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LOS ANGELES – “Transformers” robots have lost some of their money-making power, but delivered the biggest opening weekend domestically so far this year. Distributor Paramount Pictures said Sunday that “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” took in $97.4 million domestically in its first weekend. That beat the $90.2 million debut of Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.” But the domestic haul for the sci-fi sequel was down from the $109 million first weekend for 2009’s “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.” Photos: Summer Movies 2011 Since opening Tuesday night, the new “Transformers” pulled in $162 million domestically through Sunday, 놀이터 검증 사이트 a drop from $200.1 million for “Revenge of the Fallen” in its first five days. Paramount estimates “Dark of the Moon” will hit $180.9 million domestically by the end of the long Fourth of July weekend Monday. “Dark of the Moon” added $210 million overseas, giving the movie a worldwide total of $372 million through Sunday. The movie broke the three-day Fourth of July weekend record for domestic revenue previously held by 2004’s “Spider-Man 2” at $88.2 million. But factoring in today’s higher admission prices, “Spider-Man 2” sold more tickets than “Dark of the Moon.” The movie also set a record for IMAX releases, delivering the large-screen format’s first-ever $20-million-plus opening globally. The company estimates that “Dark of the Moon” will reach $22.5 million at IMAX theaters...

Privilege doesn’t necessarily offer protection from drug addiction, new research suggests. Teens at elite U.S. high schools seem to face a higher risk of addiction as young adults, 목포출장안마 the study found. “We found alarmingly high rates of substance abuse among young adults who we initially studied as teenagers,” said study author Suniya Luthar, a professor of psychology at Arizona State University. “Results showed that among both men and women and across annual assessments, these young adults had substantial elevations, relative to national norms, in frequency of several indicators — drinking to intoxication and of using marijuana, stimulants such as Adderall, cocaine, and club drugs such as ecstasy,” she said in a university news release. The study included more than 500 students from affluent communities in the Northeast. They were assessed when they were high school seniors, then each year for four college years, and from ages 23 to 27. “We found rates of addiction to drugs or alcohol among 19 to 24 percent of women in the older cohort by the age of 26, and 23 to 40 percent among men. These rates were three and two times as high respectively, as compared to national norms,” Luthar said. In the younger group, rates of addiction for women were between 11 and 16 percent by 22 years old. That’s close to national norms, according to the researchers. But for...

(CBS) We don’t know whether Charlie Sheen is the unluckiest person in the world when it comes to the ladies or what, 영동콜걸 but here’s the big and not altogether surprising news: He’s goddess-less. Pictures: Charlie SheenPictures: Sheens ups and downs Last goddess standing Natalie Kenly has split on the fired actor, reports TMZ. In response, Sheen reportedly made her return a Mercedes he bought her. The first goddess to bail on Sheen was Bree Olson (nee Rachel Oberlin). She split  in April and notified him via text message. TMZ doesn’t mention how Kenly broke the news to the former “Two and a Half Men” star. Anyone who wants to speculate should do so in the comments below. Sheen was fired from the CBS sitcom and replaced by Ashton Kutcher. A $100 million lawsuit Sheen filed against Warner Bros. was recently sent to arbitration by a judge. Read more...

Updated at 5:00 p.m. ET (CBS/AP) ANKARA, Turkey – A Turkish air force jet went down in Syrian waters on Friday, but Turkey’s prime minister said he could not confirm media reports that it had been shot down by Syrian forces. Turkish and Syrian vessels were searching for the plane — which the media identified as an F-4 — and its two pilots, 홍천출장샵 Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a nationally televised news conference. CBS News correspondent David Martin confirmed that the jet was shot down by Syrian air defenses while on a routine training flight. He added that the Turks say it came down 8 miles off the Syrian coast, which is way too close for a routine training flight, so that suggests it strayed off course. There was a potential flash point in the tensions between Turkey and Syria Friday when Syria’s air defenses shot down a Turkish F-4 jet fighter. The Turkish jet was conducting a routine training flight over the eastern Mediterranean and apparently strayed too close to the Syrian coast. Neither side has yet accused the other of being at...

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