Third-grade teacher Kelly Vallianos wanted to find an engaging way for her students to learn about measuring perimeters. One...
Hobbits, superheroes put magic in NZ film industry
Label: LifestyleWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A crate full of sushi arrives. Workers wearing wetsuit shirts or in bare feet bustle past with slim laptops. With days to go, a buzzing intensity fills the once-dilapidated warehouses where Peter Jackson's visual-effects studio is rushing to finish the opening film in "The Hobbit" trilogy.The fevered pace at the Weta Digital studio near Wellington will last nearly until...
Toyota on track to become world's bestselling automaker again
Label: Business Toyota Motor Corp. appears poised to regain its position as the world's largest automaker, a remarkable turnaround after years...
Nov
23
Dave Roberts brings diversity to the San Diego County supervisors
Label: World DEL MAR — In January, when he joins the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, Dave Roberts will be the only Democrat among...
Secret message found with carrier pigeon may never be deciphered
Label: TechnologyBritish man finds carrier pigeon skeleton in his fireplace with unbreakable secret code (Reuters)Before military forces had secure cell phones and satellite communications, they used carrier pigeons. The highly trained birds delivered sensitive information from one location to another during World War II. Often, the birds found the intended recipient. But not always.A dead pigeon was recently...
Marc Anthony comes to aid of Dominican orphanage
Label: LifestyleSANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Singer Marc Anthony is coming to the aid of an orphanage in the Dominican Republic.A foundation run by Anthony with music and sports producer Henry Cardenas plans to build a new residence hall, classrooms and a baseball field for the Children of Christ orphanage in the eastern city of La Romana. Anthony attended the groundbreaking ceremony Friday with his model...
Wealth Matters: Dealing With Doctors Who Accept Only Cash
Label: HealthA FEW weeks ago, my wife and I were at our wits’ end: our 4-month-old daughter wouldn’t sleep for more than an hour at a time at night. We had consulted books and seen our pediatrician, but nothing was working. So my wife called a pediatrician who specializes in babies who struggle with sleep problems. The next day, he drove an hour from Brooklyn to our house. He then spent an hour and a...
Online options multiply for holiday greeting cards, party invites
Label: Business We've all received them — cheesy holiday greeting cards and party invites with messages like, "Ho ho hope you have a very merry...
Nov
22
Middle East shifts may weaken Iran's influence with Palestinians
Label: World CAIRO — Iran for years has supplied Hamas with weapons as part of its own struggle against Israel, but the conflict in the Gaza...
Halle Berry's ex arrested after fight at her house
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — Halle Berry's ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry was arrested for investigation of battery Thursday after he and the Oscar-winning actress's current boyfriend got into a fight at her Hollywood Hills home, police said.Aubry, 37, was booked for investigation of a battery, a misdemeanor, and released on $20,000 bail, according to online jail records. He's scheduled to appear in court Dec....
Inquiry Sought in Death in Ireland After Abortion Was Denied
Label: HealthDUBLIN — India’s ambassador here has agreed to ask Prime Minister Enda Kenny of Ireland for an independent inquiry into the death of an Indian-born woman last month after doctors refused to perform an abortion when she was having a miscarriage, the lawyer representing the woman’s husband said Thursday. The lawyer, Gerard O’Donnell, also said crucial information was missing from the files...
Demand for grass-fed beef is growing
Label: Business Jeremy Parker is a rancher who raises his cattle the old-fashioned way. His herd feeds on grass. "There's definitely growing...
Nov
21
Growing up with grandma
Label: World NEW YORK — Each day at 5 a.m., Denise Peace rises and begins the task of waking and feeding five grandchildren, ages 2 to 17,...
Carpe Twitter: Vatican tweets on new Latin academy
Label: Technology
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A senior Vatican cardinal tweeted in Latin on Wednesday to urge people to attend the inauguration of, you guessed it, the Holy’s See’s new Academy for Latin Studies.“Hodie una cum Ivano Dionigi novam aperiemus academiam pontificiam latinitatis a Benedicto conditam, hora XVII, via Conciliationis V,” was the tweet by Cardinal Gianfranco...
Chevy Chase is leaving NBC's sitcom 'Community'
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — The NBC series "Community" will finish the season without Chevy Chase.Sony Pictures Television said Wednesday that the actor is leaving the sitcom by mutual agreement with producers.His immediate departure means he won't be included in the last episode or two of the show's 13-episode season, which is still in production.Chase had a rocky tenure playing a bored and wealthy man who...
Documents Show F.D.A.’s Failures in Meningitis Outbreak
Label: HealthNewly released documents add vivid detail to the emerging portrait of the Food and Drug Administration’s ineffective and halting efforts to regulate a Massachusetts company implicated in a national meningitis outbreak that has sickened nearly 500 people and killed 34. In the documents, released on Tuesday in response to a Freedom of Information Act request, the agency would threaten to bring...
Hostess wins court approval to shut down
Label: Business Twinkies maker Hostess Brands Inc. won court approval to start shutting down operations, selling its assets and laying off its...
Nov
20
LAFD looks at ways to speed up emergency response times
Label: World Los Angeles Fire Department officials, facing criticism over slow response times to 911 calls, are considering two new strategies...
Scott Derrickson to direct feature adaptation of hit video game “Deus Ex: Human Revolution”
Label: Technology
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Scott Derrickson (“Sinister,” “The Exorcism of Emily Rose“) has signed on to direct the big screen adaptation of the hit Square Enix video game, “Deus Ex: Human Revolution,” for CBS Films, the company announced on Thursday.Derrickson will also write the screenplay for the film with C. Robert Cargill (“Sinister.”)
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One Direction's 2nd CD hits No. 1, sells 540,000
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — One Direction's "Take Me Home" is the taking the boys to the top of the charts — and to new heights.The group's sophomore album has sold 540,000 in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It's the year's third-highest debut behind Taylor Swift's "Red," which sold 1.2 million units its first week earlier this month, and Mumford & Sons' "Babel," which sold more than 600,000...
New H.I.V. Cases Falling in Some Poor Nations, but Treatment Still Lags
Label: HealthNew infections with H.I.V. have dropped by half in the past decade in 25 poor and middle-income countries, many of them in Africa, the continent hardest hit by AIDS, the United Nations said Tuesday. The greatest success has been in preventing mothers from infecting their babies, but focusing testing and treatment on high-risk groups like gay men, prostitutes and drug addicts has also paid...
Ex-hedge fund manager Mathew Martoma accused of insider trading
Label: Business NEW YORK — After building a huge stake in two drug companies, hedge fund manager Mathew Martoma told his powerful boss on a...
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