SAN FRANCISCO — With only modest expectations, Robert Leitao of Santa Clarita made a decision in 1994 that would change his...
Huge Wave of Google App Updates Hits iOS, Android
Label: TechnologyGoogle just brought iPhone and Android phone users a holiday gift. Google Maps has returned to the iPhone, this time in the form of its own separate app, while Google Currents — the company’s Flipboard-style online magazine app for Android — received a substantial update as well.Besides the two big updates, about a half-dozen other apps for Android and Google TV received bug fixes and new features,...
As Conn. story unfolds, media struggle with facts
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — The scope and senselessness of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting challenged journalists' ability to do much more than lend, or impose, their presence on the scene.Pressed with the awful urgency of the story, television, along with other media, fell prey to reporting "facts" that were often in conflict or wrong.How many people were killed? Which Lanza brother was the shooter: Adam...
School Yoga Class Draws Religious Protest From Christians
Label: HealthT. Lynne Pixley for The New York TimesMiriam Ruiz during a yoga class last week at Paul Ecke Central Elementary School in Encinitas, Calif. A few dozen parents are protesting that the program amounts to religious indoctrination. More Photos »ENCINITAS, Calif. — By 9:30 a.m. at Paul Ecke Central Elementary School, tiny feet were shifting from downward dog pose to chair pose to warrior pose in surprisingly...
Pasadena heats up as a culinary hub
Label: Business Julia Child, who would have turned 100 this year, found her life's calling only by leaving her hometown of Pasadena for China...
Dec
14
Connecticut shooting: 20 schoolchildren among the 28 dead
Label: World The toll in the Connecticut shooting stands at 28 dead, including 20 children and the gunman, Connecticut State Police said...
McAfee says will not return to Belize, willing to talk to police
Label: Technology(Reuters) – U.S. software pioneer John McAfee said that he will not return to Belize where police want to question him about a murder case, but that he is willing to let authorities from the Central American nation interview him in a “neutral country.”McAfee, 67, went into hiding after his American neighbor Gregory Faull was fatally shot in November. He made his way secretly to neighboring Guatemala,...
Owner of Rivera plane being investigated by DEA
Label: LifestylePHOENIX (AP) — The company that owns a luxury jet that crashed and killed Latin music star Jenni Rivera is under investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and the agency seized two of its planes earlier this year as part of the ongoing probe.DEA spokeswoman Lisa Webb Johnson confirmed Thursday the planes owned by Las Vegas-based Starwood Management were seized in Texas and Arizona,...
Life Expectancy Rises Around World, Study Finds
Label: HealthA sharp decline in deaths from malnutrition and infectious diseases like measles and tuberculosis has caused a shift in global mortality patterns over the past 20 years, according to a report published on Thursday, with far more of the world’s population now living into old age and dying from diseases mostly associated with rich countries, like cancer and heart disease. Tony Karumba/Agence...
American, US Airways may merge to form largest U.S. airline
Label: Business A global recession and a surge in fuel prices sparked a frenzy of airline mergers and acquisitions over the last decade, as...
Dec
13
Susan Rice withdraws from Secretary of State consideration
Label: World WASHINGTON – Susan Rice, who came under heavy criticism for her defense of the Obama administration after armed militants killed...
iPhone 5 hits China as Apple market share slips
Label: TechnologySHANGHAI (Reuters) – The China release of its iPhone 5 on Friday should win Apple Inc some respite from a recent slide in its share of what is likely already the world’s biggest smartphone market, but its longer-term hopes may depend on new technology being tested by China‘s top telecoms carrier.Cupertino, California-based Apple has been in talks about a tie-up with China Mobile for four years. A...
Adele, Carly Rae top music; Birds rule 2012 apps
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — It may be 2012, but it's a repeat of 2011 for Adele: Once again, she has the year's top-selling album on iTunes.Her "21," which recently passed the 10 million mark in sales, topped the list even though it was first released in January 2011. It remained popular this year, particularly after she nabbed six Grammy Awards in February.Coming in second was Taylor Swift's "Red," which wasn't...
World’s Population Living Longer, New Report Suggests
Label: HealthA sharp decline in deaths from malnutrition and diseases like measles and tuberculosis has caused a shift in global mortality patterns over the past 20 years, according to a new report, with far more of the world’s population now living into old age and dying from diseases more associated with rich countries, like cancer and heart disease. The shift reflects improvements in sanitation, medical...
Push for minimum wage hike intensifies as worker ranks swell
Label: Business NEW YORK — Before the recession, Amie Crawford was an interior designer, earning $50,000 a year patterning baths and cabinets...
‘The Hobbit’: Like One Bad Video Game
Label: TechnologyPerhaps the most exciting thing about Peter Jackson‘s landmark, blockbuster Lord of the Rings films was that they made fans, through a combination of stunning landscapes and intricate special effects and soaring music and dramatic spectacle, feel as though we were seeing an almost impossible elevation of the potential size and scope of movies. Here was a rich, dense, sprawling series of films that...
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