For most Americans, Groundhog Day is a quaint oddity or a movie starring Bill Murray. For Punxsutawney Phil Sowerby, the Pennsylvania...
Nintendo says it won’t cut Wii U price despite slumping sales
Label: TechnologyNintendo (NTDOY) has a lot riding on its latest video game console, but sales have been slow thus far. Gamers have not responded to the bulky new GamePad controller, which could be considered the biggest point of differentiation on the Wii U. As a result, Nintendo recently slashed its sales outlook on Wii U consoles for the March quarter. Following some speculation that Nintendo might cut the price...
Washington wins 3 trophies at NAACP Image Awards
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — Kerry Washington was a triple threat at the NAACP Image Awards.The star of ABC's "Scandal" picked up a trio of trophies at the 44th annual ceremony: outstanding actress in a drama series for "Scandal," supporting actress in a motion picture for "Django Unchained" and the President's Award, which is given in recognition of special achievement and exceptional public service."This...
Ferrol Sams, Doctor Turned Novelist, Dies at 90
Label: HealthFerrol Sams, a country doctor who started writing fiction in his late 50s and went on to win critical praise and a devoted readership for his humorous and perceptive novels and stories that drew on his medical practice and his rural Southern roots, died on Tuesday at his home in Lafayette, Ga. He was 90. The cause, said his son Ferrol Sams III, also a doctor, was that he was “slap wore...
Gordon Brush plant owner bristles at red tape tying up expansion
Label: Business Ken Rakusin is frustrated.You would be too.Since 2009, the owner of Gordon Brush Manufacturing Co. has been trying to expand his 51,000-square-foot City of Commerce factory by 20,000 square feet. That would mean a larger factory floor, more office space for the engineers who work with customers to design new products, conference rooms, a spacious...
Feb
01
Mahony stripped of public church duties
Label: World Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez on Thursday announced dramatic actions in response to the priest abuse scandal, saying that Cardinal Roger Mahony would no longer perform public duties in the church and that Santa Barbara Bishop Thomas J. Curry has stepped down.Gomez said in a statement that Mahony -- who led the L.A. archdiocese from 1985 to 2011 -- "will no longer have any administrative...
BlackBerry World is off to a decent start, but it’s missing some big-name apps
Label: TechnologyWhen BlackBerry (RIMM) announced that more than 70,000 BlackBerry 10 applications would be available when its new platform launched, users were ecstatic. That big number was too good to be true, unfortunately, as we and many others noticed in our time spent with the BlackBerry Z10. While the app store includes some big names such as Rovio’s Angry Birds and various titles from Electronic Arts...
Appeals judges: Anti-paparazzi law appears legal
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — An appeals panel says California's anti-paparazzi statute appears to be constitutional based on a brief filed by prosecutors.A preliminary statement by three judges in Los Angeles requires a judge who dismissed charges aimed at a paparazzo who authorities say was driving recklessly to review his order. The judge may stick to his ruling, which would trigger a full appeal, or he could...
During Trial, New Details Emerge on DuPuy Hip
Label: HealthWhen Johnson & Johnson announced the appointment in 2011 of an executive to head the troubled orthopedics division whose badly flawed artificial hip had been recalled, the company billed the move as a fresh start. But that same executive, it turns out, had supervised the implant’s introduction in the United States and had been told by a top company consultant three years before the device...
Hackers target Western news organizations in China
Label: Business More than 30 journalists and executives at Western news organizations in China, including the New York Times and the Wall Street...
Jan
31
Bell city clerk testifies signatures on documents were forged
Label: World A key prosecution witness in the Bell corruption case testified Wednesday that signatures on city contracts, minutes for council...
Facebook’s mobile ad revenue doubles in fourth quarter
Label: TechnologySAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc doubled its mobile advertising revenue in the fourth quarter, a sign that the No.1 social network is seeing early success in expanding onto handheld devices as more of its users migrate to smartphones and tablets.Investors want to see evidence that CEO Mark Zuckerberg‘s 8-year-old company is delivering on promises to develop a full-fledged mobile advertising...
Patty Andrews of Andrews Sisters rallied troops
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — Patty Andrews never served in the military, but she and her singing sisters certainly supported the troops.During World War II, they hawked war bonds, entertained soldiers overseas and boosted morale on the home-front with tunes like "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B" and "I Can Dream, Can't I?"Andrews, the last surviving member of the singing Andrews Sisters trio, died Wednesday...
Well: Waiting for Alzheimer's to Begin
Label: HealthMy gray matter might be waning. Then again, it might not be. But I swear that I can feel memories — as I’m making them — slide off a neuron and into a tangle of plaque. I steel myself for those moments to come when I won’t remember what just went into my head.I’m not losing track of my car keys, which is pretty standard in aging minds. Nor have I ever forgotten to turn off the oven after use, common...
Avery Dennison to sell business units for $500 million
Label: Business Avery Dennison Corp. has agreed to sell two of its businesses for $500 million in cash to CCL Industries Inc., a Canadian maker...
Jan
30
L.A. city workers' union doesn't endorse Garcetti or Greuel
Label: World An influential union representing City Hall workers failed to reach a consensus Tuesday evening on whether and whom to endorse...
Critical, long-overdue BlackBerry makeover arrives
Label: TechnologyTORONTO (AP) — BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. will kick off a critical, long-overdue makeover when chief executive Thorsten Heins shows off the first phone with the new BlackBerry 10 system in New York on Wednesday.Repeated delays have left the once-pioneering BlackBerry an afterthought in the shadow of Apple’s trend-setting iPhone and Google’s Android-driven devices. There has even been...
Actor Jason London arrested after Ariz. bar fight
Label: LifestylePHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say actor Jason London has been arrested on suspicion of assault and disorderly conduct after an Arizona bar fight.Scottsdale police say London allegedly sneezed on a man who then asked him to apologize, but London refused and instead hit the man in the face.The Arizona Republic (http://bit.ly/VoULau ) says the two men were escorted out of the bar, but London began pushing...
Well: Helmets for Ski and Snowboard Safety
Label: HealthRecently, researchers from the department of sport science at the University of Innsbruck in Austria stood on the slopes at a local ski resort and trained a radar gun on a group of about 500 skiers and snowboarders, each of whom had completed a lengthy personality questionnaire about whether he or she tended to be cautious or a risk taker.The researchers had asked their volunteers to wear their normal...
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