Stocks dipped Wednesday, recording their first loss of the week. President Barack Obama and Republicans in Congress sniped at...
Dec
19
Army seeks death for Sgt. Robert Bales in Afghan shooting rampage
Label: World SEATTLE -- The commanders at Joint Base Lewis-McChord have decided to refer the case against Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales for...
Wii U finally gets Nintendo’s TVii service on December 20th
Label: TechnologyAfter a month-long delay, Nintendo (NTDOY) will launch its Nintendo TVii service for the Wii U on December 20th in the U.S. and Canada. Nintendo TVii is the company’s take on organizing all of the various video streaming and DVR services a user might subscribe to and then displaying them in an easy-to-navigate touchscreen-based interface on the Wii U GamePad. With Nintendo...
Singer Jenni Rivera celebrated at memorial
Label: LifestyleUNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (AP) — The life of Jenni Rivera was celebrated in song, as passionate fans chanted "Jen-ni! Jen-ni!" at the singer's memorial service billed by her family a "celestial graduation."Rivera's children and singers Olga Tanon and Joan Sebastian performed during the nearly 2 ½-hour service Wednesday at the Gibson Amphitheatre, where thousands of fans gathered to salute the "Diva de...
Lawyer Says Ritual Circumcision Is Protected Activity
Label: HealthA lawyer for Orthodox Jewish groups asked a federal judge on Tuesday to throw out a New York City regulation requiring parents to sign a consent form before their infant sons undergo a form of Jewish ritual circumcision in which the circumciser uses his mouth to remove blood from the incision. The lawyer, Shay Dvoretzky, said the practice, which is prevalent in parts of the ultra-Orthodox...
Dec
18
Boehner's 'Plan B' immediately encounters opposition
Label: WorldHouse Speaker John Boehner says he is readying a backup bill aimed at averting the "fiscal cliff." WASHINGTON -- House Speaker...
CBS dominates week in TV ratings
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — CBS had little competition for dominance last week in the television ratings.The network had 17 of the 25 most-watched programs on the air last week, according to the Nielsen company. It beat second-place NBC by an average of nearly four million viewers a night last week, and also took the 18-to-49-year-old demographic that advertisers seek."60 Minutes" and "NCIS" were the most popular...
Ancient Bones That Tell a Story of Compassion
Label: HealthLorna TilleyDISABLED Almost all the other skeletons at the Man Bac site, south of Hanoi, are straight. But the man now called Burial 9 was laid to rest curled in a fetal position that suggests lifelong paralysis. While it is a painful truism that brutality and violence are at least as old as humanity, so, it seems, is caring for the sick and disabled. And some archaeologists are suggesting...
Builder confidence in housing is at highest point since 2006
Label: Business A Toll Bros. home under construction this year in Philadelphia. Builders' confidence in the housing market has improved,...
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