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Hip Implant a F.D.A. Rejected Was Marketed Abroad

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:23:19 +0000

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Black hole survives a universe wreck

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:23:17 +0000

S. Farrell / U. Sydney / U. Leicester / NASA / ESA Analysis of a universe ESO 243-49 in mixed wavelengths has rescued a signature of prohibited stars swirling around a midsize black hole, highlighted by a white round on this Hubble Space Telescope image. Astronomers contend a readings advise that a black hole is [...]

Leaked docs: Heartland Institute consider tank pays meridian contrarians really well

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:23:16 +0000

The systematic commentary applicable to meridian change generally seem in journals that a open will never demeanour at. Instead, a open conflict over a scholarship and a process implications mostly boils down to a conflict between systematic societies like a AAAS and National Academies of Science and consider tanks like a Cato Institute and Heartland [...]

Boehner Sees Payroll-Tax-Cut Vote This Week

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:23:16 +0000

BY SIOBHAN HUGHES WASHINGTON—House Speaker John Boehner said that he expects the chamber to vote this week on a payroll-tax-cut extension package assuming that negotiators finish working out the details. “I do expect if the agreement comes together like I expect it will, the House should vote this week,” Mr. Boehner (R., Ohio) told reporters [...]

Report Of Iran Oil Cut Briefly Lifts Brent Crude To 6-Month High

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:23:15 +0000

BY BENOÎT FAUCON LONDON—A report Wednesday from an Iranian state television broadcaster—later denied by the Iranian government—that Tehran had cut its oil exports to six European nations briefly lifted European oil prices to a six-month high Wednesday, exposing oil markets’ nervousness over any abrupt Iranian oil disruption. The report was the latest from Iran to [...]

‘Use it or lose it,’ with a new attitude

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:23:14 +0000

Tamar Adler has the answer: Instead of trying to keep everything fresh and raw until the clock is counting down toward mealtime and then fitting it into a predetermined recipe, cook everything as soon as you get home from the market. Not all in a jumble or stew, but separately and in ways that maximize [...]

Eating meat, with a side order of conflicting emotions

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:23:14 +0000

One person, under the Twitter handle @MichelleVegan, wrote, “McDonalds scalds baby chicks alive for nuggets.” The Twitter feed for Vegan.com chimed in: “My memories of walking into a McDonald’s: the sensory experience of inhaling deeply from a freshly-opened can of dog food.” Then, of course, PETA entered the fray with a photo of a coil [...]

Visiting orangutans in the wild in Borneo’s Tanjung Puting National Park

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:23:12 +0000

The park is one of the best places in the world to see the endangered orangutan in the wild. With South Asia’s tropical forests rapidly disappearing, particularly in Borneo, it’s also one the of only places where you can still see the great apes in their natural habitat. To reach the park, we fly to [...]

In Russia, cold is a matter of degree

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:23:04 +0000

It’s no accident that pelmeni, frozen dumplings, are a cherished national dish, created by Siberian travelers who could carry the foodstuff for weeks across icy terrain. At day’s end they could build a fire, melt a pot of snow and throw the pelmeni into the boiling water for a hot and nourishing dinner. So a [...]

Obama’s EPA budget: 1.2% cut would reduce aid to states, but Chesapeake Bay would get more funds

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:22:30 +0000

The Obama administration proposed trimming the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget 1.2 percent Monday, cutting money to the states and for hazardous cleanup even as it boosted money to restore the Chesapeake Bay. The $8.3 billion funding request represents a $105 million cut below EPA’s 2012 enacted level. In it, the White House slashed funding for [...]

Senate GOP tries to restore Keystone pipeline

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:22:04 +0000

More on this Story TransCanada says it will work with Nebraska on new pipeline route Proposed Keystone pipeline route may be revisited TransCanada’s Keystone XL Pipeline permitting process to be reviewed Oil pipeline protesters circle White House View all Items in this Story Keystone pipeline debate heats up Obama to make decision on controversial oil [...]

‘Paula Zahn’ to air show about Jayna Murray case

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:22:01 +0000

Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy alongside Phyllis and David Murray following the guilty verdict of Brittany Norwood. (Nikki Kahn – THE WASHINGTON POST) On Sunday, Investigation Discovery channel will present its version of Jayna Murray’s murder in the season finale of “On the Case with Paula Zahn.” Not quite a month ago, a Montgomery [...]

Comedy Central renews ‘Key & Peele’ for a second season

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:22:00 +0000

Erin Gibson, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele on Comedy Central’s” Key Peele” (Mike Yarish) After telecasting just two episodes, Comedy Central has renewed its new sketch-comedy series “Key Peele” for a 10-episode second season. So far so good. “Because ‘Key Peele’ has been so immediately and universally well-received, I was worried if we didn’t give the [...]

Not up for a marathon? Try a relay race.

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:58 +0000

Whatever the reason for your resolution dissolution, I have a backup plan: Run a relay. Splitting up the work means you don’t need to train as hard or as long, plus you’re guaranteed to have at least one person cheering for you. In the case of the Delaware Marathon (May 13), you could have seven [...]

Overnight relay preparation

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:56 +0000

The Post Most: LifestyleMost-viewed stories,videos, and galleries in the past two hours Most Popular Nancy Brinker: The steely force in the Susan G. Komen foundation Eating meat, with a side order of conflicting emotions WUSA reporter balks after backlash over teen drinking stories Ask Amy: Should they keep cohabitation on the QT? Grammy Winners 2012: [...]

Uganda minister shuts down gay rights conference

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:54 +0000

A Ugandan cabinet minister accompanied by police raided a gay rights conference, claiming that one of the organizers had insulted him and demanded she be arrested, The Guardian reported on Wednesday. The minster for ethics and integrity Simon Lokodo told activists that the gathering at a hotel in Entebbe on Tuesday was an “illegal assembly,” [...]

US Embassy in Iraq facing cuts amid ongoing violence

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:53 +0000

BAGHDAD — The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad is facing a 10 percent funding cut next year but top officials say it will still be one of America’s largest diplomatic missions in the world. Deputy Secretary of State Thomas Nides says contracting costs will be tightened and diplomatic outposts may be trimmed as part of the [...]

5 Most Telling Takeaways From Tim Cook’s Goldman Sachs Keynote

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:52 +0000

Tim Cook opened up charitable matching for Apple employees. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired Tuesday afternoon, Apple CEO Tim Cook presented the keynote speech at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference. Cook’s presentation ranged from discussion of Apple’s supply chain strategy in China to how the iPad is cannibalizing computer sales. We listened in on the [...]

Hands On: Motorola Droid 4 Pushes Most of the Right Buttons

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:52 +0000

Photo: Ariel Zambelich/Wired.com Like the crack epidemic of the 1980s, RIM’s BlackBerry handsets created a generation of telephone typists addicted to phone-based correspondence. We quickly came to expect — nay, demand — instant responses to our e-mails, aided by the raised BlackBerry keyboards that soon became indispensable. And, hey, I’ll cop to it: I too [...]

AC Milan v Arsenal

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:51 +0000

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LAST 16 FIRST LEG – AC MILAN V ARSENAL Venue: San Siro, Milan Date: Wednesday 15 February 2012 Kick-off: 1945 GMT Coverage: BBC Sport website, BBC Radio 5 live and live on ITV 1 Article source: Here

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KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:49 +0000

LATEST SCORE: AC MILAN 0-0 ARSENAL (1945 GMT) FULL-TIME: ZENIT ST PETERSBURG 3-2 BENFICA (1700 GMT) PLEASE MANUALLY REFRESH THIS PAGE All times in GMT GET INVOLVED: Tweet me @chrisbevan_bbc using the hashtag #bbcfootball or text me on 81111 (UK). Make sure YOU PUT YOUR NAME on those texts though. By Chris Bevan Jimbo [...]

Honduras jail fire kills hundreds

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:47 +0000

15 February 2012 Last updated at 11:53 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC’s Will Grant on what is known about the prison and the cause of the fire At least 300 prisoners have been killed after a massive fire swept through a jail in Honduras, officials say. Many victims [...]

Unemployment continues to edge up

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:45 +0000

15 February 2012 Last updated at 12:46 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Jamie Jenkins, Office for National Statistics: “The north east [of England] has the highest rate of unemployment” UK unemployment rose by 48,000 to 2.67 million in the three months to December, official figures have shown, the smallest rise [...]

Johnny Weir Wants a Winter Wonderland Wedding

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:43 +0000

Johnny Weir (left) and Viktor Voronov TwitPic Facebook Tweet Johnny Weir dreams big. The Olympic skater already married Russian law-school graduate Victor Voronov in a small civil ceremony in New York on Dec. 30, but now Weir has pushed back their plans for a big summer reception so that they can have a star-studded winter [...]

Crystal Renn, Former Plus-Size Model, Poses for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:42 +0000

Crystal Renn Walter Iooss, Jr. /Sports Illustrated – Australia Facebook Tweet She’s conquered one of the highest peaks of beauty today – appearing in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue – and now former plus-size model Crystal Renn says she’s experienced every aspect along the modeling spectrum. “I have been a double-zero to a 16 even, [...]

Sony sorry for Houston price hike

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:41 +0000

15 February 2012 Last updated at 06:15 ET Whitney Houston’s funeral is scheduled to take place on Saturday, 18 February Record label Sony has apologised for increasing the price of two Whitney Houston albums in the UK, hours after her death on Saturday. The wholesale cost of the two LPs – Houston’s Ultimate Collection and [...]

Nazi sci-fi causes buzz in Berlin

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:39 +0000

15 February 2012 Last updated at 10:00 ET By Emma Jones Entertainment reporter, BBC News in Berlin Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Timo Vuorensola: “We thought this was a topic that would be interesting” A Finnish sci-fi comedy about Nazis invading Earth has become the most talked-about movie at this year’s [...]

Bacteria stop sleeping sickness

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:37 +0000

14 February 2012 Last updated at 19:02 ET By Michelle Roberts Health reporter, BBC News The sleeping sickness parasite gets into the bloodstream Scientists believe they have found a way to beat sleeping sickness using a bacterium against the tsetse fly host that spreads the disease to humans. In the same way that we have [...]

PM promises to tackle drink abuse

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:36 +0000

15 February 2012 Last updated at 12:14 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. David Cameron: “This is a national problem and it needs a government to focus on it” Prime Minister David Cameron has called for bars, supermarkets and the drinks industry in England to do more to help ensure responsible [...]

Maltese Hunters Legally Massacre Egypt’s Protected Birds (Video)

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:32 +0000

In the video below the jump, Maltese hunters are depicted shooting Eagles, Falcons, Vultures and other protected bird species. The Avian Influenza outbreak had at least one positive outcome in Egypt: it kept both local and migratory birds safe from hunters. But last year in December the government re-opened the country to what seems to be [...]

The World’s Most Beautiful Mosque in Malaysia is Vulnerable to Rising Seas

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:30 +0000

The Malacca Straits Mosque in Malaysia is arguably the world’s most beautiful and it is vulnerable to rising seas. Malaysia is one of the few countries that share Dubai’s obsession with manmade islands and grandeur. We have often cast a critical eye on the Emirate’s core developers for building artificial islands that have wrecked havoc [...]

Boy Drowns In Sewage Water Basin in Gaza

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:29 +0000

According to PCHR, poor sewage infrastructure in Gaza poses a threat to “the safety and security of Palestinians – especially children” On the afternoon of 11th of February, Ahmed al-Zein, 10, from Beit Lahia in the Gaza Strip went out with his friends to hunt birds. They made their way to a sewage water basin [...]

Long-Awaited Wildlife Corridor Becoming Reality In Turkey

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:28 +0000

Majestic Mt. Ağri presides over Turkey’s Kars region, one of the world’s richest biodiversity areas and the entrance to a new protected area in eastern Anatolia. The large mammals of Turkey aren’t doing so well these days. As new developments have eaten up more and more of their habitat, leaving them stranded in island forests, their [...]

Marrakech’s Organic Vegan/Vegetarian Earth Cafe a Delicious Alternative to Lamb Testicles

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:27 +0000

Vegetarian cuisine doesn’t have to be boring – Moroccan flavor can spice it up. When people think of Moroccan cuisine, they may think of some pretty exotic dishes – such as, say, deep fried lamb testicles. As someone with Moroccan roots I can testify that there are some out-of-the-ordinary Moroccan foods, such as pastilla filled [...]

Evans guides GB to Davis Cup win

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:23 +0000

Dan Evans kept his nerve to win the deciding rubber as Great Britain beat Slovakia 3-2 in their Davis Cup tie. The 21-year-old beat Martin Klizan, who is ranked 156 places higher in the world, 6-1 6-1 4-6 3-6 6-3. Earlier, James Ward lost 6-7 (9-11) 1-6 3-6 to Lukas Lacko to leave the Europe/Africa [...]

GB away against Sweden in Fed Cup

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:22 +0000

Great Britain will travel to Sweden in April’s World Group II play-offs after missing out on a home draw. Captain Judy Murray led the team of Elena Baltacha, Anne Keothavong, Heather Watson and Laura Robson through Euro/Africa Zone Group I two weeks ago. Their reward is a trip to Sweden, seeded third of the four [...]

Keothavong beaten in Qatar Open

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:21 +0000

Britain’s Anne Keothavong has been knocked out of the Qatar Open in straight sets by Agnieszka Radwanska. The British number two managed to win just three games in the match as the Polish number four seed won the second-round match 6-1 6-2 in 63 minutes. Keothavong was broken twice in the first set and three [...]

Khan-Peterson rematch set for May

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:20 +0000

Amir Khan has confirmed that his rematch against Lamont Peterson will take place on 19 May in Las Vegas. American Peterson won the World Boxing Association (WBA) and International Boxing Federation (IBF) light-welterweight titles after beating Khan in controversial fashion in December. Khan, 25, appealed against the loss, citing concerns about points deductions by the [...]

Mitchell wants Burns title fight

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:17 +0000

Kevin Mitchell set his sights on an all-British world title fight with Scotland’s Ricky Burns after beating Felix Lora at London’s York Hall. Mitchell outpointed his Dominican rival over 10 rounds before challenging WBO lightweight champion Burns. “I’ll be a world champion in the summer, I promise you,” said Mitchell. “I’ll have another fight in [...]

Chisora chasing eighth-round win

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:15 +0000

Britain’s Dereck Chisora has reiterated that he plans to knock Vitali Klitschko out in the eighth round and claim the Ukrainian’s WBC heavyweight crown. The Zimbabwe-born fighter takes on his 40-year-old Ukrainian opponent in Munich on Saturday. Continue reading the main story “It is the end for Vitali, I promise you. I will end the [...]

Whitney Houston funeral: Invite-only, with no public memorial

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:12 +0000

Whitney Houston’s funeral will be held Saturday in New Jersey, but the singer will not be mourned at a large public memorial, it was revealed Tuesday. Houston’s body arrived at the Whigham Funeral Home in Newark under heavy police escort on Monday, the Associated Press reported. About 40 fans who were gathered nearby to catch [...]

Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd dish on marriage and babies

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:10 +0000

Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd have the perfect Valentine’s Day present: a sweet and sexy magazine cover, followed by nonstop chatter about love, marriage and babies. Teaming up on screen again for “Wanderlust,” the pair messed around with Terry Richardson for GQ magazine, indulging in pillow fights, scantily clad piano duets and some high-heeled roughhousing. [...]

Justin Bieber meets Mrs. Bieber; happy couple plays Candyland

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:08 +0000

When they threw a wedding for “Mrs. Bieber,” everyone was present except the groom. Now Justin Bieber has met 6-year-old Avalanna Routh, and she’s simply awesome, the singer says. Routh, a fan of mani-pedi’s and Ellen DeGeneres in addition to Bieber, has a rare type of brain cancer. She was diagnosed at 9 months old [...]

Shakira survives close call with roaring South African sea lion

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:07 +0000

Dear Shakira: “I decided to get a bit closer than all of the other tourists” is not something we want to see you writing on a postcard any time soon. Especially if you’re getting closer to, oh, wild animals. Like sea lions. Singer-dancer-philanthropist Shakira, 34, was attacked by a sea lion Sunday afternoon during a [...]

Bobbi Kristina offered coping advice by Janet Jackson [Video]

KS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:05 +0000

As Bobbi Kristina Brown survives the significant loss of her mother, Whitney Houston, she can count the support of millions of fans worldwide — and a few showbiz types like Janet Jackson. No stranger to tragedy herself, Jackson stopped by Anderson Cooper’s daytime talk show Tuesday and offered thoughts for the grief-stricken Bobbi Kristina, whose [...]

Obama Addresses Ire on Health Insurance Contraception Rule

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:42:06 +0000

As a Republican presidential possibilities and regressive leaders sought to support a order as display President Obama’s insensitivity to eremite beliefs, Mr. Obama’s aides betrothed to try ways to make it some-more savoury to religious-affiliated institutions, maybe by permitting some employers to make side word skeleton accessible that are not directly paid for by a [...]

Obama Addresses Ire on Health Insurance Contraception Rule

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:42:03 +0000

Russians cavalcade into buried 20 million-year-old Antarctic lake

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:42:03 +0000

Russian scientists have drilled by to a 20-million-year-old lake underneath Antarctica, which, depending on who we listen to, could gulf visitor life forms, antiquated microbes or Hitler’s tip hideout. An artist’s cross-section of Lake Vostok. Credit: US National Science Foundation Lake Vostok, a theme of most gossip and controversy, lies around 3,700 metres underneath thick [...]

Janice Voss, maestro of 5 space convey flights, dies during 55

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:42:02 +0000

Astronaut Janice Voss, a maestro of 5 spaceflights and a former scholarship executive for a NASA exoplanet-hunting spacecraft, has died after a conflict with cancer. She was 55. “Just got a really unhappy news that U.S. wanderer Janice Voss upheld divided last night,” a Association of Space Explorers, an general classification representing some-more than 350 [...]

EU set to adopt new sanctions against Syria

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:42:02 +0000

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who held emergency talks in Damascus with Syrian President Bashar Assad on Tuesday, is trying to end Syria’s 11-month-old bloody uprising, which has left more than 5,400 dead, according to the U.N. Moscow launched the initiative on Tuesday, just days after it infuriated the U.S. by blocking a Western- and [...]

Researchers digest a approach to store information on captivating media regulating heat

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:42:01 +0000

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Santorum Upsets GOP Race With Three Victories

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:42:01 +0000

With his triumphs, Mr. Santorum was also suddenly presenting new competition to Newt Gingrich as the chief alternative to Mr. Romney, the front-runner. Where Mr. Gingrich has won one state, South Carolina, Mr. Santorum has now won four, including Iowa. His performance added another twist to an unruly nominating contest that has seen Republican voters [...]

NASA calls for new taxis to fly to Space Station

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:42:01 +0000

Tue Feb 7, 2012 4:44pm EST * U.S. looking for firms to pattern orbital passenger spaceships * Would mangle Russia corner on drifting crews to space station By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Feb 7 (Reuters) – NASA is looking for during slightest dual U.S. firms to pattern and build space taxis to packet astronauts [...]

Frantic 911 calls of social worker at Powell murder-suicide

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:42:00 +0000

Police in Washington state released a 911 call placed by the social worker who dropped Josh Powell’s two young sons off before he murdered them and took his own life in a house fire. NBC’s Miguel Almaguer reports. PUYALLUP, Wash. – Emergency calls placed in the minutes after Josh Powell killed his two young sons and then [...]

Santorum Upsets GOP Race With Three Victories

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:42:00 +0000

A vegan queen’s cupcakes take the crown

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:59 +0000

Always a pet lover, she began volunteering first with a veterinarian and then with an animal shelter and control agency. After work one day, she sat down to eat a turkey sandwich. But she couldn’t take a bite. She’d just assisted with a surgery on an injured dog, and the meat looked too similar to [...]

The psychology of cupcakes

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:58 +0000

He ought to know. Cupcakes represent half of his company’s $20 million in annual sales, which surged following the bakery’s 2000 cameo appearance in HBO’s “Sex and the City.” Among portable, single-serving desserts, cupcakes stand out for their red-carpet glamour and infinite flavor combinations. Since the Food section’s Cupcake Wars in 2008, at least 30 [...]

Power grid updates left system vulnerable to cyberattacks, auditors say

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:57 +0000

“Without a formal risk assessment and associated mitigation strategy, threats and weaknesses may go unidentified and expose the . . . systems to an unacceptable level of risk,” Friedman wrote in an audit released in January. Energy officials knew of these weaknesses but approved plans for the projects anyway, auditors said: “The initial weaknesses had not always [...]

Humpback whales’ songs differ from one side of Indian Ocean to the other

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:56 +0000

Video Researchers at the Wildlife Conservation Society found whales on both sides of the Southern Indian Oceans do not “singing” the same song, which is unique because whales in the same ocean basin usually do. (Feb. 7) Article source: Here

Nigel Lythgoe “thrilled” with ‘Idol’ ratings, talks ‘X Factor’ and ‘The Voice’ competition

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:42 +0000

Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez, Randy Jackson and Ryan Seacrest. (Michael Becker – Fox) Though a Fox publicist reminded everyone that Tuesday’s conference call with “American Idol” exec producer Nigel Lythgoe was about Hollywood Week, reporters and bloggers seemed much more interested in finding out Lythgoe’s thoughts on the “Idol” ratings drop this season. At first, [...]

Discovery and NatGeo race to get Italian cruise ship disaster documentaries on air

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:41 +0000

Rough seas off Italy’s Tuscan coast forced a delay in the planned start of the operation to remove a half-million gallons of fuel from the grounded Costa Concordia. (AP) Last month, just days after the cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground off a Tuscan island, killing 17 people and leaving 15 missing, Discovery Channel announced [...]

Maldives’ ex-leader: ‘I was forced to resign at gunpoint’

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:36 +0000

Newly appointed Maldives President Mohamed Waheed Hassan denied being part of any plan to remove President Mohamed Nasheed. “Do I look like someone who will bring about a coup d’etat?” he asked journalists on Wednesday. MALE — The ex-president of the Maldives said on Wednesday that he was forced to resign at gunpoint, despite earlier [...]

Photo of Norway killer Anders Behring Breivik minutes after arrest

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:36 +0000

AFP – Getty Images A photo made available on Feb. 8, 2012 shows Anders Behring Breivik, the gunman who killed 77 people in twin attacks on July 22, 2011, sitting handcuffed and dressed as a police officer minutes after his arrest on Utoya island. A photograph has emerged that was taken minutes after the arrest of [...]

Why Telcos Would Be Testing an Apple iTV Prototype

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:35 +0000

An image of the interface of Apple’s 2010 Apple TV set-top box. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com One day, Apple is purportedly sourcing parts suppliers for it rumored HDTV project. The next day, actual HDTV prototypes are in the hands of research labs in Canada. Such is the hurried development cycle of a product that currently lives [...]

Chinese Firm Demands $1.6 Billion from Apple in iPad Trademark Dispute

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:35 +0000

Could trademark disputes hold up the launch of the iPad 3? Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired Apple is embroiled in a trademark suit over ownership of the iPad name, and the battle has taken a dark turn for Cook and company. Apple might have to shell out anywhere from $38 million to $1.6 billion if Chinese courts [...]

Ex-footballer in drink-drive ban

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:34 +0000

8 February 2012 Last updated at 07:00 ET Paul Merson was breathalysed at the scene of the crash on the M40 in Warwickshire Former England footballer Paul Merson has been given a 14-month-driving ban after pleading guilty to drink-driving following a motorway crash. Merson crashed his Mercedes ML350 into a 38-tonne lorry after falling asleep [...]

Sheffield Wed 0-3 Blackpool

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:33 +0000

47:01 Lomana Tresor LuaLua concedes a free kick for a foul on Liam Palmer. Direct free kick taken by Jon Otsemobor. 46:00 Liam Palmer concedes a free kick for a foul on Martinez Angel. Ludovic Sylvestre takes the free kick. 45:31 Substitution Substitution Reda Johnson leaves the field to be replaced by Jose Vitor Semedo. [...]

RBS boss: I considered resigning

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:32 +0000

8 February 2012 Last updated at 06:24 ET Mr Hester gave up his bonus under intense political pressure Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Stephen Hester says he briefly considered resigning during the uproar over his bonus. Mr Hester told the BBC that he was “not a robot” and said there had been some “deeply [...]

Redknapp cleared of tax evasion

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:30 +0000

8 February 2012 Last updated at 08:23 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Harry Redknapp: “This was a case that should never have come to court” Harry Redknapp said his “nightmare” was over after being cleared of tax evasion. The Tottenham boss had denied accepting secret untaxed bonus payments from former [...]

Eva Mendes Talks to Her Dog

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:29 +0000

Eva Mendes Courtesy Marie Claire Facebook Tweet Eva Mendes and her dog speak a special language. “It sounds so pretentious,” the actress tells Marie Claire, “but he learned his commands in French.” Mendes, 37, brought her Belgian Malinois, Hugo, along for her cover interview at L.A.’s Griffith Park, and the “rather intimidating” dog instantly obeyed [...]

Adele’s Health Crisis and Comeback

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:28 +0000

Adele Facebook Tweet With the Grammys right around the corner, everyone is talking about Adele. The singer’s eagerly awaited return to the stage on Feb. 12 will mark her first public performance since vocal cord surgery in November. The British pop star, 23, is also a favorite to sweep the six categories for which she [...]

Taylor art auction fetches £14m

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:28 +0000

8 February 2012 Last updated at 03:31 ET Van Gogh’s Vue de l’asile et de la Chapelle de Saint-Remy, fetched the most money at the Christie’s sale Three paintings from Elizabeth Taylor’s personal art collection have been sold for £13.7m at an auction in London. The combined total of the Vincent Van Gogh, Edgar Degas [...]

Coogan reaches hacking settlement

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:26 +0000

8 February 2012 Last updated at 07:57 ET Steve Coogan has been awarded £40,000 in damages over phone hacking by News of the World journalists Comedian Steve Coogan and ex-footballer Paul Gascoigne are among the latest people to have settled claims for damages over phone-hacking, the High Court has heard. Ex-Labour press chief Alastair Campbell [...]

Call for ‘joined-up’ elderly care

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:24 +0000

7 February 2012 Last updated at 23:22 ET By Jane Dreaper Health correspondent, BBC News MPs want a single body for social care Older people are being let down by a social care system in which they are “passed like a parcel” between services, a committee of MPs has said. The Commons health select committee [...]

PM rebuffs call to axe NHS bill

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:23 +0000

8 February 2012 Last updated at 07:56 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. David Cameron accused the Labour leader of a campaign to save his leadership David Cameron has rebuffed calls from Labour to axe controversial plans to overhaul the NHS in England. Labour leader Ed Miliband told him he had [...]

Arabic Calligraphy – eL Seed’s Writing Is On the Wall

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:21 +0000

eL Seed, a Tunisian artist who combines Arabic calligraphy and street painting, is making an imprint on the world street art scene. I can’t remember how I found him. One of those idle internet ramblings where a sound or image grabs you by the hair and pulls you smack up to the monitor to find out more. I [...]

Tu Bishvat: Is the Jewish New Year of the Trees Green?

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:20 +0000

Spring has sprung in Israel, marked by almond blossoms and Tu Bishvat The Jewish holiday of Tu Bishvat begins as the sun sets on the 7th of February 2012. This holiday has its origins in some ecologically-focused passages in the Talmud. Deuteronomy 14:22-29 requires that one tenth of all that a field produces in a [...]

Will Ancient Mega Lake Bring Peace to Sudan?

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:19 +0000

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Israel’s Bedouin Get Solar from Arava (+ Obama)

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:19 +0000

Arava Power Company pioneers first ever solar contract for Israel’s Bedouin minority The first-ever license for a solar project has been awarded this week to Israel’s bedouin community by Israel’s Public Utility Authority. Yosef Abramowitz of Arava Power Company promoted and led the solar project, to make a solar energy dream come true for Bedouin living [...]

Mekhala’s Slow Boat Gives Us a Soft Landing into Bangkok

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:18 +0000

The winter months in the Middle East are the perfect time to travel to Thailand, especially with this year’s cold snap. Warm tropical temperatures hovering around 30, paired with a pineapple strip and a beach anywhere south of Bangkok can cure anyone’s winter blues. While Bangkok is fast, furious and very polluted, like the slow [...]

VIDEO: Murray learning from Lendl

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:16 +0000

World number four tennis seed Andy Murray talks about his recent epic Australian Open semi-final against Novak Djokovic, and looks forward to the rest of the season. Interview by BBC Scotland’s Kheredine Idessane. Article source: Here

Instant Lendl impact for Murray

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:15 +0000

Andy Murray believes new coach Ivan Lendl has improved his game already. The British number one appointed Lendl, the winner of eight Grand Slam titles, in December. Murray reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open before losing a five-set thriller to Novak Djokovic, but says Lendl has made a difference. “I spent five days with [...]

Chisora can KO Klitschko

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:13 +0000

Former world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis thinks unfancied Brit Dereck Chisora has the power to shock Vitali Klitschko later this month. Klitschko chose to meet 28-year-old Chisora, instead of another Londoner David Haye, in the defence of his WBC heavyweight title on 18 February. The 40-year-old Ukrainian was last defeated nine years ago by Lewis. [...]

Title win for rugby star Williams

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:12 +0000

World Cup-winning rugby star Sonny Bill Williams is a boxing champion after a first-round knockout over Clarence Tillman. Williams, who played the final four minutes of New Zealand’s victory over France in October, beat veteran Tillman with a second of round one remaining. The win means Williams has won all five of his paids bouts [...]

‘Twilight’ actor Jackson Rathbone and girlfriend expecting a baby

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:09 +0000

“Twilight” actor Jackson Rathbone and his girlfriend have a baby on the way. The 27-year-old actor and girlfriend Sheila Hafsadi, 24, will be having the baby over the summer and “are thrilled and excited to be expecting their first child,” their rep told People. Hafsadi, a burlesque dancer, is said to be five months along, [...]

Zsa Zsa Gabor’s husband throws her a 95th birthday party

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:08 +0000

Zsa Zsa Gabor turned 95 on Monday, and her husband, Prince Frederic von Anhalt, made sure to throw her a party. It was a party Gabor didn’t exactly attend: She remained in bed behind closed doors and was presented a chocolate cake by her husband, who paraded it for the guests and said it was [...]

Beyonce debuts her post-baby body at Jay-Z charity concert

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:07 +0000

Beyonce is back in her high heels — and back in fighting shape — nearly one month after giving birth to daughter Blue Ivy Carter. Attending a charity concert put on by her husband, Jay-Z, Bey rolled up to Carnegie Hall flaunting serious curves in a coral dress on Monday. With her own mama Tina [...]

Maria Menounos: Bikini bare in Times Square to pay Super Bowl bet

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:05 +0000

The Super Bowl brought a win for the New York Giants and a loss for Maria Menounous. A loss of clothing, actually, that saw her bikini-clad in chilly temperatures in New York City, hosting “Extra.” Menounos, a New England Patriots fan, had been so confident her team would win, she said she’d host the show [...]

Sharon Stone accepts lifetime achievement from AARP

KS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:40:59 +0000

Sharon Stone would be the first to tell you: Don’t argue with Martin Scorsese. The legendary director presented Stone with a lifetime achievement award at the AARP Movies for Grownups awards ceremony on Monday night, and in presenting the prize said “she’s got a little longer to go for a lifetime.” Argue we won’t, as [...]

Fallout From Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Retraction Is Far and Wide

KS — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:55:43 +0000

“I remember reading it and going, ‘Bingo, this is it!’ ” pronounced Heidi Bauer, 42, a mom of triplets in Huntington, Md., who has had ongoing tired syndrome given her 20s. “I suspicion it was going to meant treatment, that we was going to be means to play with my kids and be a kind of [...]

Russian Scientists May Have Drilled Into Previously Unknown Subglacial Lake

KS — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:55:41 +0000

International scientists shift between fad and regard after reports from Russian news group RIA Novosti that Russian scientists have drilled into a inexperienced Lake Vostok, 2.2 miles next a aspect of Antarctica. The lake, detected in a mid-1990s, is a world’s third largest, and could reason a immeasurable volume of systematic data, both about how [...]

Daredevil to Plunge From Outer Space

KS — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:55:40 +0000

Welcome to a impassioned competition of space-diving. After some teenager speed bumps, Daredevil adventurer Felix Baumgartner’s skeleton to thrust 23 miles from a corner of space behind to Earth — a Red Bull-sponsored attempt that would be a world’s top freefall — is finally entrance to fruition, a group announced Monday, Feb. 6. NEWS: Space [...]

Josh Powell left voicemail before killing self, sons

KS — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:55:33 +0000

Editor’s Note: Readers should be aware this story contains a graphic depiction of an explicit image. Graham., Wash. • Prior to setting his house on fire and killing himself and his two young sons, Josh Powell left a voice mail for family members that may give insight into his actions: “This is Josh. I’m calling [...]

Wine recommendations

KS — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:55:32 +0000

Prices are approximate. Check Winesearcher.com to verify availability, or ask a favorite wine store to order through a distributor. Here are some wines that suggest romance for Valentine’s Day. One or more of these will help set the mood for your special dinner. Your local retailer will probably have some other suggestions. R Dumont et [...]

Valentine’s Day wine choice can make a statement

KS — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:55:31 +0000

Recommendations for Valentine’s Day wines Look for romantic wine names. Okay sure, that is a bit hokey and subject to the excesses of the marketing department. But a wine name that suggests romance shows that you at least put a little thought into your selection. And many of these wines are actually good and will [...]

Messages show conflict within NRC after Japan’s earthquake and tsunami

KS — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:55:30 +0000

“THIS IS NOT A DRILL,” said an e-mail from the NRC operations center early on March 11, hours after the quake. “This may get really ugly in the next few days,” said one NRC official later in the day after a report that Tokyo Electric Power Co. was venting gas from a containment building. Three [...]

Greenpeace’s new ‘Rainbow Warrior’ docks in Baltimore

KS — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:55:29 +0000

While it is not targeting a specific coal plant in the Washington region, it will target coal-fired utilities as it heads to Southport, N.C., and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., before sailing to Brazil for June’s Rio+20 Earth Summit. The ship will be open to the public for tours Tuesday between noon and 6 p.m. Designed in [...]

Super Bowl XLVI: Biggest TV audience ever [Updated]

KS — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:55:27 +0000

For the third time in as many years, Sunday’s Super Bowl has been crowned the most watched television broadcast ever. View Photo Gallery: The New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots in the highly anticipated Super Bowl rematch at Lucas Oil Stadium. The teams faced each other at the Super Bowl in 2008. An estimated [...]

‘The Voice’ season 2: Blind auditions continue

KS — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:55:26 +0000

“Voice” judges Blake Shelton, Cee Lo Green, Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine. (Lewis Jacobs – NBC) So many questions about Monday night’s episode of “The Voice,” which made its debut in the show’s regular timeslot. Will it be a ratings hit like it was on Sunday after the Super Bowl? Will it provide enough of a [...]

Report: Mexico cartel agree to ceasefire during pope visit

KS — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:55:23 +0000

A Mexican drug cartel in the central mountainous state of Guanajuato has agreed to a ‘Papal ceasefire’ during an upcoming visit by Benedict XVI, a local newspaper reported on Tuesday. The group hung 11 banners — a common way for cartels to communicate with each other and authorities — saying they would accede to a [...]