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Time-Saving Touchscreen Secrets
Fri,23 Dec 2011 03:07 PM PST
Upgrade Your Life - Touchscreens can be quick and convenient, but frustrating if you're entering large amounts of text. If you're one of the 22 million lucky people who got a new iPad for the holidays — or one of the 200 million people who already own an iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad — here are my top tips [...] Full Story | Top |
US warns Iran against closing Hormuz oil route
Wed,28 Dec 2011 09:33 AM PST
Associated Press -  The U.S. warned Iran Wednesday that it will not tolerate any disruption of naval traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, after Iran's navy chief said the Islamic Republic is capable of closing the vital oil route if the West imposes new sanctions targeting Tehran's oil exports.
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Russia slams US for its human rights record
Wed,28 Dec 2011 10:39 AM PST
Associated Press - Russia's Foreign Ministry has attacked America's human rights record in its first report on injustice elsewhere in the world, offering examples such as the Guantanamo Bay prison and wrongful death row convictions to paint the U.S. as hypocritical for lecturing other nations on the subject of rights. Full Story | Top |
The Wealth Gap Between Congress and Voters Is Growing
Tue,27 Dec 2011 04:02 AM PST
The Atlantic Wire - Both The New York Times and The Washington Post have separate reports today about the widening wealth gap between members of Congress and the people they represent. Almost half of all Congresspeople are millionaires and their median net worth has climbed to $913,000, compared to $100,000 for the rest of America households. According to the Post, that number drops to $725,000 when excluding home equity (and adjusting for inflation), but the same median figure for American families is just $20,500. And that gap has only grown wider in recent years. ... Full Story | Top |
Clergymen clash at Bethlehem birthplace of Jesus
Wed,28 Dec 2011 09:57 AM PST
Associated Press -  The annual cleaning of one of Christianity's holiest churches deteriorated into a brawl between rival clergy Wednesday, as dozens of monks feuding over sacred space at the Church of the Nativity battled each other with brooms until police intervened.
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Ex-Aide: Ron Paul Foreign Policy is 'Sheer Lunacy'
Tue,27 Dec 2011 02:39 AM PST
National Journal - Ron Paul is not having the best holiday season. First the media discovered racist, anti-Semitic newsletters that went out under Paul's name in the 1970s, '80s and '90s. Then the New York Times did a story about the support Paul draws from white supremacists and anti-Semites. Full Story | Top |
Rare Asian bird takes "wrong turn," lands in Tennessee
Tue,27 Dec 2011 05:59 PM PST
Reuters -  NASHVILLE (Reuters) - A rare Asian hooded crane, normally seen only in Southeast Asia, China and Japan, apparently "took a wrong turn" and has joined sandhill cranes wintering at the Hiwassee Refuge in southeast Tennessee, bird experts say, drawing flocks of curious birdwatchers along with it. "It's a great thrill," said Melinda Welton, conservation chair for the Tennessee Ornithological Society and a bird migration researcher. "People are coming in from all over the country to see this bird. ...
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Abortion, immigration changes among new 2012 laws
Wed,28 Dec 2011 01:32 PM PST
Associated Press -  Girls seeking abortions in New Hampshire must first tell their parents or a judge, employers in Alabama must verify new workers' U.S. residency, and California students will be the first in the country to receive mandatory lessons about the contributions of gays and lesbians under state laws set to take effect at the start of 2012.
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U.S. Fifth Fleet says won't allow Hormuz disruption
Wed,28 Dec 2011 09:12 AM PST
Reuters -  TEHRAN/DUBAI (Reuters) - The U.S. Fifth Fleet said on Wednesday it would not allow any disruption of traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, after Iran threatened to stop ships moving through the world's most important oil route. "Anyone who threatens to disrupt freedom of navigation in an international strait is clearly outside the community of nations; any disruption will not be tolerated," the Bahrain-based fleet said in an e-mail. ...
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Slain Ind. girl's grandfather was sex offender
Tue,27 Dec 2011 06:57 PM PST
Associated Press -  To assist her dying father, Tarah Souders made a choice: She moved her three young girls to a run-down trailer park in rural Indiana to help take care of him as his lungs rotted from emphysema.
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Police name Texas Christmas shooting suspect
Wed,28 Dec 2011 12:40 AM PST
Reuters -  GRAPEVINE, Texas (Reuters) - Dressed in a Santa suit, Aziz Yazdanapah showed up at his estranged wife's home near Dallas during a Christmas celebration with her sister's family, and killed everyone before turning the gun on himself, police believe. The seven bodies were discovered strewn in the living room area of the Grapevine apartment, amid opened presents and near a Christmas tree. Police identified the dead on Tuesday as two families connected through a pair of sisters. ...
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Want a pet cat? Think again, researchers say
Wed,28 Dec 2011 05:04 AM PST
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Tempted by the playful antics of that adorable kitten in the pet shop? If you've never had a cat before you may want to think again, especially if you have other allergies, researchers warn. And if you do acquire a feline, keep it out of your bedroom. While having a cat as a child may protect against future allergies, getting one in adulthood nearly doubles the chances of developing an immune reaction to it -- the first step towards wheezing, sneezing and itchy eyes, a European study found. ...
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Mark Zuckerberg Vacations in Vietnam
Tue,27 Dec 2011 10:49 AM PST
ABC News Blogs -  Mark Zuckerberg may be welcome in Vietnam, even if his brainchild Facebook is not. The Facebook founder is vacationing in the communist country that blocks its citizen from using his social networking site. According to The Associated Press, Zuckerberg arrived in Vietnam Dec. 22. He spent...
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Acquitted pastor's ex-wife dies years after attack
Tue,27 Dec 2011 04:42 PM PST
Associated Press -  The discovery of the wife of one of Dallas' most prominent ministers choked with a cord and left convulsing and near death on their garage floor led to a sensational trial. Prosecutors charged Walker Railey with attempted murder, saying he wanted to marry his lover, who also had church connections.
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Have a Brilliant Idea? Be Quirky
Thu,22 Dec 2011 08:22 AM PST
This Could Be Big - When Ben Kaufman had an idea for an invention a few years ago, he ran into some trouble and realized that a great idea is not enough to get a product made. The vast multi-disciplinary skills someone needs to turn an idea into something tangible is just beyond what most people are capable of. A [...] Full Story | Top |
50-strong brawl turns to melee at Mall of America
Tue,27 Dec 2011 05:23 AM PST
Associated Press - Officials says a moving melee involving scores of juveniles at the Mall of America took police and security officers over an hour to control as shoppers packed the sprawling shopping center the day after Christmas. Full Story | Top |
The Heartbreaking Details From That Christmas Day Fire in Connecticut
Wed,28 Dec 2011 09:33 AM PST
The Atlantic Wire - Details continue to emerge about the fire that killed five people and destroyed the Stamford, Conn. home of fashion branding executive Madonna Badger, and the latest is that fire officials confirmed that fireplace embers were improperly disposed of inside the house a couple hours before the fire broke out. Badger, who is best known for creating those Calvin Klein underwear ads with Mark Wahlberg has reportedly been shielded from most of the details about the fire that killed her parents and children. ... Full Story | Top |
6 years later, Katrina victims fight FEMA debts
Wed,28 Dec 2011 11:16 AM PST
Associated Press -  When the Federal Emergency Management Agency mailed out 83,000 debt notices this year to victims of Hurricane Katrina and other 2005 storms, one of the letters showed up in David Bellinger's mailbox. Bellinger, who is blind, needed a friend to read it and break the news that FEMA wants him to pay back more than $3,200 in federal aid he received after Katrina.
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Snow and tears mark funeral for North Korean leader
Wed,28 Dec 2011 01:17 PM PST
Reuters -  SEOUL (Reuters) - The world watched anxiously on Wednesday as North Korea staged a huge funeral in the capital, Pyongyang, for former leader Kim Jong-il, searching for signs of what to expect from the isolated nation that may be close to attaining nuclear weapons capacity. Bleak pictures from state television showed a funeral cortege led by a limousine carrying a huge picture of the 69-year-old, who died on December 17, passing serried ranks of olive green-clad soldiers whose bare heads were bowed in homage in the main square of the snow-covered capital. ...
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Police: Neighbor chopped up US girl with hacksaw
Tue,27 Dec 2011 09:14 AM PST
Associated Press -  A babysitter and trusted neighbor has confessed that he bludgeoned a 9-year-old Indiana girl to death with a brick then dismembered her, hiding her head, hands and feet at his home and dumping the rest of her remains nearby, police said Tuesday.
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Christmas message lands Boston worker in hot water
Tue,27 Dec 2011 01:04 PM PST
Associated Press - A Boston subway dispatcher who programmed an electronic message board in a station to scroll the lyrics of "Deck the Halls" instead of the normal service announcements on Christmas Day won't face severe punishment. Full Story | Top |
Perry sues to get on Virginia 2012 ballot
Tue,27 Dec 2011 08:57 PM PST
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Texas Governor Rick Perry filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to get on Virginia's 2012 primary election ballot after failing to qualify by last week's deadline. The Republican presidential candidate failed to get the 10,000 verifiable signatures, including at least 400 qualified voters from each congressional district, required to be in the March 6 primary. Perry is challenging the state's qualification process on constitutional grounds, saying it restricts the access of Virginia voters to the candidates of their choosing. ...
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Obama to ask for debt limit hike: Treasury official
Tue,27 Dec 2011 08:33 AM PST
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House plans to ask Congress by the end of the week for an increase in the government's debt ceiling to allow the United States to pay its bills on time, according to a senior Treasury Department official on Tuesday. The approval is expected to go through without a challenge, given that Congress is in recess until later in January and the request is in line with an agreement to keep the U.S. government funded into 2013. ...
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NKoreans salute, cry for late leader Kim Jong Il
Wed,28 Dec 2011 05:23 PM PST
Associated Press -  North Korea's next leader escorted his father's hearse in an elaborate state funeral on a bitter, snowy day Wednesday, bowing somberly and saluting in front of tens of thousands of citizens who wailed and stamped their feet in grief for Kim Jong Il.
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Movie crowds dip to 16-year low as apathy lingers
Wed,28 Dec 2011 12:30 PM PST
Associated Press -  Hollywood has more tricks in its bag than ever with digital 3-D and other new film tools. Yet as the images on screen get bigger and better, movie crowds keep shrinking — down to a 16-year low as 2011's film lineup fell well short of studios' record expectations.
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Romney, Perry slap at Paul on Iran
Wed,28 Dec 2011 09:46 AM PST
Associated Press -  Mitt Romney and Rick Perry on Wednesday assailed Republican presidential rival Ron Paul for saying the U.S. has no business bombing Iran to keep it from acquiring a nuclear weapon, drawing a sharp contrast with their rising rival as he returned to Iowa to campaign before the lead-off caucuses.
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10 Work Habits That Could Get You Fired
Tue,27 Dec 2011 07:28 AM PST
U.S.News & World Report LP - You might figure that if you do good work, you don't need to worry about being fired. Think again--there are some habits that can jeopardize even the best employee's job. Here are 10 of the riskiest: Full Story | Top |
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