CAIRO — It was a bloody ordeal with tick-tock drama and a watching world.The hostages at a natural gas complex in the Sahara...
Google CEO Page on Apple’s ‘thermonuclear’ Android war: ‘How well is that working?’
Label: TechnologyGoogle (GOOG) CEO Larry Page seems unimpressed by Apple’s (AAPL) “thermonuclear war” against his company’s operating system. In an interview with Wired posted Thursday, Page was asked to respond to reports about the late Steve Jobs being “competitive enough to claim that he was willing to ‘go to thermonuclear war’ on Android.” Page responded with one sentence: “How well is that working?” Wired...
Obamas join military families for kids' concert
Label: LifestyleWASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia are rocking out with hundreds of kids from military families and Washington-area public schools at the Kids' Inaugural Concert.Pop star Usher started off the proceedings Saturday evening with his hit song "Yeah." The concert is chock-full of A-list talent, including Katy Perry, Mindless Behavior and members of the cast of the...
Op-Ed Contributor: Eat Like a Mennonite
Label: Health ON the second day of my chemical-detox diet, I was very hungry. I’d been eating like a rabbit, all carrots and greens that I’d gathered, barehanded, from the baskets of the farmer’s market, no gloves or plastic bags allowed. I cooked up some quinoa that I bought packaged in paper from the supermarket sometimes known as Whole Paycheck. I was effectively a vegan because I couldn’t find meat or cheese...
Downtown L.A.'s edgy arts district is neighborhood in transition
Label: Business When Gideon Kotzer set out to open a discount electronics store in the mid-1990s, he deliberately chose an old warehouse in...
Jan
18
Degree of L.A.'s fiscal problems splits mayoral candidates
Label: World A virtual unknown straining to make his mark in the race for mayor of Los Angeles offered an alarming assessment of the city's...
RIM offers Android developers up to $2,000 to port apps to BlackBerry 10 this weekend
Label: TechnologyRIM (RIMM) really wants Android developers to bring their apps over to BlackBerry 10, and it’s got the cash to prove it. Via AndroidGuys, it seems that RIM will hold a “BlackBerry 10 Last Chance Port-A-Thon” that will pay Android developers $ 100 for every approved app they port over to BlackBerry 10, with a limite of 20 different paid apps per developer. RIM says that the “port-a-thon” will start...
'Ripper Street' stars Macfadyen, 1880s London
Label: LifestylePASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Matthew Macfadyen is perfectly presentable in jeans and a crewneck sweater that coordinates nicely with the blue of his eyes.But the look is far from the elegant attire he wore as Mr. Darcy opposite Keira Knightley's Elizabeth in the 2005 film "Pride & Prejudice." And his posture is just as casual, which he acknowledges might offend the aristocratic character's diehard...
Well: A Great Grain Adventure
Label: HealthThis week, the Recipes for Health columnist Martha Rose Shulman asks readers to go beyond wild rice and get adventurous with their grains. She offers new recipes with some unusual grains you may not have ever cooked or eaten. Her recipes this week include:Millet: Millet can be used in bird seed and animal feed, but the grain is enjoying a renaissance in the United States right now as a great source...
Controversial full-body scanners to be removed from airports
Label: Business The Transportation Security Administration is removing controversial full-body scanners made by a Torrance manufacturer, winning...
Jan
17
Algeria raid puts a lawless region in the spotlight
Label: World CAIRO — The offensive by Algerian soldiers to free hostages at a natural gas complex has refocused world attention on the dangers...
The aggressively priced Lumia 620 is Nokia’s make or break model
Label: TechnologyNokia (NOK) has started pricing the Lumia 620 in Asia nearly 20% below the rival Windows mid-market model, the HTC (2498) 8S. This is remarkably aggressive considering the 620 has a higher pixel density and twice as much internal memory. The 620 is the keystone phone for Nokia. It is launching before RIM (RIMM) gets its new budget BlackBerry phones out and before Samsung (005930) or LG (066570) enter...
Robert Wagner not interviewed in new Wood inquiry
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — Robert Wagner has declined to be interviewed by detectives in a renewed inquiry into the drowning death of his wife Natalie Wood three decades ago, an investigator said Thursday.Wagner was interviewed by authorities soon after Wood's drowning in 1981, but the e actor is the only person who was on the yacht the night Wood died who has not spoken to detectives as part of the latest...
Life, Interrupted: Brotherly Love
Label: HealthLife, InterruptedSuleika Jaouad writes about her experiences as a young adult with cancer.There are a lot of things about having cancer in your 20s that feel absurd. One of those instances was when I found myself calling my brother Adam on Skype while he was studying abroad in Argentina to tell him that I had just been diagnosed with leukemia and that — no pressure — he was my only hope for a cure.Today,...
Bank of America, Citigroup earnings disappoint investors
Label: Business NEW YORK — Bank of America Corp.'s and Citigroup Inc.'s lackluster earnings led Wall Street to question how long it will take...
Jan
16
JPMorgan, Goldman profits rise sharply
Label: World NEW YORK — Two major Wall Street banks reported a surge in profits during the last three months of 2012, but analysts cast doubt...
NVIDIA’s ‘Project SHIELD’ Console Faces Three Challenges
Label: TechnologyDespite being announced at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show, NVIDIA’s Project SHIELD isn’t the first game-console-in-a-controller to be announced this year. That honor goes to the GameStick, an indie project being funded on Kickstarter. As relative newcomers to the gaming scene, GameStick‘s creators face an uphill battle for acceptance, from both potential buyers and game developers.But despite...
Obama calls for research on media in gun violence
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood and the video game industry received scant attention Wednesday when President Barack Obama unveiled sweeping proposals for curbing gun violence in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting.The White House pressed most forcefully for a reluctant Congress to pass universal background checks and bans on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines...
Study Confirms Benefits of Flu Vaccine for Pregnant Women
Label: HealthWhile everyone is being urged to get the flu vaccine as soon as possible, some pregnant women avoid it in the belief that it may harm their babies. A large new study confirms that they should be much more afraid of the flu than the vaccine. Norwegian researchers studied fetal death among 113,331 women pregnant during the H1N1 flu pandemic of 2009-2010. Some 54,065 women were unvaccinated,...
Container traffic at L.A., Long Beach ports up slightly in 2012
Label: Business The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which together make up one of Southern California's most important job engines, held...
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