JERUSALEM (AP) — Clashes erupted Saturday in the West Bank, with Jewish settlers shooting two Palestinian demonstrators in the northern village of Kusra, an Israeli military official and Palestinian residents said. The unrest reflected mounting friction in the West Bank, where Palestinians have faced off against Israeli troops in recent weeks in a series of large demonstrations protesting...
Breaking Dawn - Part 2 Sweeps the Razzies
Label: Lifestyle By Stephen M. Silverman 02/23/2013 at 10:00 PM EST Taylor Lautner and Mackenzie Foy, in Breaking Dawn – Part 2 Andrew Cooper, SMPSP/Summit Who's misérable now?The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, Adam Sandler and Rihanna are among the "winners" of the 33rd annual Golden Raspberry Awards...
FDA approves new targeted breast cancer drug
Label: HealthWASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-a-kind breast cancer medication that targets tumor cells while sparing healthy ones.The drug Kadcyla from Roche combines the established drug Herceptin with a powerful chemotherapy drug and a third chemical linking the medicines together. The chemical keeps the cocktail intact until it binds to a cancer cell, delivering a potent...
Digital billboard company issues $100-million threat against L.A.
Label: Business An outdoor advertising company fighting to preserve dozens of digital billboards across Los Angeles warned this week that it...
Feb
22
Russians Demand Return of Brother of Dead Adopted Boy in Texas
Label: WorldMOSCOW — Russian lawmakers on Friday demanded the return of a 2-year-old boy whose 3-year-old brother, adopted by the same family in Texas, died under murky circumstances in January, prompting allegations of abuse and an investigation. The younger boy, Kristopher Shatto, who was born Kirill Kuzmin in Russia, remains in the custody of his adoptive parents, Alan and Laura Shatto, in Gardendale,...
Courtney Lopez: Gia Thinks Our Dog Is Having a Baby
Label: Lifestyle Mom & Babies Celebrity Baby Blog 02/22/2013 at 01:00 PM ET Denise Truscello/Wireimage Mario Lopez is a man of his word.Following a December wedding, the EXTRA host declared he and wife Courtney would get to work expanding their family immediately — and he wasn’t kidding.In January, the couple discovered...
FDA approves new targeted breast cancer drug
Label: HealthWASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-a-kind breast cancer medication that targets tumor cells while sparing healthy ones.The drug Kadcyla from Roche combines the established drug Herceptin with a powerful chemotherapy drug and a third chemical linking the medicines together. The chemical keeps the cocktail intact until it binds to a cancer cell, delivering a potent...
Councilman's preferred successor holds edge in Westside district
Label: Business When Los Angeles City Councilman Bill Rosendahl decided in October to retire and focus on battling cancer, he anointed Mike...
Feb
21
Montevideo Journal: Uruguay’s Video Game Start-Ups Garner Attention
Label: WorldMONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — For a start-up that has a hit video game for the iPhone, the new loft-style offices of Ironhide Game Studio are exactly what one would expect — a newly hired staff labors feverishly on software updates not far from a pinball machine and custom-built monster arcade cabinet intended for letting off steam. But the company, a success in the fiercely competitive field of...
Cirque Du Soleil Announces New Michael Jackson-Themed Show in Las Vegas
Label: Lifestyle By Mark Gray 02/21/2013 at 09:15 PM EST The logo Courtesy Cirque du Soleil The King of Pop will live in Vegas!The long-rumored Cirque Du Soleil show based on the music of Michael Jackson was formally announced Thursday afternoon.
Premiering June 29 at Las Vegas's...
APNewsBreak: Govs to hear Oregon health care plan
Label: HealthSALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber will brief other state leaders this weekend on his plan to lower Medicaid costs, touting an overhaul that President Barack Obama highlighted in his State of the Union address for its potential to lower the deficit even as health care expenses climb.The Oregon Democrat leaves for Washington, D.C., on Friday to pitch his plan that changes the way doctors...
Brown may forge alliance with GOP governors on health plan
Label: Business SACRAMENTO — When Gov. Jerry Brown meets with the nation's other governors this weekend in Washington, D.C., he will find common...
Feb
20
World Briefing | Africa: Nigeria: Security Service Says It Halted Group Watching Israeli and U.S. Targets
Label: World Nigeria’s State Security Service said Wednesday that it broke up what it characterized as a terrorist group, backed by “Iranian handlers,” that wanted to gather intelligence about locations frequented by Americans and Israelis. The service said it arrested three suspects, but one remained at large. A spokeswoman, Marilyn Ogar, who was reading from a statement, identified the head of the group as...
Baby Girl on the Way for Big Brother's Britney Haynes
Label: Lifestyle Mom & Babies Celebrity Baby Blog 02/20/2013 at 08:45 PM ET Britney Haynes is expecting a little houseguest of her own!“Halfway there and it’s definitely a GIRL!! She arrives in July; couldn’t be happier,” the Big Brother star Tweeted Wednesday.Along with her tweet, Haynes, 25, posted a photo of herself...
Scientists use 3-D printing to help grow an ear
Label: HealthWASHINGTON (AP) — Printing out body parts? Cornell University researchers showed it's possible by creating a replacement ear using a 3-D printer and injections of living cells.The work reported Wednesday is a first step toward one day growing customized new ears for children born with malformed ones, or people who lose one to accident or disease.It's part of the hot field of tissue regeneration, trying...
Greuel accuses Garcetti and Perry of lying about her record
Label: Business The Los Angeles mayor's race took a sharp negative turn Wednesday as City Controller Wendy Greuel accused rivals Eric Garcetti...
Feb
19
Pistorius Denies Murdering Girlfriend
Label: WorldSiphiwe Sibeko/ReutersOscar Pistorius wept at a hearing on Tuesday seeking bail. PRETORIA, South Africa — Early on Feb. 14, Oscar Pistorius says, he heard a strange noise coming from inside his bathroom, climbed out of bed, grabbed his 9-millimeter pistol, hobbled on his stumps to the door and fired four shots. “I fail to understand how I could be charged with murder, let alone premeditated,”...
What's Next for Mindy McCready's Two Young Boys?
Label: Lifestyle By Steve Helling 02/19/2013 at 07:00 PM EST Mindy McCready's apparent suicide on Sunday has left her two young sons in custodial limbo.The boys – Zander, 6, and Zayne, 10 months – had been in state custody since Feb. 7, when McCready called police to ask for help in making her father and stepmother leave her...
Drug overdose deaths up for 11th consecutive year
Label: HealthCHICAGO (AP) — Drug overdose deaths rose for the 11th straight year, federal data show, and most of them were accidents involving addictive painkillers despite growing attention to risks from these medicines."The big picture is that this is a big problem that has gotten much worse quickly," said Dr. Thomas Frieden, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which gathered and analyzed...
Massive mixed-use project in Hollywood clears a hurdle
Label: Business A proposal for two skyscrapers that would flank the Capitol Records tower in Hollywood gained the approval of the city's planning...
Feb
18
China’s Army Is Seen as Tied to Hacking Against U.S.
Label: WorldThis 12-story building on the outskirts of Shanghai is the headquarters of Unit 61398 of the People’s Liberation Army. China’s defense ministry has denied that it is responsible for initiating digital attacks. On the outskirts of Shanghai, in a run-down neighborhood dominated by a 12-story white office tower, sits a People’s Liberation Army base for China’s growing corps of cyberwarriors. ...
Mindy McCready: Under Police Scrutiny at Time of Suicide?
Label: Lifestyle By Steve Helling and Mike Fleeman 02/18/2013 at 06:00 PM EST Mindy McCready and David Wilson Courtesy Mindy McCready When Mindy McCready talked to police in recent weeks, her account of how her boyfriend came to be found with a fatal gunshot wound to the head...
Hip implants a bit more likely to fail in women
Label: HealthCHICAGO (AP) — Hip replacements are slightly more likely to fail in women than in men, according to one of the largest studies of its kind in U.S. patients. The risk of the implants failing is low, but women were 29 percent more likely than men to need a repeat surgery within the first three years.The message for women considering hip replacement surgery remains unclear. It's not known which models...
State opens new prison psychiatric ward
Label: Business Inmates await treatment at the new mental health unit at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, Calif. The $24-million treatment...
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