The Los Angeles Fire Department, which has been embroiled in a months-long controversy over response-time data, has failed to...
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...
Well: Meatless Main Dishes for a Holiday Table
Label: HealthMost vegetarian diners are happy to fill their plates with delicious sides and salads, but if you want to make them feel special, consider one of these main course vegetarian dishes from Martha Rose Shulman. All of them are inspired by Greek cooking, which has a rich tradition of vegetarian meals.I know that Greek food is not exactly what comes to mind when you hear the word “Thanksgiving,” yet why...
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
16
Obama, Hill leaders optimistic on fiscal cliff
Label: World WASHINGTON -- Emerging from a closed meeting with President Obama at the White House on Friday, the administration and congressional...
Judge grants Miley Cyrus civil restraining order
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has granted Miley Cyrus a three-year civil restraining order against a man convicted of trespassing at her home in Los Angeles.The stay-away order was granted Friday against Jason Luis Rivera by Superior Court Judge William D. Stewart.The 40-year-old Rivera was convicted in October of trespassing at the singer's home and sentenced to 18 months in jail.He is scheduled to...
Well: Learning That Odd Is Normal
Label: HealthA few months ago, I was at home reading a review copy of “Oddly Normal” by my colleague John Schwartz. The book begins with the suicide attempt of John’s then 13-year-old son, Joe, who had recently told his classmates he was gay. It goes on to explain how Joe’s parents struggled with a school system that didn’t always understand their son, and how Joe eventually found the path to self acceptance.But...
Sources: New owners plan Peter Liguori as Tribune Co. CEO
Label: Business The new owners set to take control of Tribune Co. when it emerges from bankruptcy protection plan to name television executive...
Nov
15
Egypt calls on U.S. to help stop Gaza fighting
Label: World Rockets From Gaza Jolt Tel Aviv Area
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Holidays become a cable TV industry
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — If the holidays still seem a long way off, you clearly haven't done much television channel surfing lately.The Hallmark channel has already begun two months of wall-to-wall holiday programming. Lifetime has ramped up its seasonal selections with 10 new made-for-TV movies, the first one airing last weekend. ABC Family's annual "25 Days of Christmas" programming isn't enough, so they...
Ask an Expert: Answers About Alzheimer’s, Part 1
Label: Health Because of the number of questions, his answers are being split into several parts. The first two, today and Friday, focus on diagnostic issues, including new tests, the role played by genetics and inheritance, causes and policy issues. Next Wednesday Dr. Doraiswamy will address treatment, patient care and new clinical trials. (Some questions published here have been edited, and not all questions...
Freddie Mac: Mortgage rates scrape bottom again; 30-year at 3.34%
Label: Business Lenders were offering fixed-rate 30-year home loans to solid borrowers at an average of 3.34% this week, the latest in a series...
Bon Jovi daughter recovering after heroin OD in NY
Label: LifestyleHAMILTON, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say Jon Bon Jovi's 19-year-old daughter is hospitalized after overdosing on heroin in a dorm at her upstate New York college.Town of Kirkland police say an ambulance was sent to Hamilton College early Wednesday morning after a report that a female had apparently overdosed on heroin.Investigator Peter Cania (KAYN'-yah) says Stephanie Bongiovi, of Red Bank, N.J., is...
Kidney Donors Given Mandatory Safeguards
Label: HealthST. LOUIS — Addressing long-held concerns about whether organ donors have adequate protections, the country’s transplant regulators acted late Monday to require that hospitals thoroughly inform living kidney donors of the risks they face, fully evaluate their medical and psychological suitability, and then track their health for two years after donation. Enactment of the policies by the...
Fed minutes suggest new bond-buying plan is likely
Label: Business The Federal Reserve will likely announce a new bond buying program in December to try to spur job growth. The purchases would...
Nov
13
Brown says Prop. 30 not a panacea, thanks Cal State for support
Label: World Gov. Jerry Brown said Tuesday his tax hike measure wasn't a "panacea" to the state's budget problems and that more effort will...
Verizon and HTC’s latest twist: The $199 Droid DNA
Label: Technology
Verizon and HTC unveiled a new device that the two hope will appeal to customers during the holiday season, while helping to reverse HTC’s floundering fortunes.The phone, the Droid DNA, sports a 5-inch screen, putting it more in the “phablet” category with Samsung‘s Galaxy Note. It runs on Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean and includes a boatload of powerful features,...
Day-Lewis heeded inner ear to find Lincoln's voice
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — A towering figure such as Abraham Lincoln, who stood 6 feet 4 and was one of history's master orators, must have had a booming voice to match, right? Not in Daniel Day-Lewis' interpretation.Day-Lewis, who plays the 16th president in Steven Spielberg's epic film biography "Lincoln," which goes into wide release this weekend, settled on a higher, softer voice, saying it's more true...
The Neediest Cases: Single Mother Battling Breast Cancer Takes Strength From Her Children
Label: HealthShe had not expected her fingernails to feel as if they had been hollowed out. Suzanne DeChillo/The New York TimesJosmery Batista, 34, with her children: Analisse, 4, left; Erika, 10; and Jeremy, 1. Ms. Batista is receiving chemotherapy treatment. For the past 100 years, The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund has provided direct assistance to children, families...
Medicare paid $1.5 billion in improper therapy claims in 2009
Label: Business A new federal report says skilled-nursing facilities overbilled Medicare for therapy and other care, costing taxpayers $1.5...
Nov
12
U.S. to become world's largest oil producer before 2020, IEA says
Label: World This post has been corrected. See below for details.The U.S. will become the world’s top producer of oil within five years,...
Judge halves slander verdict won by casino mogul
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has slashed a damage verdict favoring casino mogul Steve Wynn in a slander case against "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis.Superior Court Judge Joanne O'Donnell issued the ruling Friday invalidating certain claims and trimming the damage amount from $40 million to $19 million.The move comes after lawyers for Francis argued that O'Donnell erred when she allowed jurors...
Personal Best: Quitting Smoking for Good
Label: HealthFew smokers would claim that it’s easy to quit. The addiction to nicotine is strong and repeatedly reinforced by circumstances that prompt smokers to light up.Yet the millions who have successfully quit are proof that a smoke-free life is achievable, even by those who have been regular, even heavy, smokers for decades.Today, 19 percent of American adults smoke, down from more than 42 percent half...
Google announces $199 Acer laptop
Label: Business Google has announced yet another computer for its line of Chromebooks, this one built by Acer with a sticker price of $199.The...
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