Movie-ticket sales this past weekend totaled $164 million, a 3 percent increase over the same period last year, with “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol,” starring Tom Cruise, topping the rankings.

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‘Mission: Impossible’ With Tom Cruise Still Box-Office Leader

For a brief moment, December’s WikiLeaks scandal caused us to remember the forgotten Private Bradley Manning who was arrested in June 2010 and to this very day languishes in a perpetually lit white box, forbidden virtually all sentient stimulation or social contact. In February, Manning’s lawyer announced that his client’s condition was “deteriorating” and this past weekend a few small groups gathered to protest the conditions of his confinement. read more

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Confining Manning and Falling Into the Outer Darkness