WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve said it will continue aggressive measures to stimulate the economy and made a major policy...
Familiar names line up for Golden Globe noms
Label: LifestyleBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — A familiar lineup of Hollywood awards contenders are expected among Golden Globe nominations, whose prospects include past Oscar winners Daniel Day-Lewis, Helen Mirren, Robert De Niro and Sally Field.Nominations come out Thursday morning for the 70th Globes ceremony, Hollywood's second-biggest film honors after the Academy Awards.Among potential contenders are two-time...
Another Look at a Drink Ingredient, Brominated Vegetable Oil
Label: HealthJames Edward Bates for The New York TimesSarah Kavanagh, 15, of Hattiesburg, Miss., started an online petition asking PepsiCo to change Gatorade’s formula. Sarah Kavanagh and her little brother were looking forward to the bottles of Gatorade they had put in the refrigerator after playing outdoors one hot, humid afternoon last month in Hattiesburg, Miss. But before she took a sip, Sarah, a...
Software pioneer John McAfee returns to U.S.
Label: Business Anti-virus software company founder John McAfee arrived in the U.S. late Wednesday after being deported from Guatemala, where...
Dec
12
Ravi Shankar, sitar master, dies at 92
Label: World Ravi Shankar was already revered as a master of the sitar in 1966 when he met George Harrison, the Beatle who became his most...
Pope Benedict offers blessings with his first tweet
Label: TechnologyVATICAN CITY (Reuters) – After weeks of anticipation, Pope Benedict sent his first tweet on Wednesday.“Dear friends, I am pleased to get in touch with you through Twitter. Thank you for your generous response. I bless all of you from my heart.”The tweet was sent when the 85-year-old pope tapped on a touch screen at the end of his weekly general audience in the Vatican before thousands of people.(Reporting...
Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar dies at 92
Label: LifestyleNEW DELHI (AP) — With an instrument perplexing to most Westerners, Ravi Shankar helped connect the world through music. The sitar virtuoso hobnobbed with the Beatles, became a hippie musical icon and spearheaded the first rock benefit concert as he introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over nearly a century.From George Harrison to John Coltrane, from Yehudi Menuhin to David Crosby,...
The New Old Age Blog: The Gift of Reading
Label: HealthThis is the year of the tablet, David Pogue of The Times has told us, and that may be good news for seniors who open holiday wrappings to find one tucked inside. They see better with tablets’ adjustable type size, new research shows. Reading becomes easier again.This may seem obvious — find me someone over 40 who doesn’t see better when fonts are larger — but it’s the business of science to test...
Michigan puts limits on unions
Label: Business NEW YORK —- Labor relations in the Midwest reached a new level of acrimony as Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder abruptly signed legislation...
Dec
11
Eastern Congo rebels thrive on fear, chaos
Label: World Los Angeles TimesRUTSHURU, Democratic Republic of Congo — The rebels materialized out of the moist, heavy air, startling the...
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