TV Watch American Idol By Steve Helling 01/31/2013 at 10:35 PM EST Steven Tyler sings before the AFC Championship NFL football game, Jan, 22, 2012 Elise Amendola/AP Former judge Steven Tyler made a surprise cameo on American Idol Thursday night – dressed as a woman....
Hedgehog Alert! Prickly pets can carry salmonella
Label: HealthNEW YORK (AP) — Add those cute little hedgehogs to the list of pets that can make you sick.In the last year, 20 people were infected by a rare but dangerous form of salmonella bacteria, and one person died in January. The illnesses were linked to contact with hedgehogs kept as pets, according to a report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Health officials on Thursday...
Years of child abuse allegations preceded charges against mother
Label: Business Long before Ingrid Brewer was charged with torturing her children, one of them told a social worker that she was scared.After...
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World Briefing | Asia: Factory Owners Arrested in Bangladesh
Label: World The Bangladeshi police have arrested two owners of a factory that caught fire last week, resulting in the deaths of seven workers, in the latest blaze to strike the country’s garment export industry. Late Tuesday night, the police arrested Sharif Ahmed, chairman of Smart Export Garments, and his colleague, M. D. Zakir Ahmed. The Smart Export factory was manufacturing clothing for several European...
RIM rebrands as BlackBerry; launches nifty new devices
Label: TechnologyNEW YORK (Reuters) – Research In Motion Ltd on Wednesday unveiled the long-delayed line of smartphones it hopes will put it on the comeback trail, but it disappointed investors by saying U.S. sales of its all-new BlackBerry 10 devices will not start until March, sending its share price tumbling 12 percent.Chief Executive Thorsten Heins also announced that RIM was abandoning the name it has used since...
Jason London Suffered 'Brutal Attack' While Being Arrested: Rep
Label: Lifestyle By Maggie Coughlan and Ken Lee 01/30/2013 at 08:30 PM EST After being arrested following a bar fight in Scottsdale, Ariz., over the weekend, Jason London insists the incident isn't what it seems."The details of the events leading up to the incident are still being worked out with the help of many eyewitness...
Sex to burn calories? Authors expose obesity myths
Label: HealthFact or fiction? Sex burns a lot of calories. Snacking or skipping breakfast is bad. School gym classes make a big difference in kids' weight.All are myths or at least presumptions that may not be true, say researchers who reviewed the science behind some widely held obesity beliefs and found it lacking.Their report in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine says dogma and fallacies are detracting...
L.A. City Council sends boardinghouse proposal back to committee
Label: Business The Los Angeles City Council opted not to vote Wednesday on a controversial proposal aimed at cracking down on boardinghouses...
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Lens Blog: Lynsey Addario's Photographs of Women in Combat
Label: World Lynsey Addario, a photographer for The New York Times, has extensively covered the war in Afghanistan, often focusing on female soldiers. She spoke with James Estrin about the Pentagon’s recent lifting of the ban on women in combat. The conversation, which took place via Skype from her home in London has been edited.When I heard about the lifting of the ban on women in combat, I thought about...
New BlackBerry to Be ‘Most Comprehensive in Mobile History’
Label: TechnologyRIM is finally ready with its answer to Apple’s iPhone and the many Android smartphones. After months of delays, RIM CEO Thorsten Heins, along with others from the company, will take the stage Wednesday in New York to unveil the final version of BlackBerry 10, the next version of RIM’s phone software, and the phones that will run it.“We expect tomorrow to really be the kickoff for the introduction...
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