SEOUL -- In danger of falling behind in the space race on the Korean peninsula, Seoul announced Wednesday it had successfully...
Even After Lackland Scandal, Military Still Isn't Fixing Its Sexual Abuse Epidemic
Label: Technology The Pentagon has talked a lot about putting a stop to sexual abuse and harassment in the military, including abuse carried out by general officers. Yet a new report from the investigative arm of Congress finds it’s mostly that — talk. It catalogs how the military still hasn’t fixed a host of systemic obstacles that contribute to sexual assault and make it less likely for survivors to get help.According...
Actress Ashley Judd and race car driver Dario Franchitti split
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – American actress Ashley Judd and her Scottish race car driver husband Dario Franchitti are ending their marriage after 11 years.The movie star, 44, and the Indianapolis 500 race car driver, 39, married in 2001 and have no children.“We have mutually decided to end our marriage. We’ll always be family and continue to cherish our relationship based on the special love, integrity...
The New Old Age Blog: For Some Caregivers, the Trauma Lingers
Label: HealthRecently, I spoke at length to a physician who seems to have suffered a form of post-traumatic stress after her mother’s final illness.There is little research on this topic, which suggests that it is overlooked or discounted. But several experts acknowledge that psychological trauma of this sort does exist.Barry Jacobs, a clinical psychologist and author of “The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers”...
Nintendo Warns of Weak Wii U Sales
Label: BusinessTOKYO — Nintendo expects to sell far fewer units of its Wii U game console than it expected, the Japanese video game maker said Wednesday, slashing its sales outlook for its flagship device just two months after its release. Nintendo has a lot riding on the Wii U, the successor to the Wii, which revolutionized the gaming industry six years ago with a casual approach that brought video games...
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Mayoral debate focuses on city's troubled finances
Label: World 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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