Two gunmen shot a 14-year-old boy several times Friday night as he stood on his porch, leaving him to die in the front hallway...
Former Lab Technician Denies Faulty DNA Work in Rape Cases
Label: HealthA former New York City laboratory technician whose work on rape cases is now being scrutinized for serious mistakes said on Friday that she had been unaware there were problems in her work and, disputing an earlier report, denied she had resigned under pressure. The former lab technician, Serrita Mitchell, said any problems must have been someone else’s. “My work?” Ms. Mitchell said....
Jan
11
Boeing Dreamliner hit by two more mishaps in Japan
Label: World Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliner jet suffered a cracked cockpit window and an oil leak on separate flights in Japan on Friday --...
HP Cloud Ushers in 2013 and GA Compute Service with Reduced Pricing
Label: TechnologyHP Cloud Services is continuously working to increase efficiency in our datacenters, so we can pass these efforts along to our customers via enhanced enterprise-class service and/or lower prices. As a result, HP Cloud Services is starting the New Year by permanently lowering the prices on Linux instances of HP Cloud Compute by 12.5% and Object Storage by as much as 25%. Furthermore, to...
UK’s Savile abused hundreds over six decades: report
Label: LifestyleLONDON (Reuters) – The late British TV presenter Jimmy Savile physically abused hundreds of people over six decades, according to a police-led report on Friday which said he carried out attacks at the BBC and at hospitals where he did voluntary work.Of his victims, 73 percent were under 18 and 82 percent were female. The oldest was 47 and the youngest just 8.“Savile’s offending footprint was vast,...
The New Old Age Blog: Taking a Zen Approach to Caregiving
Label: HealthYou try to help your elderly father. Irritated and defensive, he snaps at you instead of going along with your suggestion. And you think “this is so unfair” and feel a rising tide of anger.How to handle situations like this, which arise often and create so much angst for caregivers?Jennifer Block finds the answer in what she calls “contemplative caregiving” — the application of Buddhist principles...
U.S. to review Dreamliner amid more mishaps
Label: Business Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliner jet suffered a cracked cockpit window and an oil leak on separate flights in Japan on Friday --...
Jan
10
Car stolen from parking lot with 18-month-old inside
Label: World Kimberly Delgado (Provided photo / January 10, 2013) ...
Could Alex Jones’s “revolution” actually happen?
Label: TechnologyPiers Morgan had it easy. Radio show host and author Alex Jones threatened the rest of us with a ”revolution” if the government decides to confiscate guns from the homes and glove compartments of law-abiding Americans. It’s almost too easy to dismiss Jones as a fringe figure, especially since fringe ideas make their way into the mainstream with (exciting? alarming?) frequency these...
‘The Hunger Games’ lead fan favorites at People’s Choice awards
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Post-apocalyptic action film “The Hunger Games” was the big winner at the People’s Choice Awards on Thursday, picking up five awards including favorite movie of the year, while singer Katy Perry again led in the music categories.Hosted by “The Big Bang Theory” actress Kaley Cuoco, the People’s Choice Awards named winners in more than 40 categories across film, television and...
Flu Widespread, Leading a Range of Winter’s Ills
Label: HealthIt is not your imagination — more people you know are sick this winter, even people who have had flu shots. The country is in the grip of three emerging flu or flulike epidemics: an early start to the annual flu season with an unusually aggressive virus, a surge in a new type of norovirus, and the worst whooping cough outbreak in 60 years. And these are all developing amid the normal winter...
Mortgage lending rules to limit loan options
Label: Business The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is planning a Thursday morning announcement of new lending rules that it hopes will...
Jan
09
1 dead, 1 wounded in Old Town shooting
Label: World One man was shot to death and another seriously wounded in the Old Town neighborhood this evening, among at least six people...
NRA, video game makers to meet with Biden gun task force this week
Label: TechnologyWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The powerful gun lobby, the National Rifle Association, is slated to meet with Vice President Joe Biden as he considers recommendations on how to respond to a mass shooting last month in Newtown, Connecticut, the White House said on Tuesday.After the Newtown school shooting, which President Barack Obama called the worst day of his presidency, he asked Biden to come up with a...
TV drama production in L.A. plunges by 20% in 2012
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – The filming of TV dramas and reality shows in Los Angeles plummeted in 2012, according to figures released Tuesday by FilmL.A., the non-profit agency that coordinates location shoots in the region.TV drama shoots were off by 20 percent from 2011, while the filming of reality shows dropped by 11.8 percent. Those numbers overshadowed the report’s good news on overall location...
Recipes for Health: Cauliflower and Tuna Salad — Recipes for Health
Label: HealthAndrew Scrivani for The New York TimesI have added tuna to a classic Italian antipasto of cauliflower and capers dressed with vinegar and olive oil. For the best results give the cauliflower lots of time to marinate. 1 large or 2 small or medium cauliflowers, broken into small florets 1 5-ounce can water-packed light (not albacore) tuna, drained 1 plump garlic clove, minced...
Rosenthal: New Sears boss hopes to be a new kind of merchant
Label: Business He's been a big-time investor in the retail sector for more than 15 years and was chairman of Kmart after it emerged from bankruptcy about a decade ago. A few years later, he paired it with once-dominant Sears.Yet even as Eddie Lampert is poised next month to add the role of chief executive to that of chairman at retail giant Sears Holdings, he's...
Jan
08
8 wounded in South, Southwest side shootings
Label: World At least 9 people have been shot on the South, Southwest and West sides since Monday evening, according to police.In the latest...
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