By Andrea Billups 03/02/2013 at 05:00 PM EST Jason Segel and Michelle Williams AKM-GSI From breakups to bad fashion, this week's news had you laughing, smiling and feeling blue. The endearing display of fatherhood from new dad Nick Lachey, who put mini-me son...
WHO: Slight cancer risk after Japan nuke accident
Label: HealthLONDON (AP) — Two years after Japan's nuclear plant disaster, an international team of experts said Thursday that residents of areas hit by the highest doses of radiation face an increased cancer risk so small it probably won't be detectable.In fact, experts calculated that increase at about 1 extra percentage point added to a Japanese infant's lifetime cancer risk."The additional risk is quite small...
Trutanich struggling in bid to keep his city attorney post
Label: Business With large numbers of Los Angeles voters yet to make up their minds, a new poll shows that first-term City Atty. Carmen Trutanich...
Mar
01
Homeless Pay the Price of Progress in Lagos, Nigeria
Label: WorldSamuel James for The New York TimesChildren scavenge through the remains of a demolition site in Lagos in search of scrap wood to sell. LAGOS, Nigeria — The young man with the crowbar stood on a heap of rubble — planks, pallets, remains of pots, bits of cardboard, wisps of clothing, chunks of concrete — indistinguishable from every other pile in a field of debris stretching far into the distance....
Siobhan Finneran to Leave Downton Abbey
Label: Lifestyle TV Watch By Mike Fleeman 03/01/2013 at 06:30 PM EST After three scheming seasons, lady's maid Sarah O'Brien is hanging up her apron and apparently taking her nastiness to warmer climes.Actress Siobhan Finneran confirms she won't be returning for a fourth season on Downton Abbey after appearing on the hit PBS...
Population growth is threat to other species, poll respondents say
Label: Business Nearly two-thirds of American voters believe that human population growth is driving other animal species to extinction and...
Feb
28
W.H.O. Sees Low Health Risks From Fukushima Accident
Label: WorldTOKYO — A study published on Thursday by the World Health Organization on the health risks associated with the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant suggested that the risk for certain types of cancers had increased slightly among children exposed to the highest doses of radioactivity, but that there would most likely be no observable increase in cancer rates in the wider Japanese...
Eric Garcetti showed political savvy during busy student years
Label: Business Fourth in a series of articles focusing on key periods in the lives of the mayoral hopefuls.Ben Jealous still recalls walking...
Feb
27
The Lede: Syrians Describes Apparent Missile Strikes on Aleppo
Label: WorldA Human Rights Watch video report on the aftermath of apparent missile strikes in Syria’s largest city, Aleppo.Human Rights Watch investigators who visited Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, have concluded that the Syrian government fired at least four ballistic missiles into civilian neighborhoods there last week, killing more than 141 people, including 71 children. As my colleague Anne Barnard explained,...
The Jennifer Lawrence Guide to Being Awesome
Label: Lifestyle Wish you were J.Law? Join the club. Here, the rules for living a fabulous life like hers (Disclosure: killer body and Oscar statue not included) Credit: Sebastian Mlynarski Updated: Wednesday Feb 27, 2013 | 03:00 PM EST By: Zoë Ruderman Subscribe Now ...
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