Tara Todras-Whitehill for The New York TimesA demonstrator takes a breather during protests in downtown Cairo on Saturday. More Photos »CAIRO — The association of judges here called Saturday for courts across Egypt to suspend all but their most vital activities to protest an edict by President Mohamed Morsi granting himself unchecked power by setting his decrees above judicial review until the ratification...
Russia blames technical error for brief YouTube blacklisting
Label: TechnologyMOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian officials offered assurances they were not seeking to block access to YouTube on Wednesday, saying a technical error caused the popular video-sharing website to appear briefly on a register of sites containing banned content.For about an hour, YouTube was listed on the newly-created register, which the government says is needed to fight child pornography but critics of President...
Beyoncé & Amanda Seyfried Take on Fantasy Roles
Label: Lifestyle By Julia Haskins 11/24/2012 at 04:15 PM EST Amanda Seyfried and Beyoncé Splash News Online; Mike Coppola/Getty Call it escapism or call it just plain fun, but a crop of upcoming big-screen experiences are full of fantasy for kids and adults alike. The animated...
AP PHOTOS: Simple surgery heals blind Indonesians
Label: HealthPADANG SIDEMPUAN, Indonesia (AP) — They came from the remotest parts of Indonesia, taking crowded overnight ferries and riding for hours in cars or buses — all in the hope that a simple, and free, surgical procedure would restore their eyesight.Many patients were elderly and needed help to reach two hospitals in Sumatra where mass eye camps were held earlier this month by Nepalese surgeon Dr. Sanduk...
Military court to revisit statute criminalizing suicide attempts
Label: Business In a case involving a discharged Marine from Oceanside, a military court next week will consider the decades-old military statute...
Nov
23
Protests Erupt After Egypt’s Leader Seizes New Power
Label: WorldCAIRO — Opponents of President Mohamed Morsi were reported to have set fire to his party’s offices in several Egyptian cities on Friday in a spasm of protest and clashes after he granted himself broad powers above any court declaring himself the guardian of Egypt‘s revolution, and used his new authority to order the retrial of Hosni Mubarak. Maya Alleruzzo/Associated PressEgyptian protesters...
Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi Turns 25
Label: Lifestyle 11/23/2012 at 04:00 PM EST Snooki and Lorenzo Courtesy of Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi Happy birthday Snooki!Nicole Polizzi turns 25 Friday, celebrating with her "favorite birthday gift" – son Lorenzo Dominic, 3 months.
"Best birthday ever with my fiancé [Jionni LaValle]...
AP PHOTOS: Simple surgery heals blind Indonesians
Label: HealthPADANG SIDEMPUAN, Indonesia (AP) — They came from the remotest parts of Indonesia, taking crowded overnight ferries and riding for hours in cars or buses — all in the hope that a simple, and free, surgical procedure would restore their eyesight.Many patients were elderly and needed help to reach two hospitals in Sumatra where mass eye camps were held earlier this month by Nepalese surgeon Dr. Sanduk...
Husband killed wife, cooked her on stove, police say
Label: Business A 68-year-old Oceanside man is accused of killing and dismembering his 73-year-old wife. He pleaded not guilty this week.Deputy Dist. Atty. Katherine Flaherty told Vista Superior Court Judge J. Marshall Hockett that police found hunks of meat cooking on the stove at the family home and a severed head in the freezer.Hockett ordered Frederick Joseph Hengl kept in jail on $5-million bail.Police...
Nov
22
With Cease-Fire Joy in Gaza, Palestinian Factions Revive Unity Pledges
Label: WorldGAZA — A cease-fire that halted eight days of lethal conflict between Israel and Hamas brought jubilation to Gaza on Thursday as thousands of flag-waving residents poured into the streets and competing Palestinian factions sought to use the moment to revive their efforts to unify. In Israel, where the mood was more cynical and subdued, troops deployed to the border began pulling back. The...
How Ethan Zohn Is Raising Money with His Mustache
Label: Lifestyle Stylewatch Style News Now 11/21/2012 at 05:00 PM ET ');var brightcovevideoid = 1980115500001');var targetVideoWidth = 300;brightcove.createExperiences();/* iPhone, iPad, iPod */if ((navigator.userAgent.match('iPhone')) ||...
Study finds mammograms lead to unneeded treatment
Label: HealthMammograms have done surprisingly little to catch deadly breast cancers before they spread, a big U.S. study finds. At the same time, more than a million women have been treated for cancers that never would have threatened their lives, researchers estimate.Up to one-third of breast cancers, or 50,000 to 70,000 cases a year, don't need treatment, the study suggests.It's the most detailed look yet at...
Girlfriend helped actor killed 2 college students, police say
Label: Business
The former fiancee of a community theater actor charged in the double slaying of an Orange Coast College student and his tutor has been arrested by Costa Mesa police.
Rachel Buffett, 25, of Long Beach was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of being an accessory to murder after the fact and is being held on $1-million bail, according to police.
Police said Buffett remained a suspect during the...
Nov
21
Cease-Fire Between Israel and Hamas Takes Effect
Label: WorldCAIRO — Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire on Wednesday, the eighth day of lethal fighting over the Gaza Strip, in a deal completed under strong American and Egyptian diplomatic pressure that quieted an aerial battle of rockets and bombs and forestalled — for now — an escalation into an Israeli invasion. The cease-fire, which took effect at 9 p.m. local time (2 p.m. Eastern), was formally...
Kimora Lee Simmons and Djimon Hounsou Separate
Label: Lifestyle People Exclusive 11/21/2012 at 04:15 PM EST Djimon Hounsou and Kimora Lee Simmons Shareif Ziyadat/Getty It's over for Djimon Hounsou and Kimora Lee Simmons."Djimon Hounsou and Kimora Lee Simmons have officially separated after 5½ years," the actor's rep tells...
US abortions fall 5 pct, biggest drop in a decade
Label: HealthNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. abortions fell 5 percent during the recession and its aftermath in the biggest one-year decrease in at least a decade, perhaps because women are more careful to use birth control when times are tough, researchers say.The decline, detailed on Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, came in 2009, the most recent year for which statistics are available. Both...
Pasadena clears way for talks on NFL team
Label: Business Pasadena officials have cleared the way to begin negotiations with the NFL for bringing a professional football team to the...
Nov
20
Clinton Arrives in Middle East as Egypt Says Truce in Gaza Is Close
Label: WorldJERUSALEM — Diplomatic efforts accelerated on Tuesday to end the lethal confrontation between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza on one of the most violent days yet in the conflict, as the United States sent Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to the Middle East and Egypt’s president and his senior aides expressed confidence that a cease-fire was close. But by late evening there...
Tablets, discounters top U.S. holiday shopping lists: Reuters/Ipsos
Label: Technology
(Reuters) – Move over computers, your sleek siblings are the prized gift of the holidays.One-third of U.S. consumers are thinking about buying an electronic tablet this holiday season, according to a new Ipsos poll conducted for Thomson Reuters. And 22 percent of those who want one of the hot devices said they plan to cut back on other holiday purchases...
Kelly Clarkson: I'm Not Engaged - But Am Waiting for That Ring
Label: Lifestyle By Mike Fleeman 11/20/2012 at 03:30 PM EST Brandon Blackstock and Kelly Clarkson Rick Diamond/Getty As hints go, this one wasn't too subtle, seeing as Kelly Clarkson dropped it on national television.Appearing Tuesday on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, the pop star...
New push for most in US to get at least 1 HIV test
Label: HealthWASHINGTON (AP) — There's a new push to make testing for the AIDS virus as common as cholesterol checks.Americans ages 15 to 64 should get an HIV test at least once — not just people considered at high risk for the virus, an independent panel that sets screening guidelines proposed Monday.The draft guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force are the latest recommendations that aim to make...
Nov
19
Hamas Leader Dares Israel to Invade Amid Gaza Airstrikes
Label: WorldGAZA CITY — The top leader of Hamas dared Israel on Monday to launch a ground invasion of Gaza and dismissed diplomatic efforts to broker a cease-fire in the six-day-old conflict, as the Israeli military conducted a new wave of deadly airstrikes on the besieged Palestinian enclave, including a second hit on a 15-story building that houses media outlets. A volley of rockets fired from Gaza into southern...
Kelly Preston Opens Up About Her Late Son, Jett Travolta
Label: Lifestyle By Maggie Coughlan 11/19/2012 at 04:30 PM EST Kelly Preston and Jett Travolta Landov Kelly Preston is speaking out about the health conditions that led to her 16-year-old son's death.Jett Travolta – who died in 2009 after suffering a seizure and hitting his head...
EU drug regulator OKs Novartis' meningitis B shot
Label: HealthLONDON (AP) — Europe's top drug regulator has recommended approval for the first vaccine against meningitis B, made by Novartis AG.There are five types of bacterial meningitis. While vaccines exist to protect against the other four, none has previously been licensed for type B meningitis. In Europe, type B is the most common, causing 3,000 to 5,000 cases every year.Meningitis mainly affects infants...
Boy, 14, sexually assaults 65-year-old woman at store, authorities say
Label: Business A 14-year-old California boy was arrested Thursday night in connection with the attempted murder, kidnapping and sexual assault of a 65-year-old woman.Officers found the woman bound by duct tape in a ditch near Hiddenbrooke Parkway and Interstate Highway 80 around 6 p.m. Thursday, according to the Bay City News Service.Police said the victim was kidnapped at gunpoint in front of a retail...
Nov
18
Gaza Violence Is Unabating as Outsiders Push for a Truce
Label: WorldGAZA CITY — Israeli forces killed at least 11 people, including several children, in a single airstrike that destroyed a home here on Sunday, as Israel pressed its bombardment of the Gaza Strip for a fifth day, deploying warplanes and naval vessels to pummel the coastal enclave. The airstrike, which the Israeli military said was meant to kill a Palestinian militant involved in the recent...
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