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Maker Mom Builds Cookie-Cutter Empire With 3-D Printers
Label: TechnologyAthey Moravetz is doing some tasty work with her 3-D printers.
The video game designer has worked on PlayStation games like Resistance Retribution and Uncharted Golden Abyss. She's also a self-described "jack-of-all-trades," skilled with 3-D modeling tools like Maya, and knows how to design compelling characters with them.
After having two children she decided to work from home, and in addition...
Crafters send mittens with a message to Newtown
Label: Lifestyle“Chester Raccoon stood at the edge of the forest and cried. ‘I don’t want to go to school,’ he told his mother. ‘I want to stay home with you. I want to play with my friends. And play with my toys. And read my books. And swing on my swing. Please may I stay home with you?’” — “The Kissing Hand,” by Audrey Penn.___NEW YORK (AP) — Imagining the horror for Sandy Hook Elementary students when they walk...
Alabama to End Isolation of Inmates With H.I.V.
Label: HealthJamie Martin/Associated PressThe H.I.V. ward of an Alabama women's prison in 2008. The state was ordered to stop segregating inmates with the virus. A federal judge on Friday ordered Alabama to stop isolating prisoners with H.I.V. Alabama is one of two states, along with South Carolina, where H.I.V.-positive inmates are housed in separate prisons, away from other inmates, in an attempt to...
Instagram Reversal Doesn’t Appease Everyone
Label: BusinessPeter DaSilva for The New York TimesKevin Systrom, right, co-founder of Instagram, with employees in the company office in San Francisco last year. SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook may have quelled a full-scale rebellion by quickly dumping the contentious new terms of use for Instagram, its photo-sharing service. But even as the social network furiously backpedaled, some users said Friday they were carrying...
Dec
21
Boehner's 'fiscal cliff' plan fails
Label: World WASHINGTON — House Speaker John A. Boehner abruptly canceled a vote on his Plan B tax proposal late Thursday after failing to...
Hard to Handle
Label: Technology The 2013 Mustang Shelby GT500 is many things: imposing, populist, expensive. It’s also the last car Carroll Shelby had a hand in building. And true to the legacy of the legendary racer and auto designer who helped define the modern sports car, the GT500 is a Mustang with more power than any sane individual needs.Its 5.8-liter supercharged V8 puts out a massive manufacturer-claimed 662 horsepower...
Martha Raddatz, Hot Off Debate Performance, Promoted at ABC News
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (TheWrap.com) – Martha Raddatz, widely praised for her moderation of the vice presidential debate in October, has been given an expanded role as ABC News’ chief global affairs correspondent. Jonathan Karl, meanwhile, will become the network’s new chief White House correspondent, filling the void left by Jake Tapper‘s exit to CNN.Raddatz will replace Tapper as the primary substitute for George...
Boehner Tax Plan in House Is Pulled, Lacking Votes
Label: BusinessBrendan Hoffman for The New York TimesSpeaker John A. Boehner of Ohio leaving a meeting Thursday with fellow House Republicans on talks over the “fiscal cliff.” WASHINGTON — Speaker John A. Boehner’s effort to pass fallback legislation to avert a fiscal crisis in less than two weeks collapsed Thursday night in an embarrassing defeat after conservative Republicans refused to support legislation that...
Dec
20
Fearful 'end of world' calls, emails flood NASA as Dec. 21 nears
Label: World If there's one government agency really looking forward to Dec. 22, it's NASA.The space agency said it has been flooded with...
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