Dr Who at the box office – News and views for Tuesday 26 November

Some items noted while browsing along the way.

• ‘Doctor Who’ Special Scores Record Ratings for BBC America
• Dr Who breaks box office record – “Special cinema screenings of the 50th anniversary episode of Dr Who over the weekend have broken the European record for box office takings from so-called ‘alternative content’.”
• Obama needs to take on the Israel lobby over Iran – “The outcome of a looming showdown between two leaders who loathe one another will be critical.”
• A new wave of U.S. mortgage trouble threatens – “U.S. borrowers are increasingly missing payments on home equity lines of credit they took out during the housing bubble, a trend that could deal another blow to the country’s biggest banks.”
• Malaysia summons Singapore envoy over spying reports – “Malaysia’s government summoned Singapore’s high commissioner for talks on Tuesday, saying it was “extremely concerned” by media reports that the city-state helps Western intelligence agencies spy on its Southeast Asian neighbor.”
• It’s The Fundamentals, Stupid: Elections Aren’t Determined By Short-Term ‘Game Changes’
• The Period Is Pissed – When did our plainest punctuation mark become so aggressive?