Jan
26

Dozens Killed in Clashes at a Venezuelan Prison

Diario el Informador, via ReutersA rescue worker assisted a man injured during a riot at the Uribana prison in Barquisimeto, a northwestern city in Venezuela. CARACAS, Venezuela — Dozens of people have been killed in fierce clashes between inmates and National Guard soldiers at a Venezuelan prison, local news media accounts said Saturday. It was the latest in a series of bloody riots over...
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New purported Galaxy Note 8.0 images confirm S-Pen support

Earlier this week, images that were purportedly of Samsung’s (005930) upcoming Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet leaked onto the Web. The slate looked like an oversized Galaxy S III smartphone and included the company’s physical home button, which had perviously been omitted from earlier Galaxy tablets. French blog Frandroid posted additional images of the tablet on Friday that confirmed it will include...
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The Surprising Style Item Adam Levine Likes to Wear

Stylewatch Style News Now 01/25/2013 at 02:00 PM ET Courtesy Men’s HealthWhile some stars are repeat Fashion Faceoff offenders (we’re looking at you, Kim Kardashian), Adam Levine is determined to never be one of them. (Though the man really never should say never.)In fact, his desire to have singular...
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CDC: Flu seems to level off except in the West

New government figures show that flu cases seem to be leveling off nationwide. Flu activity is declining in most regions although still rising in the West.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says hospitalizations and deaths spiked again last week, especially among the elderly. The CDC says quick treatment with antiviral medicines is important, in particular for the very...
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Nude woman hits nude fiance with car, CHP says

Authorities are investigating after a woman in San Bernardino County allegedly struck her fiance with a car. The California Highway Patrol said both were naked at the time of the Thursday incident.CHP officials told KTLA News that the couple were in the parked car on Phelan Road in Phelan when Alberto Giovanni Bravo got out and walked in front of the vehicle. For reasons that are not clear,...
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Jan
25

15,000 Crocodiles Escape From South African Farm

Associated PressSome recaptured crocodiles on South Africa's Rakwena Crocodile Farm on Wednesday. JOHANNESBURG — About 15,000 crocodiles escaped from a South African reptile farm along the border with Botswana, a local newspaper reported Thursday. Driving rains forced the Limpopo River over its banks on Sunday morning near the Rakwena Crocodile Farm. The farm’s owners, fearing that the raging...
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DUST 514, Online Shooter Set in EVE Online Universe, Enters Open Beta

First announced in 2009, CCP Games’ online first-person shooter tie-in to its popular sci-fi MMO, EVE Online, was finally released as an open beta on Tuesday. Called DUST 514, it allows PlayStation 3 owners to play in the same world as EVE Online, fighting ground battles while EVE Online pilots contest star systems. The results of DUST 514 matches affect worlds and in-game corporations in EVE Online,...
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Newark Mayor Cory Booker Comes to Freezing Dog's Aid

People Pets By Kiran Hefa 01/25/2013 at 12:55 PM EST Have no fear, Cory Booker is here!When Eyewitness News reporter Toni Yates spotted several dogs left outside in the cold in Newark, N.J., on Thursday afternoon, she Tweeted at Newark's mayor to let him know. "Make pet owners get their dogs out of the cold....
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Penalty could keep smokers out of health overhaul

WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of smokers could be priced out of health insurance because of tobacco penalties in President Barack Obama's health care law, according to experts who are just now teasing out the potential impact of a little-noted provision in the massive legislation.The Affordable Care Act — "Obamacare" to its detractors — allows health insurers to charge smokers buying individual policies...
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Mother beats up daughter's 12-year-old friend; caught on tape, police say

A San Pedro mother has been charged with going to a fight between her 12-year-old daughter and another schoolmate and beating the girl. The incident was captured on a cellphone video.Amber Lee Gutierrez, 33, is facing a charge of felony assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury after she was arrested by Los Angeles police in connection with the Jan. 14 fight in a West Gaffey...
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Jan
24

IHT Rendezvous: Kissinger: Political Threats to Global Economy Abound

DAVOS, Switzerland — Henry A. Kissinger has never shied from unvarnished political assessments and during an hour-long address to the World Economic Forum on Thursday, the former American secretary of state delivered a list of sober warnings about rising threats on the world stage.Executives and policymakers here, fixated on economic gyrations and the environment for deals, sat riveted as the elder...
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North Carolina Women Roofers Fix Homes Free of Charge

By Nicole Weisensee Egan 01/24/2013 at 01:05 PM EST The crew of roofers led by Lori Herrick (front right) and Susie Kernodle (front left). Jeffery Salter When she heard about a member of her church congregation who couldn't afford to have her roof fixed, Nell...
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CDC: New version of stomach bug causing US illness

NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials say a new strain of stomach bug that's sweeping the globe is taking over in the U.S.In the last four months, more than 140 outbreaks in the U.S. have been caused by the new Sydney strain of norovirus. These kinds of contagious bugs cause bouts of diarrhea and vomiting.The new strain may not be unusually dangerous; some scientists don't think it is. But it is different,...
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Teacher's alleged molestation of 19 students 'horrific,' officials say

The teachers union in the L.A. Unified School District spoke out on the arrest of a former elementary school instructor accused of sexually abusing 20 children and an adult, calling the alleged acts "horrific."United Teachers Los Angeles issued a statement saying union officials were "not familiar with details of the case" and that the accused ex-teacher -- identified by authorities as Robert...
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Jan
23

The Lede Blog: Clinton Testifies on Benghazi Attacks

The Lede followed Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s testimony Wednesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks on the American Consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.Mrs. Clinton will appear before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs at 2 p.m. Eastern.At a House Committee...
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Three reasons to root for RIM

I have expressed skepticism that RIM (RIMM) will really be able to pull off an epic comeback and reestablish BlackBerry as a legitimate contender with the iPhone and the barrage of Android smartphones that get released every year. But that doesn’t mean I don’t want it to happen. Quite the contrary, I’m hoping that RIM proves all us nasty skeptics wrong, defies the odds and produces a big hit with...
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PHOTO: Uma Thurman's Beau Puckers Up to Baby

Mom & Babies Celebrity Baby Blog 01/23/2013 at 11:00 AM ET What are you doing, Daddy? Luna Thurman-Busson looks on quizzically as papa Arpad Busson blows her kisses while waiting for a flight Tuesday in Paris. The 6-month-old‘s mom, actress Uma Thurman, recently shared that her daughter actually...
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Beverage attorney: NYC drinks limit bad for public

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's limit on the size of sugary drinks is an "extraordinary infringement" on consumer choice, a lawyer for the American Beverage Association and other critics said in court on Wednesday."New Yorkers do not want to be told what to drink," attorney James Brandt told Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice Milton Tingling.Opponents also are raising questions of racial fairness...
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Male nurse has sex with female corpse; autopsy planned

Authorities are investigating a nurse who allegedly had sex with a corpse at a Sherman Oaks hospital, police said. Alejandro Razo, 61, of Reseda, was arrested Sunday on a state Health and Safety Code violation, police said. Razo, whose last name was initially released by authorities as Lazo, is free on $20,000 bail, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department jail records.The L.A....
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Jan
22

The Lede Blog: Prince Harry Compares War to PlayStation and Taliban Is Not Amused

A Taliban spokesman said on Tuesday that Prince Harry must have “mental problems,” following the broadcast of remarks by the royal in which he said that killing militants from an Apache helicopter was similar to playing video games.As soon as Britain’s ministry of defense announced on Monday that Prince Harry had left Afghanistan, ending his four-month deployment there, the British news media rushed...
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Is Facebook envy making you miserable?

LONDON (Reuters) – Witnessing friends’ vacations, love lives and work successes on Facebook can cause envy and trigger feelings of misery and loneliness, according to German researchers.A study conducted jointly by two German universities found rampant envy on Facebook, the world’s largest social network that now has over one billion users and has produced an unprecedented platform for social comparison.The...
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New Kids on the Block Hit the Road with 98 Degrees & Boyz II Men

Only on People.com By Emily Strohm 01/22/2013 at 12:00 PM EST New Kids on the Block: Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, Jordan Knight, Danny Wood and Jonathan Knight Angela Weiss/WireImage The New Kids on the Block are back!The band plans to bring some heat this summer...
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Flu season fuels debate over paid sick time laws

NEW YORK (AP) — Sniffling, groggy and afraid she had caught the flu, Diana Zavala dragged herself in to work anyway for a day she felt she couldn't afford to miss.A school speech therapist who works as an independent contractor, she doesn't have paid sick days. So the mother of two reported to work and hoped for the best — and was aching, shivering and coughing by the end of the day. She stayed home...
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Nurse had sex with corpse, police allege

About L.A. NowL.A. Now is the Los Angeles Times’ breaking news section for Southern California. It is produced by more than 80 reporters and editors in The Times’ Metro section, reporting from the paper’s downtown Los Angeles headquarters as well as bureaus in Costa Mesa, Long Beach, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, Riverside, Ventura and West Los Angeles.Have a story tip for L.A. Now?Can I call...
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Jan
21

Algerian Prime Minister Says at Least 37 Foreigners Dead in Siege

Anis Belghoul/Associated PressAlgerian Army vehicles on Sunday near a remote town in southeastern Algeria where hostages were taken in a four-day ordeal. ALGIERS — In his first official tally of the deadly scope of the Algerian hostage crisis, Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal said Monday that the known death toll among the foreign captives had risen steeply to 37 from 23, and that five additional...
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Atari US files for Ch. 11 to separate from parent

NEW YORK (AP) — Video game maker Atari’s U.S. operations have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in an effort to separate from their French parent company.In a statement, Atari says the move is necessary to secure investments it needs to grow in mobile and digital gaming.Atari’s U.S. operations have shifted to focus on digital games and licensing, including developing mobile games, and have...
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Michelle, Sasha and Malia Obama Don Colorful Coats at Inauguration

01/21/2013 at 12:15 PM EST From left: Sasha, Malia and Michelle Obama on Jan. 21, 2013 Mark Wilson/Getty It's a big day for the Obamas. While watching President Barack Obama be sworn in publicly for his second term in office, Michelle Obama and their daughters,...
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Flu season fuels debate over paid sick time laws

NEW YORK (AP) — Sniffling, groggy and afraid she had caught the flu, Diana Zavala dragged herself in to work anyway for a day she felt she couldn't afford to miss.A school speech therapist who works as an independent contractor, she doesn't have paid sick days. So the mother of two reported to work and hoped for the best — and was aching, shivering and coughing by the end of the day. She stayed home...
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FBI agent had sex with karaoke bar worker using government money

An FBI agent testified Friday that he had sex with an employee of a karaoke bar in the Philippines whom he met while working undercover on a case involving weapons smuggling.Marc Napolitano was working as a member of a surveillance team during meetings at karaoke bars in which another undercover agent, Charles Ro, spent time with three Filipino nationals now accused of...
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Jan
20

Letter From Washington: For Obama, Context for His 2nd Term

WASHINGTON — Here are two realities about U.S. second presidential terms: They aren’t cursed, as legend has it, and they are rarely better than first ones. On Sunday, Barack Obama was to become the 17th U.S. president to be inaugurated for a second time, and historians offer useful context. “Obama has read the literature and understands overreach,” said Michael Beschloss, one of the more...
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Galaxy S IV benchmarks may confirm 1.8GHz CPU and Android 4.2

Apple needs a new product targeting its next generation of customers which will be fueled by this newly announced product“iPotty: Brilliant, or worst idea ever? Experts weigh in on new potty training device – Unveiled last week at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the base of the iPotty looks like a regular ol’ plastic toilet with removable bowl— but there’s an adjustable stand attached,...
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