By Kelley L. Carter, Chicago Tribune Mar. 28--Jim Sturgess isn't exactly what you'd call an ace when it comes to playing card games. Poker? Nope. Blackjack? Yeah, not so much. He is, however, a pro at picking film scripts.

By LIAT COLLINS You can't beat the Beatles. British-born and raised, I was a fan of the Fab Four almost from birth.

By Ana Veciana-Suarez, The Miami Herald Feb. 9--Some of us hum along to the radio while driving. Some of us sing in the shower. And a select few dare to warble to strangers during karaoke night at the neighborhood watering hole.

NASA will beam The Beatles' song, "Across the Universe," into deep space Monday in an unprecedented long distance dedication by the U.S. agency. NASA's Deep Space Network will transmit the song at 7:00 p.m. EST (0000 Feb. 5 GMT) on Feb.

BEATLES classic Across The Universe is set to be broadcast 2.5quadrillion miles through space. NASA will shoot the song into the cosmos to mark their 50th birthday and the 40th anniversary of the recording. The "cosmic message in a bottle" will be aimed at Polaris, the North Star.