Neighbors of a Palmdale woman charged with assaulting and torturing two of her children said Thursday that they never even realized...
Nokia CEO closes the door on a potential Android smartphone
Label: TechnologyNokia (NOK) CEO Stephen Elop on Thursday shot down rumors that his company might be interested in developing Android-based smartphones. During Nokia’s fourth-quarter earnings call, the executive reiterated his support for the company’s Asha phones and Microsoft’s (MSFT) Windows Phone platform, while shutting the door on earlier Android rumors. [More from BGR: Unlocking your smartphone will...
'Dallas' returns with J.R. Ewing's final schemes
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — J.R. Ewing wouldn't hesitate to cheat his fellow man. He also famously cheated death.In the second-season finale of "Dallas" back in 1980, he was shot by an unknown assailant in his office and left for dead. But he recovered nicely, and the cliffhanger question that gripped the nation (Who shot J.R.?) was answered that November in an episode seen by 80 million viewers.This time, J.R....
The New Old Age Blog: Time to Recognize Mild Cognitive Disorder?
Label: HealthThe Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published and periodically updated by the American Psychiatric Association, is one of those documents few laypeople ever read, but many of us are affected by.It can make it easier or harder to get an insurance company or Medicare to cover treatments, for example. It factors into a variety of legal and governmental decisions.And on a personal...
Stocks rise ahead of home sales report
Label: Business Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street ahead of what is expected to be more upbeat data on housing from the government.
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Initial jobless claims drop again, hit new five-year low
Label: World WASHINGTON -- Initial jobless claims fell again last week, to 330,000, a fresh five-year low, as the labor market continued...
Go forth and Tweet! Pope sees web networks as “portals of truth”
Label: TechnologyVATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Benedict urged Catholics on Thursday to use social networks like Twitter and Facebook to win converts, as he launched his own smartphone app streaming live footage of his speeches.The websites – often associated with endless postings of idle gossip and baby photos – could be used as “portals of truth and faith” in an increasingly secular age, the pontiff said in his 2013...
Paris Opera Ballet names Millepied of 'Black Swan'
Label: LifestylePARIS (AP) — Benjamin Millepied, the "Black Swan" choreographer who helped transform Natalie Portman into an obsessed, paranoid ballerina for the film and later married the actress, was named director of the Paris Opera Ballet on Thursday.Millepied, 35, is a former principal dancer with the New York City Ballet who left in 2011 to create his own dance company in Los Angeles, L.A. Dance Project. He'll...
Mind: Avoiding Cold Feet Down the Aisle
Label: HealthHis charisma was big enough to make his bad habits seem small, more like quirks than flaws. The cigarettes on his breath; the extra weight around the middle; the indifference to clothing and appearances — surely these were minor things, correctable in time.In the months leading up to the wedding, in 1988, even the fact that he’d been living with his mother at age 38 seemed somehow explainable, if...
Apple shares tumble after relatively unimpressive earnings report
Label: Business Apple Inc. may still make products customers love, but its latest earnings report appears to have broken investors' hearts.For...
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