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2012
At the Movies
Opening: ‘This is 40’ / ‘Jack Reacher’ / ‘Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away’ / ‘Les Miserables’ / ‘Django Unchained’ / ‘Silver Linings Playbook’
Reported sex assaults spike at military academies
Reported sexual assaults at the nation’s three military academies jumped by 23 percent overall this year, but victims are still reluctant to seek criminal investigations.
Amid Newtown tragedy, scam artists creep in
The family of Noah Pozner was mourning the 6-year-old, killed in the Newtown school massacre, when outrage compounded their sorrow . . .
Movie Review: ‘Django’ a violent thriller with a wealth of guilty pleasures
The film is mostly an intelligent thrill ride.
Newtown endures a day full of hearses and tears
At least nine funerals and wakes take place in towns where victims of a school massacre lived.
Movie Review: ‘Les Mis’: You WILL be moved
Director Tom Hooper practically demands it with his big, loud,
blood-sweat-and-tears-filled interpretation of the venerated musical.
Pirates strike quickly, win sixth straight
Goals 26 seconds apart in the third period against Springfield give the Pirates a sixth straight win.