MOSCOW — Russian officials are promising a tough response to U.S. legislation that would impose sanctions on Russian officials...
The Time Zynga’s CEO Almost Cried to Save His Failing Business
Label: Technology
With the company stock at less than $ 3 per share and having just announced recent lay-offs including the loss of its COO, you might verge on tears too while making a plea to the one man who could save your ailing gaming company. So, when put that way, maybe it’s not so that embarrassing that “tears nearly welled up” in Zynga CEO Mark Pincus‘s...
Lady Gaga tweets some racy images before concert
Label: LifestyleBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Lady Gaga's tweets were getting a lot of attention ahead of her Buenos Aires concert Friday night.The Grammy-winning entertainer has more than 30 million followers on Twitter and that's where she shared a link this week to a short video showing her doing a striptease and fooling around in a bathtub with two other women.She told her followers that it's a "surprise for...
News Analysis: Steroids and Back Pain: An Uneasy Match
Label: HealthRANDALL KINNAIRD’S legal clients had steroids injected into their backs last summer for a wide range of reasons. Of the 25, one got three shots in a two-month period when pain never totally disappeared. Another got one as a preventive measure because she was going on a trip to Europe and was worried that cobblestones would aggravate an old injury. Now the 25 — or their survivors — have...
Black Friday: A survival guide
Label: Business Shopping The plan | The numbers | The gear | The strategy | The apps | The start Black Friday, the most buzzed-about shopping day of the year, is starting even earlier this holiday season as retailers try to get a jump on the competition.
The official kickoff to the Christmas shopping rush,...
Nov
15
Veteran L.A. County sheriff's deputy charged with murder
Label: World After spending much of his life putting people behind bars, a veteran L.A. County sheriff's deputy stood in handcuffs Thursday,...
4 Latin Grammys to Jesse & Joy, Juanes wins too
Label: LifestyleLAS VEGAS (AP) — Mexican brother-sister duo Jesse & Joy and their pop hit "Corre!" ran away with four awards at the 13th Annual Latin Grammys, but Colombian rockero Juanes danced away with the award for best album for "MTV Unplugged" Thursday night."What a great joy. Thank God, and all the fans," Juanes said as he dragged Dominican mereguero Juan Luis Guerra, who produced the album, to the stage...
Change Rattles Leading Health-Funding Agency
Label: HealthMajor changes erupted at one of the world’s leading health-funding agencies Thursday as it hired a new director, dismissed the inspector general who had clashed with a previous director and announced a new approach to making grants. Alex Wong/Getty ImagesDr. Mark Dybul, who led the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, in 2007. Dr. Mark Dybul, the...
JPMorgan's California energy dealings draw more fire
Label: Business State and federal energy regulators moved on two fronts against the giant investment bank JPMorgan Chase & Co. over its...
Nov
14
L.A. County sheriff's deputy held in fatal off-duty shooting
Label: World A veteran Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy was arrested Wednesday for allegedly shooting and killing a man in Sylmar while...
Erdrich wins National Book Award for fiction
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — The National Book Awards on Wednesday honored both longtime writers and new authors, from Louise Erdrich for "The Round House" to Katherine Boo for her debut work, "Beyond the Beautiful Forevers."Erdrich, 58, has been a published and highly regarded author for nearly 30 years but had never won a National Book Award until being cited Wednesday for her story, the second of a planned...
Alzheimer’s Tied to Mutation Harming Immune Response
Label: HealthAlzheimer’s researchers and drug companies have for years concentrated on one hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease: the production of toxic shards of a protein that accumulate in plaques on the brain. But now, in a surprising coincidence, two groups of researchers working from entirely different starting points have converged on a mutated gene involved in another aspect of Alzheimer’s disease:...
Looming 'fiscal cliff' bringing Wall Street, Obama back together
Label: Business NEW YORK — There are growing signs that Wall Street is trying to mend its rocky relationship with a president who castigated...
Nov
13
David Petraeus scandal hits White House at awkward time
Label: World WASHINGTON— The messy scandal that forced CIA Director David H. Petraeus to resign and sparked a Pentagon investigation of the...
Zynga CFO David Wehner deflects to Facebook
Label: Technology
NEW YORK (AP) — Zynga‘s finance chief is leaving the troubled online game company to join Facebook.San Francisco-based Zynga Inc. said Tuesday that David Wehner will take a “senior finance position” at the social networking company. His exact title will be vice president of corporate finance and business planning, Facebook said.
Chief...
Man who accused Elmo puppeteer of teen sex recants
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — A man who accused Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash of having sex with him when he was a teenage boy has recanted his story.In a quick turnabout, the man on Tuesday described his sexual relationship with Clash as adult and consensual.Clash responded with a statement of his own, saying he is "relieved that this painful allegation has been put to rest." He had no further comment.The man, who...
‘Dream Team’ of Behavioral Scientists Advised Obama Campaign
Label: HealthChris Keane/ReutersDOOR TO DOOR Ricky Hall, an Obama volunteer, in Charlotte, N.C., last week. Late last year Matthew Barzun, an official with the Obama campaign, called Craig Fox, a psychologist in Los Angeles, and invited him to a political planning meeting in Chicago, according to two people who attended the session. “He said, ‘Bring the whole group; let’s hear what you have to say,’ ”...
McAfee proclaims innocence, alters look to evade Belize police
Label: Business In another twist to an already bizarre story, the founder of the McAfee anti-virus software company contacted an American journalist...
Nov
12
Prescription deaths: Lawmaker wants cases reported to Medical Board
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Lockheed says cyber attacks up sharply, suppliers targeted
Label: Technology
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon‘s No. 1 supplier, Lockheed Martin Corp, on Monday cited dramatic growth in the number and sophistication of international cyber attacks on its networks and said it was contacting suppliers to help them shore up their security.Chandra McMahon, Lockheed vice president and chief information security officer, said about...
'Skyfall' brings record Bond debut of $88.4M
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — James Bond is cashing in at the box office."Skyfall," the 23rd film featuring the British super-spy, pulled in a franchise-record $88.4 million in its U.S. debut, bringing its worldwide total to more than $500 million since it began rolling out overseas in late October.The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross,...
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