CAIRO (AP) — A Cairo court on Saturday ordered the government to block access to the video-sharing Web site YouTube for 30 days for carrying an anti-Islam film that set off deadly riots last year, but the ruling can be appealed and, based on precedent, may not be enforced. Judge Hassouna Tawfiq described the video as “offensive to Islam” and to the Prophet Muhammad. The first protests against...
Katy Perry (Sort Of) Steals Spotlight at Bruce Springsteen Pre-Grammy Tribute
Label: Lifestyle By Patrick Gomez and Marisa Laudadio 02/09/2013 at 11:45 AM EST Katy Perry at the MusiCares Person of the Year gala Lester Cohen/WireImage It may have been a tribute to Bruce Springsteen but Katy Perry seemed to be the main attraction for some at Friday's MusiCares Person of the Year tribute...
After early start, worst of flu season may be over
Label: HealthNEW YORK (AP) — The worst of the flu season appears to be over.The number of states reporting intense or widespread illnesses dropped again last week, and in a few states there was very little flu going around, U.S. health officials said Friday.The season started earlier than normal, first in the Southeast and then spreading. But now, by some measures, flu activity has been ebbing for at least four...
State fires contractor on tech project
Label: Business SACRAMENTO – The state has fired the contractor on one of its biggest and most troubled technology projects after deep problems...
Feb
08
India Ink: Online Abuse of Teen Girls in Kashmir Leads to Arrests
Label: WorldSRINAGAR —Online abuse and a fatwa aimed at a rock band of Muslim teenage girls in Kashmir have led to arrests and a threat of a lawsuit.Three men were arrested this week for posting threatening messages on the Facebook page of Praagaash, an amateur rock band in Indian-occupied Kashmir made of up Muslim girls. “The investigation is ongoing,” said Manoj Pandita, spokesman for the Jammu and Kashmir...
Manhunt Escalates for Former L.A. Cop Christopher Dorner
Label: Lifestyle By Stephen M. Silverman 02/08/2013 at 12:40 PM EST Undated photo of Christopher Dorner LAPD/AP A massive manhunt continues Friday in Southern California for Christopher Dorner, a rage-filled former Los Angeles police officer on a self-confessed vendetta that left...
Southern diet, fried foods, may raise stroke risk
Label: HealthDeep-fried foods may be causing trouble in the Deep South. People whose diets are heavy on them and sugary drinks like sweet tea and soda were more likely to suffer a stroke, a new study finds.It's the first big look at diet and strokes, and researchers say it might help explain why blacks in the Southeast — the nation's "stroke belt" — suffer more of them.Blacks were five times more likely than whites...
Bar trivia is more than just fun and games
Label: Business The door to the bar in Palms swung open, and strains of the theme from "Rocky III" burst into the street: "It's the eye of the...
Feb
07
IHT Rendezvous: Stark Numbers Reveal the Scale of Elephant Killings
Label: WorldHONG KONG — The past couple of years has seen a stream of news about elephant killings and increasingly massive ivory seizures, a stream so relentless that it has become numbing.A study released on Wednesday, however, still has the power to shock. Over the past eight years or so, according to the study, 11,000 elephants have been killed by poachers in the western African state of Gabon, where the...
Rihanna & Chris Brown Go from the Courthouse to the Studio Together
Label: Lifestyle By Maggie Coughlan 02/07/2013 at 12:15 PM EST Chris Brown (far left) and Rihanna (right) at Brown's court hearing Splash News Online That's one way to stand by your man.Rihanna attended boyfriend Chris Brown's court hearing in Los Angeles on Wednesday – and later...
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