams and his young newsmagazine any favors with its scheduling shuffles.

  • Koppel: NBC hasn't done Williams any favors

    Veteran newsman Ted Koppel, who reports on Friday's "Rock Center" about young offenders in adult prisons, said NBC hasn't done Brian Williams and his young newsmagazine any favors with its scheduling shuffles.

  • With Heat rolling, Lakers recall their record run

    Gail Goodrich knew Miami would beat Boston the other night.

  • The 460 riders of the satirical Krewe D'Etat turn onto St. Charles Avenue as they roll down the traditional Uptown route with their 22-float presentation titled "The Dictator's Reading Room" on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, in New Orleans during pre-Mardi Gras celebrations. (AP Photo/The Times-Picayune, Michael DeMocker)

    New Orleans police: 4 wounded in Bourbon Street shooting

    Gunfire wounded four people on New Orleans' famed Bourbon Street as a costumed crowd partied amid the countdown to Mardi Gras, sending people running, police and bystanders said.

  • ** FILE ** This file photo of Dec. 24, 2012, shows the Bishop Henry B. Hucles Episcopal Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

    N.Y. homes for elderly under scrutiny after Sandy

    A nursing home and an assisted living facility are under scrutiny by state officials and an advocacy group after The Associated Press disclosed that hundreds of elderly and disabled people forced to evacuate by Superstorm Sandy were still sleeping on cots in cramped and sometimes oppressive conditions almost two months later.

  • Dennis Lehane (AP photo)

    Taking Names: Author Lehane offers unusual reward for lost pet

    Author Dennis Lehane is offering an unusual reward for the person who finds his family's beloved missing beagle.

  • MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’

    The first installment of director Peter Jackson's trilogy of films based on J.R.R. Tolkien's high-fantasy classic "The Hobbit" proves that more is not always better.

  • Longwood guard David Robinson (13) guards Georgetown forward Otto Porter Jr.,(22) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, in Washington. Georgetown won 89-53. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

    Hoyas enjoy an easy night against Longwood

    This was the blowout for which Georgetown and its fans have been waiting, although, even in a 36-point victory, there were a few caveats.

  • Child star of 'Beasts' back in bayou

    She was just nominated for a Spirit Award for her leading role in "Beasts of the Southern Wild," and there's buzz that Golden Globe and Oscar nods could be next. But these days, Quvenzhane Wallis is more concerned about picking up long division in her math class than trophies in Hollywood.

  • Spain's Halloween dance stampede claims 5th victim

    A fifth young woman has died from injuries sustained in a stampede during a Halloween dance party in Madrid arena.

  • Review: 'Collection' a nastily efficient chiller

    Not that anyone was exactly clamoring for it, but "The Collection" is a sequel to Marcus Dunstan's little-seen 2009 horror film "The Collector." The director and his co-screenwriter Patrick Melton have written four of the "Saw" films, and this similar exercise in gratuitous sadism and gore follows roughly the same template, although with the lack of originality suggested by the redundant title.

  • ** FILE ** This undated photo provided by the Polk County, Mo., Sheriff's Department shows Blaec Lammers, 20, who is accused of plotting to open fire inside a movie theater during a screening of the new "Twilight" film. Lammers, of Bolivar, Mo., was charged Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 with three felony counts, including making a terrorist threat. (AP Photo/Polk County Sheriff's Department)

    Mom: 'Twilight' movie attack plot suspect 'born different'

    The mother who reported her son to police after he amassed what she feared were weapons to attack a southwest Missouri movie theater during a "Twilight" showing said he had recently asked her if he was a failure.

  • Eric Dondero (Eric Dondero)

    Hard-core libertarian strives to banish Democrats from his life

    Eric Dondero refuses to speak to his brother. Not on Thanksgiving. Not over the holiday season. Not now, not ever. The reason? Mr. Dondero's brother, Alex, is a Democrat.

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