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The commercial crew astronauts are: Air Force Col. Robert Behnken, until recently head of the astronaut office; Air Force Col. Eric Boe, part of shuttle Discovery's last crew; retired Marine Col. Douglas Hurley, pilot of the final shuttle crew; and Navy Capt. Sunita Williams, a two-time resident of the International Space Station. "These distinguished, veteran astronauts are blazing a new trail, a trail that will one day land them in the history books and Americans on the surface of Mars," Bolden said on his blog. SpaceX and Boeing are aiming for test flights to the space station by 2017. It...

"The Expendables 3" lived down to its title over the weekend as moviegoers shunned the third installment of the shoot-'em-up franchise featuring the action heroes of yesteryear. The movie grossed an estimated $16.2 million, falling short of Lionsgate's projected take of $20 million to $25 million and putting it in the No. 4 spot for the weekend. "The Expendables 3" also trailed the series' previous two movies, which debuted with $34.8 million and $28.8 million, both good for the No. 1 spot. What happened this time around?

"The Expendables" is a tribute to 80s action fare starring Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Terry Crews, Jet Li, Jason Statham and every other middle-aged action guy you can think of--except Jean Claude Van Damme and Seagal (too bad lol). Drudge is headlining this pic from their visit to the NYSE as a commentary on the struggling market. I thought it was cool because I'm a lifter and a connoisseur of dumb action movies. Plus Stallone is a patriotic guy by Hollywood standards. Too bad the economy isn't as jacked as Terry.

A line of purple filled a Sacramento sidewalk Friday evening as state workers protested Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's latest furlough order outside a theater showing his latest movie. About 100 members of Service Employees International Union Local 1000, wearing their signature purple shirts, marched outside the Century Stadium 14's showing of "The Expendables," the Sylvester Stallone film in which the governor makes a cameo appearance. Union members chanted, "Schwarzenegger is expendable, we are dependable," and "California, can't you see, Arnold is a bad movie." A few cars honked in support. "I hope we can hurt Schwarzenegger the way he's hurt us,"