Going out for a run used to just be about lacing up your sneakers. Now when you head out, you can feel like you’re drowning in tech: GPS watches, sports bands, sweat-proof earbuds, smartphone apps with cadence-matching playlists. And that’s before we even talk about what’s on your feet.But we wouldn’t subject ourselves to this mountain of gadgetry if it didn’t really help. As our goals become...
UK’s Kate leaves hospital after morning sickness
Label: LifestyleLONDON (Reuters) – Prince William‘s pregnant wife Kate left the King Edward VII hospital in central London on Thursday where she had spent four days being treated for acute morning sickness.Accompanied by her husband, Kate, 30, appeared at the steps of the hospital smiling and holding a bouquet of yellow flowers. Neither she nor William spoke to waiting reporters before being driven way.Kate, who...
Antismoking Outlays Drop Despite Tobacco Revenue
Label: HealthFaced with tight budgets, states have spent less on tobacco prevention over the past two years than in any period since the national tobacco settlement in 1998, despite record high revenues from the settlement and tobacco taxes, according to a report to be released on Thursday. Paul J. Richards/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesState antismoking spending is the lowest since the 1998...
Dec
05
Secure Communities is optional, Harris says
Label: World SAN FRANCISCO — California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris told local law enforcement agencies Tuesday that they were not obligated...
Machine Gun Expo Is Down-Home Americana Gone Ballistic
Label: TechnologyThere are thousands of gun shows in America each year, but machine gun shows are a rare spectacle. At the two-day hands-on shootfest that is the Oklahoma Full Auto Shoot & Trade Show (OFASTS) exhibitors rent out fully automatic weapons to the public so that they may annihilate refrigerators, ovens and other household appliances.Photojournalist Pete Muller recently...
“Family Guy” executive producer lands animated cop series with Fox
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Despite – or perhaps because of – a robust cartoon slate that includes “The Simpsons,” “American Dad” and “Family Guy,” Fox apparently feels that it’s just not animated enough.The network has given a 13-episode order to a new animated series, “Murder Police,” from “Family Guy” executive producer David Goodman and Jason Ruiz, Fox said Tuesday.The series, which will be produced...
The New Old Age Blog: For the Old, Less Sense of Whom to Trust
Label: HealthThere’s a reason so many older people fall for financial scams, new research suggests. They don’t respond as readily to visual cues that suggest a person might be untrustworthy, and their brains don’t send out as many warning signals that ignite a danger ahead gut response.The research, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is the first to show that older adults’...
Free-Messaging Apps Siphon Profits from Cellular Providers
Label: BusinessFor a long time, opening a cellphone bill was scary for the parents of teenagers. Charges for texting could reach hundreds of dollars a month, prompting many families to sign up for unlimited plans. But at perhaps $20 a month for each family member, that quickly added up, too. Lucas Jackson/ReutersA man uses his Apple iPhone in New York in September. Cellphone users are sending more text...
Dec
04
Mexico port picks up slack from strike at L.A., Long Beach complex
Label: World ENSENADA — This sluggish port city is coming alive.Standing atop a pier with a hulking cargo ship behind him, dock manager Rogelio...
Meet the Dancing Otter That Helped Obama Win the Presidency
Label: Technology It would happen a couple of times each month at the Obama campaign headquarters in Chicago. Ben Hagen would giggle and then send out a web link to his coworkers, the geeks who ran the technology operation for the Obama reelection campaign.Soon, the sound of Kenny Loggins’ inspirational 1979 hit “This Is It” would fill the office, and the dancing Otter would pop up on machine after machine....
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