Gambling drama '21' stayed on top of the box office for a second weekend, making another $15.1 million, according to studio estimates.
The film follows a group of MIT brainiacs who join a card-counting scheme and make millions at Las Vegas casinos and co-stars KEVIN SPACEY, LAURENCE FISHBURNE, AARON YOO and LIZA LAPIRA.
In second and third were two premieres: GEORGE CLOONEY's screwball comedy 'Leatherheads' was No. 2 with $13.5 million, while 'Nim's Island' was just behind, with $13.3 million.
Senate Democrats hinted at payback for Sen. Joe Lieberman, who called Barack Obama an untested candidate beholden to Democratic interest groups in a prime-time GOP convention address.
AFP - Authorities in China's Muslim-populated far northwest are seeking to prevent mass prayers and the distribution of religious material as part of a security crackdown for Ramadan, government notices said.
Reuters - Condoleezza Rice travels to Libya on
Friday, the first trip there by a U.S. secretary of state in 55
years, signaling improved ties between the two countries.
