Study: Predominantly Black-Serving Hospitals Provide Poorer Care

Hospitals that mostly serve Black patients have worse mortality outcomes for both Black and White patients with three common conditions: heart attack, congestive heart failure or pneumonia.

‘Dark Knight’ Ticket Sales: $25 Million and Counting—Before the Movie Hits Theaters

 

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It’s hard to overestimate the degree to which fans have been anticipating the arrival in theaters of the new Christopher Nolan-Christian Bale Batman movie, “The Dark Knight Rises.” Tickets to some of the first showings, at midnight on Thursday evening, sold out more than six months in advance. Seats for opening night are being offered for upwards of $175 on eBay (popcorn and soda not included), and as of Wednesday, some $25 million worth of advance tickets had been already sold.