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'Batman' ready for box office battle The Detroit News: The third and final film in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises, opens Friday and is expected to pull in big money at the box office. The movie does well because it represents “the perfect teenage male fantasy,” said…

Ga. switching to single-drug method for executions Associated Press: Georgia is switching to a single-drug execution method from a three-drug combination—a change that makes sense, according to Howard Nearman, chairman of the anesthesiology department at the School of Medicine. "They're going to…

Study: Children now are more imaginative Education Week: Students may have less time for free play, but psychology professor Sandra W. Russ found in recent research that their imaginations have actually sharpened compared with those of children two decades ago. (Subscription required.)

Law professor superlatives: most-cited law faculties The Wall Street Journal: The University of St. Thomas School of Law published a study measuring the scholarly impact of law faculties. Case Western Reserve University School of Law came in at No. 38 on the list.

Crime of parents killing their kids is not so uncommon Minneapolis Star-Tribune: A Wisconsin father is being accused of killing his three daughters, a crime called filicide. In many cases, the parents who commit these crimes are not mentally unstable, said Phillip Resnick, professor of psychiatry.…

Could one word take down Obamacare? The Washington Post: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, and Cato Institute’s Michael Cannon wrote in a new paper that a section of the Affordable Care Act is incorrectly worded to allow the federal government to set up exchanges in…

Dark-matter detector has new home in South Dakota The Associated Press: The Large Underground Xenon detector is now a mile underground in a former gold mine; when it starts collecting data on dark matter later this year, scientists say it could find Higgs boson-level results. “Dark matter presents…

Surprise human-ancestor find—key fossils hidden in lab rock National Geographic: Last month, researchers found 2 million-year-old human-ancestor fossils trapped in a rock that had been sitting in their lab for years. The findings could resolve unanswered questions. For example, "It's unclear how…

Positive steps, silver linings National Review: In an article in the magazine’s upcoming issue, Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, writes why conservatives shouldn’t “despair” over the health care ruling. “The negative consequences of the ruling for constitutional law are…

Comic-Con still a must-go for film industry Marketplace: Comic-Con, the annual gathering of comic book and other pop culture fans, is this week in San Diego. But this year, many Hollywood studios are not as high profile as they have been in the past, but they are still attending. “All these people…