s Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark, will be out of the show until early April due to an injury sustained in a performance.America Olivo is now playing the high-flying role at the Foxwoods Theatre, until Carpio's return. Spokesperson Rick Miramontez said in a March 22 statement, "T.V. Carpio sustained an injury on Wednesday, March 16…

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Directors F. Gary Gray and Jon M. Chu are looking like the hot candidates to direct Paramount Pictures' "G.I. Joe" sequel.The franchise follow-up is a high-priority project for the studio, which hopes to have production underway by June for a 2012 release.Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura has met with a number…

WASHINGTON – Shares of Genzyme climbed Tuesday on reports that the biotech drugmaker has agreed to be acquired by French pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis for roughly $19 billion, after nearly nine months of back-and-forth between the two companies.Genzyme investors would receive $74 per share plus the right to additional payments if the company meets certain sales…

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is bringing his blunt talk about fiscal responsibility to Washington this week in a speech sure to stoke speculation about his national prospects – which have intensified in recent weeks as some Republicans openly fret about the strength of their 2012 field.Like Christie himself, the message he’ll deliver Wednesday at…

Egypt has long been one of America's strongest allies in the Middle East, but with popular protests on the verge of driving President Hosni Mubarak from office, Egypt's future relationship with the United States is in doubt. What is the current state of affairs in Egypt politically and who are the key players? David Patel,…

NEW YORK – These days, guns are more popular than guitars, at least when it comes to video games. The company behind "Guitar Hero" said Wednesday that it is pulling the plug on one of the most influential video titles of the new century.Activision Blizzard Inc., which also produces the "Call of Duty" series, is…

MONDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Feeding children lots of fatty, sugary and processed foods may lower their IQ, while a diet rich in vitamins and nutrients appears to boost it, British researchers say.This is particularly true during the first three years of life when the brain is developing rapidly, the study authors explained. They…

Google's Android 3.0, code-named Honeycomb, will not only help developers adapt their applications for larger screen sizes, but also support multi-core processor architecture, 3-D graphics, and more.The search giant announced on its Android developer blog Wednesday that the 3.0 software development kit with non-final application program interfaces and a system image is available for software…

CHAMONIX, France (AFP) – Swiss veteran Didier Cuche boosted his world championship title hopes after claiming a second consecutive downhill victory on the World Cup here at Chamonix on Saturday.Italian Dominik Paris finished second with Austrian Klaus Kroll in third.At 36 years old, Cuche became the oldest winner of a World Cup downhill last week…

NEW YORK – Stock indexes were flat in midday trading Thursday after a surprise jump in applications for unemployment benefits and mixed earnings reports from large U.S. companies.First-time applications for unemployment rose to 454,000, the highest level since late October. Economists had expected the number to rise to 407,000. Snowstorms in some parts of the…