Hassan Ammar/Associated PressProtests continued on Tuesday outside the presidential palace in Cairo. CAIRO — President Mohamed Morsi’s advisers struggled Tuesday to work with a panel of politicians and intellectuals in an effort to work out last-minute proposals that might broaden support for an Islamist-backed draft constitution that is set to go before Egypt’s voters on Saturday, participants said....
Hugh Hefner's Engagement Ring to Crystal Harris Revealed
Label: Lifestyle By Mike Fleeman 12/11/2012 at 07:00 PM EST The wedding's back on – though it may be a good idea to save that gift receipt. Hugh Hefner, 86, officially confirms that he is once again engaged to Crystal Harris, 26, telling his Twitter followers, "I've given Crystal Harris a ring. I love the girl."
And to prove...
DA investigating Texas' troubled $3B cancer agency
Label: HealthAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Turmoil surrounding an unprecedented $3 billion cancer-fighting effort in Texas worsened Tuesday when its executive director offered his resignation and the state's chief public corruption prosecutor announced an investigation into the beleaguered agency.No specific criminal allegations are driving the latest probe into the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, said...
Grant to aid UC Berkeley's undocumented students
Label: Business UC Berkeley announced a $1-million grant Tuesday to boost financial aid for undocumented students, which is thought to be the...
Dec
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World Briefing | Asia: Chinese Leader Offers Policy Hints
Label: World The state news media confirmed Monday that Xi Jinping, the new Communist Party chief, visited Guangdong Province over the weekend, a trip first reported by Hong Kong news organizations. Mr. Xi chose Guangdong and the special economic zone of Shenzhen for his first tour outside of Beijing as party chief, signaling that he might favor more market-oriented economic policies. Xinhua, the state news agency,...
Massive HP conference draws 10,000 attendees to ogle products, speakers, presentations
Label: TechnologyBy Suzy HansenMore than 10,000 customers, partners and attendees flocked to the Hewlett-Packard Discover conference in Frankfurt, Germany, this week to learn about HP’s latest products, exchange ideas, swap business cards and basically examine whether HP can improve the way their companies are run. The event was held at Messe Frankfurt, one of the world’s largest trade exhibition sites.CEO Meg Whitman...
Hayden Panettiere Splits with Scotty McKnight
Label: Lifestyle 12/10/2012 at 07:50 PM EST Hayden Panettiere and Scotty McKnight Splash News Online Is there a tear in her beer?Nashville star Hayden Panettiere has broken up with her boyfriend of more than a year, New York Jets wide receiver Scotty McKnight, a source confirms...
Surprise: New insurance fee in health overhaul law
Label: HealthWASHINGTON (AP) — Your medical plan is facing an unexpected expense, so you probably are, too. It's a new, $63-per-head fee to cushion the cost of covering people with pre-existing conditions under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.The charge, buried in a recent regulation, works out to tens of millions of dollars for the largest companies, employers say. Most of that is likely to be passed...
L.A. Archdiocese personnel files could be released next month
Label: Business After five years of legal wrangling, confidential personnel files of at least 69 priests accused of sexually abusing children...
Dec
09
Sunni Muslim and Alawite Militias Clash in Lebanon
Label: WorldOmar Ibrahim/ReutersLebanese gunmen fired in Tripoli as bodies arrived from Syria. TRIPOLI, Lebanon — Clashes between Sunni Muslim and Alawite militias have killed at least 17 people here recently in perhaps the worst spillover of violence from the civil war in neighboring Syria. Tripoli, which is Lebanon’s second-largest city and is close to the northern border with Syria, has long been...
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