SAN FRANCISCO — With only modest expectations, Robert Leitao of Santa Clarita made a decision in 1994 that would change his...
Stunning Views of Glaciers Seen From Space
Label: Technology To a geologist, glaciers are among the most exciting features on Earth. Though they seem to creep along at impossibly slow speeds, in geologic time glaciers are relatively fast, powerful landscape artists that can carve out valleys and fjords in just a few thousand years.Glaciers also provide an environmental record by trapping air bubbles in ice that reveal atmospheric conditions in the past....
Amanda Bynes enters settlement in hit-and-run case
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — Actress Amanda Bynes has resolved a misdemeanor hit-and-run case after entering into a civil settlement with other drivers.Court records show Bynes entered a civil compromise to end the case and her attorney informed a Los Angeles court on Thursday. Bynes was charged with leaving the scene of accidents in April and August without providing the proper information.Defendants in certain...
The Neediest Cases: Disabled Young Man and His Protective Mother Deal With Life’s Challenges
Label: HealthThough he would prefer to put his socks on without his mother’s help, Zaquan West, 25, does not have a choice. Michelle V. Agins/The New York TimesJoann West is a constant caretaker for her son, Zaquan. Though Ms. West works as a receptionist, the family fell behind on rent. For the past 100 years, The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund has provided direct...
Microsoft Battles Google by Hiring Political Brawler Mark Penn
Label: BusinessSEATTLE — Mark Penn made a name for himself in Washington by bulldozing enemies of the Clintons. Now he spends his days trying to do the same to Google, on behalf of its archrival Microsoft. Since Mr. Penn was put in charge of “strategic and special projects” at Microsoft in August, much of his job has involved efforts to trip up Google, which Microsoft has failed to dislodge from its...
Dec
14
The last call for a skid row era at King Eddy Saloon
Label: World Wire-thin and slumped like a question mark, James Maley nurses a watered-down whiskey at the battered bar inside the King Eddy...
GoPro Cameras Help Athletes Train Smarter
Label: Technology When gold medalist Lindsey Vonn hits the slopes to do some training, she clamps on her boots, clips into her bindings, straps on her helmet and slaps a GoPro on her chest. Go-anywhere, do-anything POV cameras, long used by “extreme” athletes to chronicle their insane stunts, have become an invaluable training tool for everyone from skiers and snowboarders to cyclists and sailors. The tiny...
Tolkien class at Wis. university proves popular
Label: LifestyleMILWAUKEE (AP) — The vast collection of J.R.R. Tolkien manuscripts initially sold senior Joe Kirchoff on Marquette University, so when the school offered its first course devoted exclusively to the English author, Kirchoff wanted in. The only problem: It was full and he wasn’t on the literature track.Undaunted, the 22-year-old political science and history major lobbied the English department and...
The New Old Age Blog: Hospital Alarms Fail to Prevent Injury, Study Finds
Label: HealthWhen it comes to protecting older people from falls, it can take a long time to figure out what helps and sometimes an even longer time to take action against things that were supposed to help but don’t.A case in point: the so-called safety rails on hospital and nursing home beds. Their hazards, as The New Old Age reported more than two years ago, are well documented. They are intended to keep sick,...
Dec
13
Fed to tie interest rate to job gains
Label: World WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve said it will continue aggressive measures to stimulate the economy and made a major policy...
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