In the highest-profile debate so far in the Los Angeles mayoral race, three longtime city officials defended their records Monday...
You'll Never Guess Who: Strange Recordings From the Library of Animal Sounds
Label: TechnologyThe murmurs, whispers, shrieks and growls of 9,000 species are now digitized in a huge library of animal sounds, including some songs that will never be sung again.Housed at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the Macaulay Library’s audio archive contains roughly 150,000 high-resolution recordings, all available online. It’s the largest collection of wildlife sounds in the world, and routinely called...
Animal shelters are real winners of ‘Puppy Bowl’
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — There will be a winner and a loser every Super Bowl Sunday. But at the “Puppy Bowl,” it’s always a win for animal shelters.The show provides national exposure to the shelters across the country that provide the puppy athletes and the kittens that star in the halftime show, and introduces viewers to the different breeds and animals that need homes, animal workers say. Many shelters...
Rescuer Appears for New York Downtown Hospital
Label: HealthManhattan’s only remaining hospital south of 14th Street, New York Downtown, has found a white knight willing to take over its debt and return it to good health, hospital officials said Monday. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, one of New York City’s largest academic medical centers, has proposed to take over New York Downtown in a “certificate of need” filed with the State Health Department....
DealBook: Former Jefferies Trader Is Charged With Fraud
Label: BusinessFederal prosecutors charged a former senior trader at the Jefferies Group on Monday with defrauding his clients — and the government — while selling them mortgage-backed securities after the financial crisis.Jesse C. Litvak, the former Jefferies trader, is accused of generating more than $2 million in revenue for Jefferies by overcharging his customers through deceitful conduct. Those who are said...
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Fire Department is the hot topic at mayoral candidates forum
Label: World Residents in Pacific Palisades were deeply critical when cuts to the Los Angeles Fire Department were proposed nearly four years...
The Power of Paying: What Consumer Hotshots Can Learn From Corporate Drudges
Label: Technology Sometimes these days interoperability seems like a lost cause in the technology world. Twitter has been making life hard for startups that make Twitter clients; Facebook has been making life equally hard for Twitter; and Google is preventing anyone else from adding content to its own social network, Google+.But even as the aforementioned advertising-driven companies have made life hard for...
Chris Brown investigated for possible assault
Label: LifestyleWEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown is under investigation for an alleged assault in a West Hollywood parking lot, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said early Monday.Deputies responding to a report of six men fighting Sunday night found the scene clear, but were told by witnesses that there had been a brief fight over a parking space.“The altercation allegedly...
Well: Keeping Blood Pressure in Check
Label: HealthSince the start of the 21st century, Americans have made great progress in controlling high blood pressure, though it remains a leading cause of heart attacks, strokes, congestive heart failure and kidney disease.Now 48 percent of the more than 76 million adults with hypertension have it under control, up from 29 percent in 2000.But that means more than half, including many receiving treatment, have...
Mattel Gives Max Steel Action Figure New Lease on Life
Label: BusinessNot many toys get a second shot at success. Once interest wanes, toy makers often are quick to move to the next franchise. So when Mattel decided to revive its dormant Max Steel line of action figures in the United States, it had a rare opportunity to re-examine the old marketing strategy for the brand. In doing so, it decided this time to shift its focus to multimedia, and let the toys follow....
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