Lawmakers may have avoided another recession by coming to a last-minute deal on the so-called fiscal cliff, but they did little...
Jan
01
Ruling over bumper-car injury supports amusement park
Label: World SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court, protecting providers of risky recreational activities from lawsuits, decided Monday...
No surprise: YouTube, Angry Birds, Instagram and Facebook among 2012′s top apps
Label: TechnologyTitle Post: No surprise: YouTube, Angry Birds, Instagram and Facebook among 2012′s top appsRating: 100%based on 99998 ratings.5 user reviews.Author: Fluser SeoLinkThanks for visiting the blog, If any criticism and suggestions please leave a comm...
Playboy Hugh Hefner marries his 'runaway bride'
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — Hugh Hefner is celebrating the new year as a married man once again.The 86-year-old Playboy magazine founder exchanged vows with his "runaway bride," Crystal Harris, at a private Playboy Mansion ceremony on New Year's Eve. Harris, a 26-year-old "Playmate of the Month" in 2009, broke off a previous engagement to Hefner just before they were to be married in 2011.Playboy said on Tuesday...
Hispanic Pregnancies Fall in U.S. as Women Choose Smaller Families
Label: HealthORLANDO, Fla. — Hispanic women in the United States, who have generally had the highest fertility rates in the country, are choosing to have fewer children. Both immigrant and native-born Latinas had steeper birthrate declines from 2007 to 2010 than other groups, including non-Hispanic whites, blacks and Asians, a drop some demographers and sociologists attribute to changes in the views of many Hispanic...
Optimistic stock investors reaped rewards worldwide in 2012
Label: Business Wall Street closed out the year with a surge in the final trading session, betting on a last-minute resolution of the so-called...
Dec
31
With clock ticking, still no deal to avert 'fiscal cliff'
Label: WorldEfforts to save the nation from going over a year-end "fiscal cliff" are still in disarray as lawmakers continue negotiations to confront the tax-and-spend crisis. ...
Armstrong better, Green Day to resume tour in 2013
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — Green Day is going back out on the road.The Grammy-winning punk band announced new tour dates Monday.The band canceled the rest of its 2012 club schedule and postponed the start of a 2013 arena tour after singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong's substance abuse problems emerged publicly in September when he had a profane meltdown on the stage of the iHeartRadio Music Festival in...
Memphis Aims to Be a Friendlier Place for Cyclists
Label: HealthLance Murphey for The New York TimesThe Shelby Farms Greenline, which replaced a Memphis rail line. MEMPHIS — John Jordan, a 64-year-old condo appraiser here, has been pedaling his cruiser bicycle around town nearly every day, tooling about at lunchtime or zipping to downtown appointments. “It’s my cholesterol-lowering device,” said Mr. Jordan, clad in a leather vest and wearing a bright...
Facebook narrowly avoids New Year's Day privacy flap
Label: Business Facebook was able to avoid what could have been an embarrassing privacy ordeal with a messaging feature it built for New Year's...
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