WASHINGTON — If the nation goes over the "fiscal cliff," some Americans will wake up Tuesday with financial headaches to rival...
FBI removes many redactions in Marilyn Monroe file
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — FBI files on Marilyn Monroe that could not be located earlier this year have been found and re-issued, revealing the names of some of the movie star's acquaintances who drew concern from government officials and her own entourage.The files had previously been heavily redacted, but more details are now public in a version of the file recently obtained by The Associated Press through...
The New Old Age Blog: United States Lags in Alzheimer's Support
Label: HealthThis month, the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging released a report examining how five nations — the United States, Australia, France, Japan and Britain — are responding to growing numbers of older adults with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.Every country has a strategy, but some are much further ahead than others. Notably, France began addressing Alzheimer’s disease and dementia in...
Fiscal standoff leaves U.S. payrolls in doubt
Label: Business WASHINGTON — If the nation goes over the "fiscal cliff," some Americans will wake up Tuesday with financial headaches to rival...
Dec
27
A risky return to the U.S.
Label: World The barrilero never stops moving.All day he wheels cardboard barrels stuffed with used clothing through the narrow aisles of...
Temple Run was downloaded more than 2.5 million times on Christmas Day
Label: TechnologyTitle Post: Temple Run was downloaded more than 2.5 million times on Christmas DayRating: 100%based on 99998 ratings.5 user reviews.Author: Fluser SeoLinkThanks for visiting the blog, If any criticism and suggestions please leave a comm...
DC police investigating 'Meet the Press' incident
Label: LifestyleWASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia police say they are investigating an incident in which NBC News reporter David Gregory displayed what he described as a high-capacity ammunition magazine on "Meet the Press."Police spokesman Tisha Gant said Wednesday the department is investigating whether Gregory may have violated D.C. firearms laws that ban the possession of high-capacity magazines. She declined...
Creating the Ultimate Housework Workout
Label: HealthRobert Wright for The New York TimesChris Ely, an English butler, and Carol Johnson, a fitness instructor at Crunch NYC, perfecting a houseworkout. CAN housework help you live longer? A New York Times blog post by Gretchen Reynolds last month cited research linking vigorous activity, including housework, and longevity. The study, which tracked the death rates of British civil servants, was the latest...
Dec
26
Contested UTLA panel elections signal internal fissures
Label: World The young staff at the Alexander Science Center has been hard hit by seniority-based layoffs, the main factor behind a turnover...
Marvel's Peter Parker in perilous predicament
Label: LifestylePHILADELPHIA (AP) — After 50 years of spinning webs and catching a who's who of criminals, Peter Parker is out of the hero game.The 700th — and final — issue was released Wednesday, and title editor Stephen Wacker says "The Amazing Spider-Man" series ends with a defining death and birth meshed among the Spidey mythos. Wacker said the teen from Queens has been put in every possible situation, except...
Chicken Farms Try Oregano as Antibiotic Substitute
Label: HealthJessica Kourkounis for The New York TimesChickens raised for Bell & Evans, like these in Pennsylvania, eat feed laced with oregano oil. FREDERICKSBURG, Pa. — The smell of oregano wafting from Scott Sechler’s office is so strong that anyone visiting Bell & Evans these days could be forgiven for wondering whether Mr. Sechler has forsaken the production of chicken and gone into pizza. ...
Dec
25
U.S. drone strategy in Yemen is fraught with peril
Label: World AL SARRAIN, Yemen — The U.S. drone flew over a cluster of mud houses on a ridge and, according to Yemeni officials, locked onto...
Mundie, one of Gates’ successors, to retire from Microsoft
Label: TechnologyNEW YORK (Reuters) – Craig Mundie, one of two Microsoft Corp executives who took over Bill Gates‘ role at the company, has relinquished control of Microsoft’s large research organization and is to retire from the company in 2014.Mundie is taking on a new role as a senior adviser to Chief Executive Steve Ballmer, according to a memo circulated internally earlier this month but only made public on Monday.Eric...
Reaction to the death of actor Jack Klugman
Label: LifestyleCelebrities on Monday reacted to the death of "Odd Couple" star Jack Klugman, who died Monday at age 90. Here are samples of sentiments expressed on Twitter:___"R.I.P. Jack Klugman, Oscar, Quincy a man whose career spanned almost 50 years. I first saw him on the Twilight Zone. Cool guy wonderful actor." — Whoopi Goldberg.___"You made my whole family laugh together." — Actor Jon Favreau, of "Swingers,"...
Corporate tax rate overhaul may be part of a 'fiscal cliff' deal
Label: Business WASHINGTON — Amid the wrangling over the so-called fiscal cliff, President Obama and congressional Republicans can agree on...
Dec
24
Area sports cheating cases drag secretive NCAA into spotlight
Label: World The men and women of the NCAA enforcement staff prefer to work in secret.They almost never speak publicly about tips they receive...
Atheist Kids and Bullying: Just an Xbox and a Football Game Away From Redemption
Label: TechnologyI’ll never forget the year my eight-year-old daughter came home from school saying she got in trouble for going to the bathroom.“I was afraid,” she said, “that the devil was coming out of the mirror to get me…. I wanted Aya to stay with me until I was done.”Like any parent, I sat her down and asked her to tell me why she would ever think a mirror could spawn something as terrifying as that.“Susie...
Thousands sign US petition to deport Piers Morgan
Label: LifestyleLONDON (AP) — Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition calling for British CNN host Piers Morgan to be deported from the U.S. over his gun control views.Morgan has taken an aggressive stand for tighter U.S. gun laws in the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting. Last week, he called a gun advocate appearing on his "Piers Morgan Tonight" show an "unbelievably stupid man."Now, gun...
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