The sound of chanting echoed through the makeshift temple, to the slow steady pulse of a drum.Forty-nine days had passed since...
Praying Hitler in ex-Warsaw ghetto sparks emotion
Label: LifestyleWARSAW, Poland (AP) — A statue of Adolf Hitler praying on his knees is on display in the former Warsaw Ghetto, the place where so many Jews were killed or sent to their deaths by Hitler’s regime, and it is provoking mixed reactions.The work, “HIM” by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, has drawn many visitors since it was installed last month. It is visible only from a distance, and the artist doesn’t...
Senate Leaders Racing to Beat Fiscal Deadline
Label: BusinessWASHINGTON — Senate leaders and their aides spent Saturday searching for a formula to extend tax cuts for most Americans that could win bipartisan support in the Senate and final approval in the fractious House by the new year, hoping to prevent large tax increases and budget cuts that could threaten the fragile economy. As part of the last-minute negotiations, the lawmakers were haggling...
Dec
28
Anxious New Yorkers grapple with second subway death in a month
Label: World NEW YORK — As police continued searching Friday for a woman who witnesses say sent a man to his death by pushing him into an...
Makers of $99 Android-Powered Game Console Ship First 1,200 ‘Ouyas’
Label: TechnologyLike Nintendo’s Wii U game console, the Ouya (that’s “OOH-yuh”) has an unusual name and even more unusual hardware. The console is roughly the size of a Rubik’s cube, and is powered by Android, Google‘s open-source operating system that’s normally found on smartphones and tablets.Ouya’s makers, who are preparing the console for its commercial launch, encourage interested gamers to pop the case open...
Fans to join Beyonce onstage at Super Bowl
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — All the single ladies — and fellas — will have a chance to join Beyonce onstage at the upcoming Super Bowl.Pepsi announced Friday that 100 fans will hit the stage when the Grammy-winning diva performs on Feb. 3 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. A contest that kicks off Saturday will allow fans to submit photos of themselves in various poses, including head bopping, feet...
Surgery Returns to NYU Langone Medical Center
Label: HealthChang W. Lee/The New York TimesSenator Charles E. Schumer spoke at a news conference Thursday about the reopening of NYU Langone Medical Center. NYU Langone Medical Center opened its doors to surgical patients on Thursday, almost two months after Hurricane Sandy overflowed the banks of the East River and forced the evacuation of hundreds of patients. While the medical center had been treating...
Dec
27
L.A. gun buyback program breaks a record
Label: World A one-day gun buyback event in Los Angeles on Wednesday gathered 2,037 firearms, including 75 assault weapons and two rocket...
KOL’s Nathan Followill, Jessie Baylin welcome baby
Label: LifestyleNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Kings of Leon family has just gotten bigger.Drummer Nathan Followill and his wife, singer-songwriter Jessie Baylin, welcomed a baby girl on Wednesday. It’s the first baby for the couple and the third for the Followill family band. Nathan Followill’s brother Caleb and cousin Matthew also have children.A spokesman says Violet Marlowe Followill was born at 4:01 p.m. in Nashville....
7-Eleven Stores Focus on Healthier Food Options
Label: HealthThe chain that is home of the Slurpee, Big Gulp and self-serve nachos with chili and cheese is betting that consumers will stop in for yogurt parfaits, crudité and lean turkey on whole wheat bread. 7-Eleven, the convenience store chain, is restocking its shelves with an eye toward health. Over the last year, the retailer has introduced a line of fresh foods for the calorie conscious and trimmed...
Latest Netflix Disruption Highlights Challenges of Cloud Computing
Label: BusinessFor some on Christmas Eve, “White Christmas” was a blackout on Netflix. That’s because problems with Amazon’s cloud computing service, which provides storage and computing power for all kinds of Web sites and services, caused Netflix to go down for much of the day. In updates on a Web site that reports on the status of its online services, Amazon traced the trouble to Elastic Load...
Dec
26
Toyota to pay big to settle suits
Label: World Toyota Motor Corp., moving to put years of legal problems behind it, has agreed to pay more than $1 billion to settle dozens...
DC police investigating ‘Meet the Press’ incident
Label: LifestyleWASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia police say they are investigating an incident in which NBC News journalist David Gregory displayed what he described as a high-capacity ammunition magazine on “Meet the Press.”Gun laws in the nation’s capital generally restrict the possession of high-capacity magazines, regardless of whether the device is attached to a firearm. Gregory held up the magazine as...
Elwood V. Jensen, Pioneer in Breast Cancer Treatment, Dies at 92
Label: HealthElwood V. Jensen, a medical researcher whose studies of steroid hormones led to new treatments for breast cancer that have been credited with saving or extending hundreds of thousands of lives, died on Dec. 16 in Cincinnati. He was 92. The cause was complications of pneumonia, his son, Thomas Jensen, said. In 2004 Dr. Jensen received the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award,...
As Fiscal Deadline Looms, Path to Deal Remains Unclear
Label: BusinessAlex Wong/Getty ImagesHouse Republican leaders called on the Senate to act on fiscal legislation, which focused new attention on Senator Mitch McConnell, right. WASHINGTON — With just five days left to make a deal, President Obama and members of the Senate were set to return to Washington on Thursday with no clear path out of their fiscal morass even as the Treasury Department warned that the government...
Dec
25
Lakers snap Christmas Day streak with win over Knicks
Label: World Lakers 100, Knicks 94 (final)The Lakers closed out the New York Knicks on Christmas Day to win their fifth in a row, avenging...
NORAD says record number of calls to track Santa
Label: LifestylePETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) — Most of the thousands of children who call the annual Santa-tracking operation at a Colorado Air Force Base on Christmas Eve ask the usual questions: “Where’s Santa, and when will he get here?”So volunteer Sara Berghoff was caught off-guard Monday when a child called to see if Santa could be especially kind this year to the families affected by the Connecticut...
Op-Ed Contributor: Our Failed Approach to Schizophrenia
Label: Health TOO many pendulums have swung in the wrong directions in the United States. I am not referring only to the bizarre all-or-nothing rhetoric around gun control, but to the swing in mental health care over the past 50 years: too little institutionalizing of teenagers and young adults (particularly men, generally more prone to violence) who have had a recent onset of schizophrenia; too little education...
Yen Falls as Japan Forms New Government
Label: BusinessTOKYO (Reuters) - The yen fell to a 20-month low against the dollar on Wednesday, buoying the benchmark Nikkei stock average, as Japan ushers in a new prime minister eager to pursue drastic stimulus steps to drive the country's economy out of deflation. Asian shares and other assets were capped in thin holiday trade, with investors focusing on the fate of U.S. negotiations to avert a budget...
Dec
24
Jack Klugman dies at 90; star of TV's 'The Odd Couple,' 'Quincy'
Label: World Jack Klugman, the three-time Emmy Award-winning actor best known for his portrayals of slovenly sportswriter Oscar Madison on TV's “The Odd Couple” and the title role...
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