LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lee Dorman, the bassist for psychedelic rock band Iron Butterfly, has died at age 70.Orange County sheriff‘s spokeswoman Gail Krause says Dorman was found dead in a vehicle Friday morning. A coroner’s investigation is under way, but foul play is not suspected.Krause said Dorman may have been on his way to a doctor’s appointment when he died.Iron Butterfly was formed and rose to...
Violence, fear & suspicion imperil Pakistan’s war on polio
Label: HealthISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani health worker Bushra Bibi spent eight years trekking to remote villages, carefully dripping polio vaccine into toddlers’ pursed mouths to protect them from the crippling disease.Now the 35-year-old mother is too scared to go to work after masked men on motorbikes gunned down nine of her fellow health workers in a string of attacks this week.“I have seen so...
Violence, fear & suspicion imperil Pakistan’s war on polio
Label: HealthISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani health worker Bushra Bibi spent eight years trekking to remote villages, carefully dripping polio vaccine into toddlers’ pursed mouths to protect them from the crippling disease.Now the 35-year-old mother is too scared to go to work after masked men on motorbikes gunned down nine of her fellow health workers in a string of attacks this week.“I have seen so...
The Hedge Fund Hunger Games
Label: BusinessThe first idea that Tim Harrington, Brian Tomeo, and Spencer Deering had for a business was to gather up brand-new hedge funds and nurture them. They’d invite them to make use of their office in Miami Beach, where they could get advice, legal help, expensive software, and eventually an introduction to investors, with the three benefactors collecting a fee. The second idea, the one the trio went with,...
Canada spending growth sluggish in November, Mastercard says
Label: World(Reuters) – Canada‘s holiday shopping season got off to a slow start in November with retail sales rising only 1.3 percent from the previous year, compared with 4.2 percent growth a year earlier, according to data released by MasterCard on Thursday.Still, the shopping season was still young in November. MasterCard Advisors, the payment company’s research and consulting division, found that in recent...
2 bombers target mobile phone firms in Nigeria
Label: TechnologyKANO, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities blame a radical Islamist sect for twin suicide car bombings targeting two major mobile phone companies, an official said Saturday, blacking out a top operator’s network in most of Nigeria‘s northern commercial hub.A suicide bomber drove an explosive-laden car into the facilities of the Nigerian subsidiary of Bharti Airtel Ltd. of India at about 8 a.m. in the city of...
Dec
21
“It’s a Wonderful Life” is top Christmas film with critics
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – When it comes to Christmas films, “It’s a Wonderful Life” can still melt critics’ hearts nearly 70 years after it was released, according to a survey of the best-reviewed Christmas films.The survey, to be released on Friday by review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, found that the 1946 redemption story starring Jimmy Stewart edged out the 1942 Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire musical...
Mo. students lose 756 pounds at SC boarding school
Label: HealthKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Sixteen-year-old Jason Alexander weighed 326 pounds four months ago when he and 13 classmates boarded a plane for a weight-loss boarding school in South Carolina.When he stepped off a return flight home Friday, he was down to 233 pounds, making him the biggest loser in his Missouri school district’s unusually aggressive effort to battle childhood obesity.While individual families...
U.S. judge approves settlement in BP class action suit
Label: Business(Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Friday gave final approval to BP Plc‘s settlement with individuals and businesses who lost money and property in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.The order only addressed the settlement of economic and property damage claims, not a separate medical benefits settlement for cleanup workers and others who say the spill made them sick.BP has estimated that it will pay $ 7.8...
Italy PM Monti resigns, elections likely in February
Label: WorldROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti tendered his resignation to the president on Friday after 13 months in office, opening the way to a highly uncertain national election in February.The former European commissioner, appointed to lead an unelected government to save Italy from financial crisis a year ago, has kept his own political plans a closely guarded secret but he has faced growing...
Instagram diverts attention from botched policy change with another new filter
Label: TechnologyTitle Post: Instagram diverts attention from botched policy change with another new filterRating: 100%based on 99998 ratings.5 user reviews.Author: Fluser SeoLinkThanks for visiting the blog, If any criticism and suggestions please leave a comm...
Dec
20
‘Homeland’ star Claire Danes gives birth to first child
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Emmy-winning actress Claire Danes has given birth to her first child, a boy, the publicist for the “Homeland” star said on Wednesday.Cyrus Michael Christopher Dancy was born on Monday to Danes, 33, and her husband, British actor Hugh Dancy.Danes’ performance as CIA operative Carrie Matheson on Showtime’s “Homeland” series scored her an Emmy win in September, while the psychological...
Why Bill Ackman Went on a Three-Hour Rant Against Herbalife
Label: BusinessIs Herbalife (HLF) “the best-managed pyramid scheme in the history of the world,” as fund manager William “Bill” Ackman suggests? Is the maker of weight-loss and nutrition products being unfairly maligned by a man who will make money if investors flee the stock? Did you care about Herbalife before Ackman issued a marathon critique of its business on Dec. 20? You may well not own the stock, as it’s...
Wounded presage health crisis for postwar Syria
Label: WorldATMEH, Syria (AP) — A baby boy joined the ranks of Syria’s tens of thousands of war wounded when a missile fired by Bashar Assad‘s air force slammed into his family home and shrapnel pierced his skull.Four-month-old Fahed Darwish suffered brain damage and, like thousands of others seriously hurt in the civil war, he will likely need care well after the fighting is over. That’s something doctors say...
North Korean Video Game Has Western Ties
Label: TechnologyVideo games represent a true luxury for most North Koreans living in a country where even the elite have only hours of electricity each day. That has not stopped a Western company in the capital city of Pyonyang from creating what may be the first North Korean game widely available online.The game, called “Pyongyang Racer,” is a simple Web browser game that allows players to drive a car around North...
Dec
19
Leah Remini sued by former managers over “Family Tools” commissions
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Leah Remini‘s new TV gig is already giving her a headache, months before it even starts. Former “King of Queens” star Remini is being sued by her former managers, the Collective Management Group, which claims that it’s owed $ 67,000 in commissions relating to her upcoming ABC comedy “Family Tools,” which debuts May 1.In a complaint filed with Los Angeles Superior Court...
Officials: 31 suspended in Army day care scandal
Label: HealthWASHINGTON (AP) — At least 31 people were suspended from two Army day care centers at Fort Myer, Va., last week after officials scrutinized their backgrounds and found criminal convictions including fourth-degree sexual assault and drug use, a defense official said Wednesday.An earlier statement that the 31 people had been fired was erroneous, the official said. Suspension allows for the possibility...
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