WASHINGTON — With 2013 bringing tax increases on the incomes of a small sliver of the richest Americans, the country’s top earners now face a heavier tax burden than at any time since Jimmy Carter was president. The last-minute deal struck by the departing 112th Congress raised taxes on a handful of the highest-earning Americans, with about 99.3 percent of households experiencing no change...
Jan
04
Pakistani teenager shot by Taliban leaves hospital
Label: World LONDON -- Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot in the head by Taliban gunmen last October in Pakistan, walked out of...
Extinction Tourism: Work at a Newspaper While You Still Can
Label: TechnologyWhy on earth would a seasoned, decorated photographer take a job at a local, small-town newspaper in the northern reaches of Norway? That’s what we asked Jonas Bendiksen after he announced on Magnum’s blog that he’d be working at the Bladet Vesterålen newspaper, with a circulation of only 8,000, in the town of Sortland. In his blog post, Bendiksen writes, “We’ve heard it repeated...
“Django Unchained” on pace to be Tarantino’s biggest box office film ever
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – After nine days in theaters, “Django Unchained” is on pace to be Quentin Tarantino‘s highest grossing movie ever.That’s right, if the trend holds, the blood-soaked slave-revenge fable will rack up more at the box office than “Pulp Fiction” ($ 213.9 million worldwide), “Kill Bill Vol. 1″ ($ 180.9 million worldwide), “Kill Bill Vol. 2″ ($ 152.1 million worldwide) and previous...
Scant Proof Is Found to Back Up Claims by Energy Drinks
Label: HealthEnergy drinks are the fastest-growing part of the beverage industry, with sales in the United States reaching more than $10 billion in 2012 — more than Americans spent on iced tea or sports beverages like Gatorade. Their rising popularity represents a generational shift in what people drink, and reflects a successful campaign to convince consumers, particularly teenagers, that the drinks...
Google’s Lawyers Work Behind the Scenes to Carry the Day
Label: BusinessSAN FRANCISCO — For 19 months, Google pressed its case with antitrust regulators investigating the company. Working relentlessly behind the scenes, executives made frequent flights to Washington, laying out their legal arguments and shrewdly applying lessons learned from Microsoft’s bruising antitrust battle in the 1990s. After regulators had pored over nine million documents, listened to...
Jan
03
Bieber urges crackdown on paparazzi after photographer's death
Label: World Justin Bieber and his collection of exotic cars have been tantalizing targets for celebrity photographers ever since the young...
Wild-Animal Photos Capture Calm in Crisis
Label: Technology Annie Marie Musselman claims she’s not one of those “weird, overly spiritual dream-catcher people,” but says her time at the Sarvey Wildlife Care Center has shown her an intimacy with wild animals – an intimacy that’s reflected in her striking photo series, Finding Trust. In one photo, for example, an injured owl lies on a medical table with its bright yellow eyes looking up with a sense of...
Putin grants Depardieu Russian citizenship
Label: LifestyleMOSCOW (AP) — Gerard Depardieu, the French actor who has been sparring with his native country over taxes, has been granted Russian citizenship.A brief announcement on the Kremlin website said President Vladimir Putin signed the citizenship grant on Thursday.Depardieu is angered by French President Francois Hollande‘s attempt to raise taxes on the mega-rich to 75 percent. Russia has a flat income...
The New Old Age Blog: On the Way to Hospice, Surprising Hurdles
Label: HealthI’ve often wondered why more families don’t call hospice when a loved one has a terminal disease — and why people who do call wait so long, often until death is just days away.Even though more than 40 percent of American deaths now involve hospice care, many families still are trying to shoulder the burden on their own rather than turning to a proven source of help and knowledge. I’ve surmised that...
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