A Los Angeles sales tax hike being promoted as vital to preserving public safety and helping end years of budget deficits is...
Listen to David Bowie's First Album in 10 Years for Free Online (Legally)
Label: Technology You don’t have to wait until March 12 to find out whether David Bowie’s first album in a decade is more Tin Machine than Low; the long-awaited The Next Day is already available, streaming in full on iTunes for a limited period pre-release.The stream continues Bowie’s current interest in previewing content from the album for free online before release; videos for both...
England Develops a Voracious Appetite for a New Diet
Label: HealthLONDON — Visitors to England right now, be warned. The big topic on people’s minds — from cabdrivers to corporate executives — is not Kate Middleton’s increasingly visible baby bump (though the craze does involve the size of one’s waistline), but rather a best-selling diet book that has sent the British into a fasting frenzy. “The Fast Diet,” published in mid-January in Britain, could do...
Fair Game: New York Fed Agreed to Testify for Bank of America
Label: Business A.I.G., which is suing Bank of America to recover losses it suffered on those securities, has calculated the value of the fraud claims at $7 billion. Late on Thursday, a copy of the actual agreement came to light. It was filed by Bank of America in a California court that is hearing the matter of who owns those fraud claims — A.I.G. or the New York Fed. The agreement was also filed by the...
Mar
01
Bell jurors ordered to begin anew after panelist is dismissed
Label: World After nearly five days of deliberations, jurors in the Bell corruption trial were ordered Thursday to begin anew after a member...
Exclusive Clip: Relive Napster's Big Break in the Documentary <em>Downloaded</em>
Label: Technology If the 1990s had a baby, it might look something like the documentary Downloaded. For one, it’s about the rise and fall of Napster, complete with plaid-heavy video of the young Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning. For another, it’s directed by Alex Winter, aka Bill S. Preston, Esq. from the Bill & Ted movies. Combined they’re the bookends of the decade that launched web culture.And yet everything...
Cellar victim Kampusch raped, starved in film of ordeal
Label: LifestyleVIENNA (Reuters) – A new film based on the story of Austrian kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch shows her being repeatedly raped by the captor who beat and starved her during the eight-and-a-half years that he kept her in a cellar beneath his house.Kampusch was snatched on her way to school at the age of 10 by Wolfgang Priklopil and held in a windowless cell under his garage near Vienna until she escaped...
Think Like a Doctor: The Man Who Wobbled
Label: Health The Challenge: Can you solve the medical mystery of a man who suddenly becomes too dizzy to walk?Every month, the Diagnosis column of The New York Times Magazine asks Well readers to try their hand at solving a medical mystery. Below you will find the story of a 56-year-old factory worker with dizziness and panic attacks. I have provided records from his two hospital visits that will give you all...
Detroit Car Sales Climb Again
Label: BusinessDETROIT – Sales of new vehicles in the United States rose modestly in February, as consumers continued to buy more fuel-efficient cars and as businesses replaced aging pickup trucks with newer models. Auto executives said overall industry sales for the month would improve about 2 percent over the strong results reported in the same period a year ago. The seasonally adjusted annual...
Feb
28
Jury in Bell corruption trial may be deadlocked
Label: World A court spokeswoman said Thursday the jury in the Bell corruption case appears to be deadlocked.“The jurors may be at an impasse,”...
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