LONDON (AP) — It's the prize no author wants to win.Award-winning novelist Nancy Huston won Britain's Bad Sex in Fiction award Tuesday for her novel "Infrared," whose tale of a photographer who takes pictures of her lovers during sex proved too revealing for the judges.The choice was announced by "Downton Abbey" actress Samantha Bond during a ceremony at the Naval & Military Club in London.Judges...
Stocks close lower as budget talks continue
Label: Business Stocks are closed slightly lower on Wall Street as budget talks continue in Washington. The Dow Jones industrial average fell...
Dec
03
Two Mexican nationals charged in killing of U.S. Coast Guardsman
Label: World Federal prosecutors charged two Mexican nationals in connection with killing U.S. Coast Guardsmen Terrell Horne III after they...
Additional copies of 'Lincoln' headed to theaters
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — "Lincoln" is marching to more movie theaters.Disney, which distributed the DreamWorks film, is making additional prints of director Steven Spielberg's historical saga starring Daniel Day-Lewis to meet an unexpected demand that has left some moviegoers in Alaska out in the cold."To say that we're encouraged by the results to date or that they've exceeded our expectations is an understatement,"...
Global Update: GlaxoSmithKline Tops Access to Medicines Index
Label: HealthSang Tan/Associated PressGlaxoSmithKline hung on to its perennial top spot in the new Access to Medicines Index released last week, but its competitors are closing in. Every two years, the index ranks the world’s top 20 pharmaceutical companies based on how readily they get medicines they hold patents on to the world’s poor, how much research they do on tropical diseases, how ethically...
Chinese units of 5 big U.S. audit firms charged
Label: Business WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have charged the Chinese affiliates of five of the biggest U.S. accounting firms with impeding...
Dec
02
Northridge residents stunned by multiple slayings
Label: World Shane Grady woke up "from a dead sleep" early Sunday when he heard gunshots.He dropped to the floor and looked out his window,...
Young down by boardwalk for benefit show
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Neil Young said Sunday that he couldn't see performing in the area devastated by Superstorm Sandy without doing something to help people who were affected by it.Young and his longtime backing band, Crazy Horse, will hold a benefit concert for the American Red Cross' storm relief effort Thursday at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City. The New Jersey coastline areas were...
Unboxed: Stand-Up Desks Gaining Favor in the Workplace
Label: HealthTHE health studies that conclude that people should sit less, and get up and move around more, have always struck me as fitting into the “well, duh” category. But a closer look at the accumulating research on sitting reveals something more intriguing, and disturbing: the health hazards of sitting for long stretches are significant even for people who are quite active when they’re not sitting...
Chinatrust Bank headquarters coming to downtown Los Angeles
Label: Business Chinatrust Bank has agreed to move its U.S. headquarters from Torrance to downtown Los Angeles.The bank will rent two floors in 801 Tower, a company representative...
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