After all those well-intentioned New Year's resolutions have yielded to the force of habit, many of the nation's 79 million...
European businesses slow to go online: study
Label: TechnologyBRUSSELS (Reuters) – European businesses are not doing enough to use the internet to grow their customer base and promote products, Belgian database and marketing firm Email-Brokers said after studying 13 million websites.Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands have the highest proportion of companies online but even in these countries 40 percent of business have no internet presence, it found.The European...
Beyonce, Clarkson to perform at Obama inauguration
Label: LifestyleWASHINGTON (AP) — Beyonce will sing the national anthem at President Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony.The committee planning the Jan. 21 event also announced Wednesday that Kelly Clarkson will perform "My Country 'Tis of Thee" and James Taylor will sing "America the Beautiful" at the swearing-in ceremony on the Capitol's west front.Richard Blanco, the son of Cuban exiles, is the 2013 inaugural...
Gaps Seen in Therapy for Suicidal Teenagers
Label: HealthMost adolescents who plan or attempt suicide have already received at least some mental health treatment, raising questions about the effectiveness of current approaches to helping troubled youths, according to the largest in-depth analysis to date of suicidal behaviors in American teenagers. The study, in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, found that 55 percent of suicidal teenagers had received...
Nissan Adding Cheaper Leaf as U.S. Battery Car Assembly Begins
Label: Business Nissan Motor Co., the world’s largest seller of electric vehicles, said it’s adding a lower-priced version of the rechargeable...
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LAPD force exceeds 10,000 for the first time, officials say
Label: World For the first time in the city's history, Los Angeles' police force now exceeds 10,000 officers, city officials said Monday.Appearing...
Conn. lawmaker apologizes over Facebook post
Label: TechnologyHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut lawmaker has apologized after saying in a Facebook post that shooting victim and former Arizona U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords should “stay out of my towns.”Giffords last week visited Newtown, Conn., where a gunman killed 20 young children and six adults at an elementary school last month. The Democrat, who met with families of the victims, was critically wounded...
'Downton,' 'Girls,' 'Idol' and more this January
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Where once the post-holiday schedule was a blizzard of chilly reruns, January is aburst with premieres and finales.Already, the much-adored British miniseries "Downton Abbey" has made its much-awaited season return Sundays on PBS.On IFC on Fridays, the hilarious "Portlandia" is back for its third season of sketch comedy poking fun at the peculiarities of Portland, Ore., starring Fred...
The New Old Age Blog: Who Should Receive Organ Transplants?
Label: HealthJoe Gammalo had been contending with pulmonary fibrosis, a scarring of the lungs, for more than a decade when he came to the Cleveland Clinic in 2008 seeking a lung transplant.“It had gotten to the point where I was on oxygen all the time and in a wheelchair,” he told me in an interview. “I didn’t expect to live.”Lung transplants are a dicey proposition, involving a huge surgical procedure, arduous...
Is Facebook worth it? Film execs confide they may cut movie ads
Label: Business Hollywood's friendship with Facebook is showing signs of strain.The entertainment industry was among the first to embrace the...
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