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By Jackie Burrell, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Jul. 31--The local cineplex has been filled with superheroes all summer -- and last week's Comic-Con convention fairly brimmed with Caped Crusader wannabes. But how do Hancock and other newfangled heroes compare with the heroes of yesteryear? And what makes a superhero truly super? So, we asked readers to weigh in on the greatest superheroes of all time. For the last week we've reveled in your descriptions of derring-do, awesome...

Hollywood filmmaker Peter Berg reportedly is producing and plans to direct Hercules: The Thracian Wars, a big-screen adaptation of a new comic-book series. Variety.com said the movie is inspired by Steve Moore's five-issue series, which premiered in May. What resonated for (Berg and the producers) was that this was character driven, about a character who's more man than god, with conflicts and redemption, producer Barry Levine told the entertainment industry trade paper. Berg is also set...

By Euan Rocha The U.S. chemical sector is likely to see a new wave of deals in coming months, driven by strategic buyers seeking to build a more profitable and streamlined portfolio of assets. Moreover, valuations in the chemical sector have undergone a sharp correction since the heady highs of last summer, when a spate of private equity buyouts buoyed the share prices of U.S. chemical makers. "Are we going to see more deals? No doubt," said Ben Johnson, a Morningstar analyst. "But I think...

Hercules Incorporated (NYSE:HPC) today announced it has acquired Logos Quimica Ltda., a Brazilian based specialty chemicals company with 100 employees and 2007 annual sales of approximately $17 million. Headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Logos Quimica specializes in the supply of specialty chemicals, technology and services to the pulp, paper, and coatings industries. Logos Quimica has excellent brand recognition throughout South America and is recognized for its proven technology in...

The strongest creature in the world, the Hercules Beetle, has a color-changing trick that scientists have long sought to understand. Research published today, Tuesday, 11 March, in the New Journal of Physics, details an investigation into the structure of the specie's peculiar protective shell which could aid design of "˜intelligent materials'.The Hercules Beetle is remarkable, not only for its strength, able to carry up to 850 times its own weight, the protective outgrowth of the insects'...

An international team of astronomers using the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) in Arizona has discovered that the Hercules Dwarf Galaxy is shaped like a cigar. That makes it an oddball among millions of its peers.The Hercules Dwarf is a companion galaxy to our own Milky Way, but has only one ten-millionth as many stars. It was among several dwarf galaxies discovered earlier this year by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Now astronomers using the LBT have discovered that this tiny galaxy, which is...

By Jim Christie SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The town of Hercules, California, has upscale aspirations and its vision of the good life rules out a Wal-Mart store. Similarly, three Maine towns are considering a "box-free" zone to prevent Wal-Mart from opening in an area of coastal New England known for its colonial charm, an idea mirroring wealthy and quaint Nantucket's recent ban on chain stores. The city council of the mixed-race bedroom community of 23,000 east of San Francisco voted...

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - British Defence Secretary John Reid admitted on Wednesday that the lives of 10 Royal Air Force crewmen killed in Iraq could have been saved if their Hercules aircraft had been equipped with fuel tank fire protection. Reid told BBC radio the "tragedy might have been averted" if a fuel tank inerting system, used as standard by the Americans, had been fitted. "With hindsight ... of course it is possible to say that this tragedy might have been averted if...

By Borys Kit LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Director Peter Segal, who shot the Adam Sandler hits "The Longest Yard," "50 First Dates" and "Anger Management," has come aboard "Shazam!" -- an adaptation of the DC Comics series featuring Captain Marvel. The comic focused on young Billy Batson, who becomes the superhero known as Captain Marvel when he utters the magic word "Shazam!" The name is an acronym for six gods and heroes of the ancient world as well as their attributes: the...