California's foreclosure crisis eased considerably during the final quarter of last year, with the number of homes entering...
Let’s Welcome Back Hockey with This ESPN Commercial
Label: TechnologyWe realize there’s only so much time one can spend in a day watching new trailers, viral video clips, and shaky cell phone footage of people arguing on live television. This is why every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the videos that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention. Today: RELATED: Cookie Monster Batman and the Dog You Wish You HadHockey, schmockey. As a whole, the Atlantic...
Sundance stars sound off on gun violence in film
Label: LifestylePARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The Sundance Film Festival isn't home to many shoot-em-up movies, but action-oriented actors at the festival are facing questions about Hollywood's role in American gun violence.Guy Pearce, Alexander Skarsgard, Kristen Bell and director Roger Corman were among those discussing the issue at the annual independent-film showcase.Pearce is in Park City, Utah, to support the family...
Well: Long Term Effects on Life Expectancy From Smoking
Label: HealthIt is often said that smoking takes years off your life, and now a new study shows just how many: Longtime smokers can expect to lose about 10 years of life expectancy.But amid those grim findings was some good news for former smokers. Those who quit before they turn 35 can gain most if not all of that decade back, and even those who wait until middle age to kick the habit can add about five years...
WellPoint's 4th quarter profit jumps
Label: Business Health insurance giant WellPoint Inc. gave a lower-than-expected profit outlook for 2013 as it prepares for the federal healthcare...
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Hans Massaquoi dies at 87; wrote of growing up black in Nazi Germany
Label: World Hans Massaquoi, a former managing editor of Ebony magazine who wrote a distinctive memoir about his unusual childhood growing...
‘Atari’ Is in Trouble Again
Label: TechnologyAtari is declaring bankruptcy — twice. Both the U.S. video game company and its French parent have done so, the latest twist for the company which largely invented the video game industry and remains synonymous with it, despite having seen its glory days end by the mid-1980s.But wait. Even though the Atari name celebrated its fortieth anniversary last year, it’s a mistake to talk about Atari...
Al Green: Turned down 'Together' time with Obamas
Label: LifestyleAl Green says if things had worked out, it would have been him serenading President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle at the inaugural ball.Jennifer Hudson sang Green's classic "Let's Stay Together," leaving many to wonder why the soul legend wasn't singing his own hit for the first couple.In a statement to The Associated Press, his representative said Green had been asked to sing, but scheduling...
The Well Column: Facing Cancer, a Stark Choice
Label: HealthIn the 1970s, women’s health advocates were highly suspicious of mastectomies. They argued that surgeons — in those days, pretty much an all-male club — were far too quick to remove a breast after a diagnosis of cancer, with disfiguring results.But today, the pendulum has swung the other way. A new generation of women want doctors to take a more aggressive approach, and more and more are asking that...
Scrap the debt limit, some lawmakers and economists say
Label: Business WASHINGTON — With the White House and Congress engaged in their second major battle in 18 months over the debt limit, some lawmakers,...
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