The nation's ski industry suffered an epic wipeout last season, with the least snowfall in decades and one of the steepest drops...
Nov
21
Three anarchists get prison terms in Ohio bridge bomb plot
Label: World Three men who pleaded guilty to participating in a failed plot to bomb an Ohio bridge in April were sentenced Tuesday to federal...
Microsoft vs. Google trial over patents finishes up
Label: Technology
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A Google expert witness testified on Tuesday that Microsoft will make roughly $ 94 billion in revenue through 2017 from its Xbox game console and Surface tablet that use Google‘s patented wireless technology.Michael Dansky, an expert for Google‘s Motorola Mobility unit, testified on the last day of a high stakes trial over patents...
Elmo left behind on 'Sesame Street' as actor exits
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Even on "Sesame Street," where everything is famously A-OK, problems can arise for its residents.And that includes the Muppets. Cookie Monster grapples with an eating disorder. Oscar the Grouch gets cranky. Mr. Snuffleupagus gets the blues.But Elmo seemed immune to any of that. Since enjoying his breakout success more than two decades ago, the 3 1/2-year-old red monster has radiated...
The New Old Age Blog: Patience, Consciousness and White Lies
Label: HealthMy wife and I are blessed with having three “semi-independent” parents in their mid-80s living within a few blocks of us. Our children grew up knowing their grandparents as integral parts of our nuclear family, within walking distance for most of their childhoods. But now that our nest is empty, we find ourselves reliving many of the parenting issues we faced when our children were little — now in...
Fewer seek jobless aid as storm distorts data
Label: Business The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits fell sharply last week to a seasonally adjusted 410,000, though the...
Nov
20
Family of man shot by sheriff's deputies calls for FBI probe
Label: World The family of an Inglewood man gunned down by L.A. County sheriff's deputies this month is requesting an FBI probe of the shooting...
N.Y. police officer says not guilty of plan to cook, eat women
Label: Technology
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York City police officer pleaded not guilty on Monday to conspiring to kidnap, torture, cook and eat women.Gilberto Valle, 28, of Forest Hills, Queens, was charged and arrested in October with conspiring to cross state lines to kidnap the women and with illegally accessing a federal database.
Prosecutors...
'Trapped' on Broadway? R. Kelly is working on it
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Is Broadway ready for Twan, Sylvester, Pimp Lucius and "the package"? R. Kelly thinks so — and says he's working to bring the wacky characters and plotlines in his even wackier "Trapped in the Closet" series to the Great White Way.The superstar announced Monday night that he's had an offer to bring the cult classic to the stage, and he may even be in some performances."To transform...
Responding to Illnesses Manifesting Amid Recovery From Storm
Label: HealthNicole Bengiveno/The New York TimesDr. Aaron Gardener, center, attended to a patient at an ad hoc medical unit in Long Beach, N.Y. Many people have coughs, rashes and other ailments. Day and night, victims of Hurricane Sandy have been streaming into ad hoc emergency rooms and relief centers, like the MASH-type medical unit on an athletic field in Long Beach, and the warming tent in the Rockaways the...
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