SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday named a vocal advocate of shorter sentences and community treatment to run the state's...
Dec
18
Iraq’s President, Jalal Talabani, Hospitalized After Stroke
Label: WorldBAGHDAD — Jalal Talabani, the president of Iraq, whose influence in mediating disputes among the country’s many political factions has far outweighed the limited powers of the office he occupies, suffered a stroke and was in grave health on Tuesday in a Baghdad hospital. Scott Nelson/WpN for The New York TimesPresident Jilal Talabani of Iraq, pictured in May 2006, has been receiving medical...
Nielsen to buy Arbitron for about $1.26B
Label: TechnologyNEW YORK (AP) — Nielsen, the dominant source of TV ratings, on Tuesday said it had agreed to buy Arbitron for about $ 1.26 billion to expand into radio measurement.Arbitron pays 70,000 people to carry around gadgets that register what stations they’re listening to. Since Nielsen also collects cash register data, CEO David Calhoun said buying Arbitron will let Nielsen be a one-stop shop for advertisers...
Kristen Stewart Apologizes for Making Everyone 'So Angry'
Label: Lifestyle 12/18/2012 at 06:30 PM EST Kristen Stewart Lorenzo Bevilaqua/Disney/Getty Kristen Stewart is once again saying she's sorry.A few months after publicly expressing regret over cheating on boyfriend Robert Pattinson with her Snow White and the Huntsman director...
Experts: Kids are resilient in coping with trauma
Label: HealthWASHINGTON (AP) — They might not want to talk about the gunshots or the screams. But their toys might start getting into imaginary shootouts.Last week's school shooting in Connecticut raises the question: What will be the psychological fallout for the children who survived?For people of any age, regaining a sense of security after surviving violence can take a long time. They're at risk for lingering...
Grand jury probes L.A. County sheriff's handling of FBI informant
Label: Business When Los Angeles County jail officials learned last year that one of their inmates was a secret FBI informant, they launched...
Dec
17
Hearing Into Litvinenko’s Death Still Leaves Motive a Mystery
Label: World But, after potentially explosive disclosures at a preinquest hearing last week, a more fundamental question seems to arise: Are the mysteries of his poisoning by the rare and highly toxic isotope polonium 210 approaching something akin to resolution, or are they simply condemned to deepen? “The Alexander Litvinenko affair has been an unbelievably murky business,” The Times of London observed...
The Voice's Top Three Give Final Performances in the Competition
Label: Lifestyle TV Watch The Voice By Julia Haskins 12/17/2012 at 10:25 PM EST From left: Judges Adam Levine, Cee Lo Green, Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton Trae Patton/NBC Monday night's episode of The Voice gave the final three contestants three chances to earn fans' votes....
Experts: No link between Asperger's, violence
Label: HealthNEW YORK (AP) — While an official has said that the 20-year-old gunman in the Connecticut school shooting had Asperger's syndrome, experts say there is no connection between the disorder and violence.Asperger's is a mild form of autism often characterized by social awkwardness."There really is no clear association between Asperger's and violent behavior," said psychologist Elizabeth Laugeson, an assistant...
In wake of Newtown tragedy, LAPD to step-up presence at elementary, middle schools
Label: Business The Los Angeles Police Department plans to significantly increase its presence at the city's more than 540 public elementary...
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