NEW YORK (AP) — From the Rocky Mountains to New England, hospitals are swamped with people with flu symptoms. Some medical centers are turning away visitors or making them wear face masks, and one Pennsylvania hospital set up a tent outside its ER to deal with the feverish patients.Flu season in the U.S. has struck early and, in many places, hard.While flu normally doesn't blanket the country until...
Irvine City Council overhauls oversight, spending on Great Park
Label: Business Capping a raucous eight-hour-plus meeting, the Irvine City Council early Wednesday voted to overhaul the oversight and spending...
Jan
09
Chinese Officials Pledge to Loosen Controls Over Embattled Newspaper
Label: WorldGUANGZHOU, China — Propaganda officials in the southern province of Guangdong have agreed to loosen some controls over an embattled newspaper whose struggle against censorship has galvanized free-speech advocates across China, according to journalists at the newspaper. The agreement was part of a compromise in which reporters and editors who had said they would strike continued to work to...
‘Liquipod’ takes smartphone waterproofing on the road
Label: TechnologyAmid a sea of Ultra-HD TVs, smart washing machines and various other gadgets, waterproofing expert Liquipel took to CES 2013 to make two announcements. The firm, which adds an interior and exterior waterproof nanocoating to cell phones, revealed a new and improved waterproofing material that is even more effective than its first-generation solution. Liquipel also unveiled its new “Liquipod,”...
Sandra Bullock Honored at People's Choice Awards for New Orleans Support
Label: Lifestyle By Alison Schwartz 01/09/2013 at 10:45 PM EST Sandra Bullock at the Warren Easton Charter High School Health Clinic in New Orleans in August 2010 James Crump/Getty Sandra Bullock took home big honors for her work in the Big Easy Wednesday night.The People's Choice Awards crowned the Oscar-winning...
Retooling Pap test to spot more kinds of cancer
Label: HealthWASHINGTON (AP) — For years, doctors have lamented that there's no Pap test for deadly ovarian cancer. Wednesday, scientists reported encouraging signs that one day, there might be.Researchers are trying to retool the Pap, a test for cervical cancer that millions of women get, so that it could spot early signs of other gynecologic cancers, too.How? It turns out that cells can flake off of tumors in...
Closing arguments made in slaying of neo-Nazi father
Label: Business One photograph captured Jeffrey Hall and his children frolicking in the surf, the other showed his son gripping a toy gun and...
Jan
08
Aid Groups Report Rising Misery Among Displaced Syrians
Label: WorldNew signs of deprivation plaguing Syria’s war-ravaged civilians emerged on Tuesday, with the United Nations saying it is unable to feed a million hungry residents in combat zones and aid agencies reporting an outbreak of violence in a large refugee camp in Jordan, where a winter storm felled tents and left many frustrated inhabitants shivering in a cold rain. Weather forecasters said another...
AP Exclusive: Richardson pressing NKorean test ban
Label: TechnologyPYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said Wednesday that his delegation is pressing North Korea to put a moratorium on missile launches and nuclear tests and to allow more cell phones and an open Internet for its citizens.Richardson told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview in Pyongyang that the group is also asking for fair and humane treatment for an American...
Kangaroo Gets Loose at Melbourne Airport
Label: Lifestyle People Pets 01/08/2013 at 08:00 PM EST Travelers passing through Australia's Melbourne Airport on Monday may have been greeted by an unexpected baggage handler.At around 7 a.m., a 3-year-old eastern gray kangaroo was spotted in the airport's parking garage, where it hopped around for almost two hours, giving...
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