MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Friday that bans Americans from adopting Russian children and imposes...
So You Just Got a Wii U. Now What?
Label: TechnologyPair It With Your TVOne of the most useful features of the Wii U — and what could make it a staple of our connected living rooms — is its ability to hook in to the entertainment ecosystem seamlessly. When you start up your Wii U for the first time, you’ll be prompted to enter your television and cable box brands. In a surprisingly painless process (you only need the brand name of your TV, not the...
FBI removes many redactions in Marilyn Monroe file
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — The FBI has re-issued files it kept on Marilyn Monroe, removing dozens of redactions from entries related to surveillance of the actress for communist ties.A large section of the files obtained by The Associated Press focuses on Monroe’s 1962 trip to Mexico and her emerging friendship with Frederick Vanderbilt Field, who was disinherited from his wealthy family for leftist views....
The New Old Age Blog: United States Lags in Alzheimer's Support
Label: HealthThis month, the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging released a report examining how five nations — the United States, Australia, France, Japan and Britain — are responding to growing numbers of older adults with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.Every country has a strategy, but some are much further ahead than others. Notably, France began addressing Alzheimer’s disease and dementia in...
McCormick Place development fight held over to 2013
Label: Business The lengthy battle for control over property slated for hotel development adjacent to McCormick Place will extend into 2013...
Dec
27
Hundreds of flights canceled as storm pounds Northeast
Label: WorldA powerful winter storm is hitting the Northeast, one day after it hammered the Midwest and plains. Snowfall could top a foot in some areas. ...
Temple Run was downloaded more than 2.5 million times on Christmas Day
Label: TechnologyTitle Post: Temple Run was downloaded more than 2.5 million times on Christmas DayRating: 100%based on 99998 ratings.5 user reviews.Author: Fluser SeoLinkThanks for visiting the blog, If any criticism and suggestions please leave a comm...
Marvel’s Peter Parker in perilous predicament
Label: LifestylePHILADELPHIA (AP) — After 50 years of spinning webs and catching a who’s who of criminals, Peter Parker is out of the hero game.But Spider-Man is still slinging from building to building — reborn, refreshed and revived with a new sense of the old maxim that Ben Parker taught his then-fledgling nephew that “with great power, comes great responsibility.”Writer Dan Slott, who’s been penning Spidey adventures...
Creating the Ultimate Housework Workout
Label: HealthRobert Wright for The New York TimesChris Ely, an English butler, and Carol Johnson, a fitness instructor at Crunch NYC, perfecting a houseworkout. CAN housework help you live longer? A New York Times blog post by Gretchen Reynolds last month cited research linking vigorous activity, including housework, and longevity. The study, which tracked the death rates of British civil servants, was the latest...
Toyota to pay big to settle suits
Label: Business Toyota Motor Corp., moving to put years of legal problems behind it, has agreed to pay more than $1 billion to settle dozens...
Dec
26
Tornadoes, snow hit the South
Label: WorldA heavy snowstorm that blanketed Texas and Oklahoma is moving northeast on Wednesday. Gulf Coast states are recovering from heavy winds and twisters. (Dec. 26) ...
Britain’s royal family attends Christmas services
Label: LifestyleLONDON (AP) — Britain‘s royal family is attending Christmas Day church services — with a few notable absences.Wearing a turquoise coat and matching hat, Queen Elizabeth II arrived at St. Mary Magdelene Church on her sprawling Sandringham estate in Norfolk. She was accompanied in a Bentley by granddaughters Beatrice and Eugenie.Her husband, Prince Philip, walked from the house to the church with other...
Chicken Farms Try Oregano as Antibiotic Substitute
Label: HealthJessica Kourkounis for The New York TimesChickens raised for Bell & Evans, like these in Pennsylvania, eat feed laced with oregano oil. FREDERICKSBURG, Pa. — The smell of oregano wafting from Scott Sechler’s office is so strong that anyone visiting Bell & Evans these days could be forgiven for wondering whether Mr. Sechler has forsaken the production of chicken and gone into pizza. ...
Corporate tax rate overhaul may be part of a 'fiscal cliff' deal
Label: Business WASHINGTON — Amid the wrangling over the so-called fiscal cliff, President Obama and congressional Republicans can agree on...
Dec
25
Christmas Eve shootings leave 7 hurt
Label: World Seven people were hurt, at least five seriously, in shootings on the South and West sides late Monday.Four of the injured were...
Mundie, one of Gates’ successors, to retire from Microsoft
Label: TechnologyNEW YORK (Reuters) – Craig Mundie, one of two Microsoft Corp executives who took over Bill Gates‘ role at the company, has relinquished control of Microsoft’s large research organization and is to retire from the company in 2014.Mundie is taking on a new role as a senior adviser to Chief Executive Steve Ballmer, according to a memo circulated internally earlier this month but only made public on Monday.Eric...
A huge collection of odd TV stuff needs a home
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — James Comisar is the first to acknowledge that more than a few have questioned his sanity for spending the better part of 25 years collecting everything from the costume George Reeves wore in the 1950s TV show “Superman” to the entire set of “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.”Then there’s the pointy Spock ears Leonard Nimoy wore on “Star Trek” and the guns Tony Soprano used...
Dec
24
Bears' playoff hopes alive, but help from Packers now required
Label: WorldChicago Tribune sports columnist David Haugh and Chicago Tribune sports reporter Fred Mitchell discuss the Bears win against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. (Posted on: Dec. 24, 2012) ...
Pro-gun rights US petition to deport Piers Morgan
Label: LifestyleLONDON (AP) — Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition calling for British CNN host Piers Morgan to be deported from the U.S. over his gun control views.Morgan has taken an aggressive stand for tighter U.S. gun laws in the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting. Last week, he called a gun advocate appearing on his “Piers Morgan Tonight” show an “unbelievably stupid man.”Now, gun...
Kraft targets men, millennials
Label: Business The pot pie kit comes with pouches of Velveeta cheese, biscuit topping, vegetables and seasoning. The cook sautes chicken until...
Dec
23
Police, FBI search for Batavia bank robber
Label: World Surveillance photos of a man wanted in connection with a Saturday bank robbery in Batavia. ...
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