Consumers who believe they have a right to know whether their food contains genetically modified ingredients are pressing lawmakers,...
Adele, 'Les Miserables' cast sing on Oscar stage
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — It was an extra starry, musical day at the Dolby Theatre.Adele took the stage first Friday, followed by the cast of "Les Miserables," singing together of the first time.Oscar nominees Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway, along with co-stars Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, Helena Bonham-Carter, Sasha Baron-Cohen, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tveit and Samantha Barks rehearsed their performances...
Drone Pilots Found to Get Stress Disorders Much as Those in Combat Do
Label: HealthU.S. Air Force/Master Sgt. Steve HortonCapt. Richard Koll, left, and Airman First Class Mike Eulo monitored a drone aircraft after launching it in Iraq. The study affirms a growing body of research finding health hazards even for those piloting machines from bases far from actual combat zones. “Though it might be thousands of miles from the battlefield, this work still involves tough stressors...
2013 Mustang GT: Does retro have a future?
Label: Business A decade ago, as Ford engineers prepared the next-generation Mustang, they stared down an inescapable truth: The best Mustangs...
Feb
22
Gunfire and deadly crash rattle the Las Vegas Strip
Label: World LAS VEGAS — A spectacular predawn crash on the Strip — triggered when bullets fired from a black Range Rover peppered a Maserati...
Oscar animators ready to be taken seriously
Label: LifestyleBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — In the animated feature film category at this year's Oscars, there's a film set in medieval Scotland, another that features old-school video game characters, one that relies heavily on dry British humor, while the other two take inspiration from the supernatural.It's not exactly kid stuff — and that's how the directors like it."I think this year with these films — and...
The New Old Age Blog: For Traumatized Caregivers, Therapy Helps
Label: HealthI recently wrote about caregivers who experienced symptoms of traumatic-like stress, and readers responded with heart-rending stories. Many described being haunted by distress long after a relative died.Especially painful, readers said, was witnessing a loved one’s suffering and feeling helpless to do anything about it.The therapists I spoke with said they often encountered symptoms among caregivers...
Foreign tourists' spending in U.S. rises to new record
Label: Business The U.S. continues to be a hot destination for big-spending tourists, setting a new record of $168.1 billion in foreign visitor...
Rapper Ja Rule set to leave NY prison in gun case
Label: LifestyleALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Platinum-selling rapper Ja Rule was set to leave an upstate prison on Thursday after serving most of his two-year sentence for illegal gun possession but head straight into federal custody in a tax case.The rapper, who had been in protective custody at the Mid-State Correctional Facility because of his celebrity, has some time remaining on a 28-month sentence for tax evasion, correction...
Rebates for California electricity ratepayers clear hurdle
Label: Business SACRAMENTO — California electricity ratepayers could get rebates of as much as $1.6 billion from more than a dozen power wholesalers...
Feb
20
At least 16 hurt in blast and fire at Kansas City restaurant
Label: World At least 16 people were hurt and a popular wine bar was destroyed by an apparent natural gas explosion and ensuing fire at an...
Anne Hathaway honored by Costume Designers Guild
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — Anne Hathaway was deemed best dressed — by people who dress her for work.The "Alice in Wonderland" and "The Dark Knight Rises" actress, who's nominated for the supporting actress Academy Award for her role in "Les Miserables," was honored Tuesday evening with the spotlight award at the 15th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards. The spotlight award honors actors and directors for...
The New Old Age Blog: The Reluctant Caregiver
Label: HealthNow and then, I refer to the people that caregivers tend to as “loved ones.” And whenever I do, a woman in Southern California tells me, I set her teeth on edge.She visits her mother-in-law, runs errands, helps with the paperwork — all tasks she has shouldered with a grim sense of duty. She doesn’t have much affection for this increasingly frail 90something or enjoy her company; her efforts...
Macy's seeks to block Martha Stewart Living's pact with Penney
Label: Business Macy's Inc., the second-largest U.S. department store chain, will go to court in New York on Wednesday to try to persuade a...
Feb
19
Civilian deaths in war in Afghanistan drop for first time in 6 years
Label: World KABUL, Afghanistan -- Civilian deaths in the war in Afghanistan dropped in 2012 for the first time in six years, a sign of lessening...
TV special shows glory, trauma of military dogs
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — It's been almost seven months since a bomb exploded on a strip of dirt in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Leonard Anderson can only remember a reassuring voice.He has seen the ambush and its aftermath on film, though: The man behind the voice putting a tourniquet on Anderson's leg as a medic tended to the other, listening to his own cries for help and his dog's...
National Briefing | South: Abortion Curbs Clear Senate in Arkansas
Label: Health The State Senate voted 25 to 7 on Monday to ban most abortions 20 weeks into a pregnancy. The measure goes back to the House to consider an amendment that added exceptions for rape and incest. The legislation is based on the belief that fetuses can feel pain 20 weeks into a pregnancy, and is similar to bans in several other states. Opponents say it would require mothers to deliver babies with fatal...
Audit of Fed's gold finds it's safe, more pure than expected
Label: Business NEW YORK — Turns out the Federal Reserve's gold is secure and a bit more pure than previously thought — or so the government...
Feb
18
Mary Jo White could face conflicts of interest as SEC chairwoman
Label: World NEW YORK — As a lawyer in private practice, Mary Jo White worked for Wall Street all-stars: banking giant JPMorgan Chase &...
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