Narciso Contreras/Associated PressFree Syrian Army fighters aimed their weapons during heavy clashes with government forces in Aleppo. BEIRUT, Lebanon — As the United States tries attempts to rally international support for the Syrian rebellion, trying to herd the opposition into a shadow government that it can recognize and assist, on the ground in Syria it faces an entirely different problem: Much...
Hugh Hefner's Engagement Ring to Crystal Harris Revealed
Label: Lifestyle By Mike Fleeman 12/11/2012 at 07:00 PM EST The wedding's back on – though it may be a good idea to save that gift receipt. Hugh Hefner, 86, officially confirms that he is once again engaged to Crystal Harris, 26, telling his Twitter followers, "I've given Crystal Harris a ring. I love the girl."
And to prove...
DA investigating Texas' troubled $3B cancer agency
Label: HealthAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Turmoil surrounding an unprecedented $3 billion cancer-fighting effort in Texas worsened Tuesday when its executive director offered his resignation and the state's chief public corruption prosecutor announced an investigation into the beleaguered agency.No specific criminal allegations are driving the latest probe into the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, said...
Actor's girlfriend says he killed, dismembered college students
Label: Business Hours before he played the romantic lead in a community theater play opposite his real-life fiancee, authorities allege Daniel Patrick Wozniak shot and killed his neighbor.Not long after that evening’s performance, he slipped out of the Costa Mesa apartment he shared with his then-fiancee, Rachel Buffett, 25, and killed a second person , according to police, prosecutors and Buffett's account...
Dec
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Chinese Police Detain Two Tibetans in Self-Immolation Protests
Label: WorldBEIJING — Chinese police officials have detained a Tibetan monk and his nephew and accused them of playing a role in a series of self-immolations, according to Xinhua, the state news agency. The move appeared to be part of a campaign to prosecute Tibetans who are accused of aiding others who set fire to themselves in protest of Chinese rule. The police said the monk who was detained — Lorang...
Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi & Mitt Romney Attend Las Vegas Boxing Match
Label: Lifestyle Caught in the Act By Mark Gray 12/10/2012 at 06:30 PM EST Mitt Romney and Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi Danny Moloshok/Reuters/Landov; D Dipasupil/Getty Where would a former presidential candidate and a pint-sized reality star cross paths?Vegas, baby!
With the campaign...
Surprise: New insurance fee in health overhaul law
Label: HealthWASHINGTON (AP) — Your medical plan is facing an unexpected expense, so you probably are, too. It's a new, $63-per-head fee to cushion the cost of covering people with pre-existing conditions under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.The charge, buried in a recent regulation, works out to tens of millions of dollars for the largest companies, employers say. Most of that is likely to be passed...
Man lived with murdered girlfriend's rotting corpse for months, DA says
Label: Business
Prosecutors say a Stockton man lived with his girlfriend's rotting corpse for months after killing her.In court last week, prosecutors alleged that the man hit is girlfriend on the head with a a metal table pedestal, raped her and stabbed her 32 times.Devon Epps was evicted from his apartment in December 2011. The next
day, when the apartment manager stopped by, they found a dead...
Dec
09
Fear of Fighting Haunts Once-Tranquil Damascus
Label: WorldMuzaffar Salman/ReutersA member of Syria's symphony orchestra ahead of a concert in Damascus in November. DAMASCUS, Syria — Business has been terrible for Abu Tareq, a taxi driver, so last week, without telling his wife, he agreed to drive a man to the Damascus airport for 10 times the usual rate. But, he said later, he will not be doing that again. On the airport road, he could hear the...
Amazon’s Android Appstore explodes, downloads increase 500% over last year
Label: TechnologyAmazon’s (AMZN) Appstore is on fire. While the marketplace may not boost as many apps as Google’s (GOOG) Play Store, it has seen substantial growth in the past year. In fact, the company announced on Thursday that its Appstore has seen downloads increase more than 500% since last year. Amazon also revealed that the number of developers utilizing in-app purchasing doubled in the third quarter and that...
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