NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks closed modestly higher on Tuesday, putting the Dow within striking distance of an all-time high, as investors looked ahead to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. Investors will be listening to Obama's speech for any clues on a deal with Republicans to avert automatic spending cuts due to take effect March 1. The tone of the speech will also...
Taking Guns to Holy Ground in Mexico City
Label: WorldAdriana Zehbrauskas for The New York TimesMexican soldiers evaluated guns last month in Mexico City. The city has largely been spared the violence of other areas. MEXICO CITY — A young woman cradling a large crucifix left Mexico’s holiest shrine, the Basilica of St. Mary of Guadalupe, on a recent afternoon and stopped at a tent outside, where soldiers were piling up pistols and rifles on a table,...
Feb
11
Digital gap: why aren’t moviemakers learning narrative from videogames and the web?
Label: TechnologyLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – From killing off film prints to designing fantastical CGI worlds, movies are going digital in every way except one – storytelling.Unlike the eras when the advent of photography inspired the fine arts to embrace abstraction, or when the rise of mass-media pushed writers into modernist and eventually post-modern terrain, movies remain largely impervious to the narrative techniques...
It's a Girl for John Cho
Label: Lifestyle Mom & Babies Celebrity Baby Blog 02/11/2013 at 06:30 PM ET Paul Drinkwater/NBCSurprise: Actor John Cho is a dad again!The Go On star and his wife welcomed a daughter recently, Cho’s rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.Baby girl is the second child for the couple, who are also parents to a son. No...
Pope shows lifetime jobs aren't always for life
Label: HealthThe world seems surprised that an 85-year-old globe-trotting pope who just started tweeting wants to resign, but should it be? Maybe what should be surprising is that more leaders his age do not, considering the toll aging takes on bodies and minds amid a culture of constant communication and change.There may be more behind the story of why Pope Benedict XVI decided to leave a job normally held for...
Wall Street ends flat as investors seek new catalysts
Label: BusinessNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks ended a quiet session with slight moves on Monday as investors found few reasons to keep pushing shares higher following a six-week advance, though the longer-term trend was still viewed as positive. The benchmark index is up more 6.4 percent in 2013, putting both the S&P 500 and Dow industrials near multi-year highs. The S&P is less than 4 percent...
Militant Threats Test Pentagon’s Role in Africa
Label: WorldPool photo byGen. William E. Ward, left, departed as Africa Command leader under a cloud, succeeded by Gen. Carter F. Ham in 2011. NIAMEY, Niger — Created five years ago to focus on training the armed forces of dozens of African nations and strengthening social, political and economic programs, the Pentagon’s Africa Command now finds itself on a more urgent mission: confronting a new generation of...
Feb
10
The strangely amazing Twitter poetry of Sen. Charles Grassley
Label: TechnologySome people just have a way with words. A poetic retrospective of the haiku-like 140-character musings of Iowa‘s senior RepublicanOn Nov. 26, 2007, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) joined the still-young Twitter revolution, tweeting the simple-yet-direct message “Attending events in Iowa.” Since then he has racked up more than 2,400 tweets, 65,500 followers, and a strangely loyal fan base. “If you’re...
Adele: These Days, I'm Only Singing Lullabies
Label: Lifestyle Mom & Babies Celebrity Baby Blog 02/10/2013 at 09:31 PM ET Jordan Strauss/Invision/APAdele may have started her day off at dawn, but the early morning wake up call came courtesy of her son — not her glam squad.“I’ve been up since 6 a.m. so I’m quite tired, but it’s nice,” Adele, who won best pop...
After early start, worst of flu season may be over
Label: HealthNEW YORK (AP) — The worst of the flu season appears to be over.The number of states reporting intense or widespread illnesses dropped again last week, and in a few states there was very little flu going around, U.S. health officials said Friday.The season started earlier than normal, first in the Southeast and then spreading. But now, by some measures, flu activity has been ebbing for at least four...
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