In a key sign of a stronger economy, automakers posted a strong December to cap off the industry's best annual U.S. sales since...
Jan
02
'Cliff' deal lifts stocks and doubts
Label: World WASHINGTON — Despite the huge relief rally on Wall Street, the incomplete resolution of the so-called fiscal cliff will do little...
Review: Nintendo’s TVii tops button-laden remotes
Label: TechnologyLOS ANGELES (AP) — Nintendo‘s TV-watching tool for the new Wii U game console beats my regular remote control hands down.Called TVii, the service transforms how you watch television in three key ways. It turns the touch-screen GamePad controller for the Wii U into a remote control for your TV and set-top box. It groups your favorite shows and sports teams together, whether it’s on live TV or an Internet...
'Lincoln,' 'Les Miz,' 'Argo' earn producers honors
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — The Civil War saga "Lincoln," the musical "Les Miserables" and the Osama bin Laden thriller "Zero Dark Thirty" are among the nominees announced Wednesday for the top honor from the Producers Guild of America.Other best-picture contenders are the Iran hostage-crisis thriller "Argo"; the low-budget critical favorite "Beasts of the Southern Wild"; the slave-turned-bounty-hunter saga...
Op-Ed Contributor: Our Imaginary Weight Problem
Label: HealthACCORDING to the United States government, nearly 7 out of 10 American adults weigh too much. (In 2010, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention categorized 74 percent of men and 65 percent of women as either overweight or obese.) But a new meta-analysis of the relationship between weight and mortality risk, involving nearly three million subjects from more than a dozen countries, illustrates...
'Cliff' deal lifts stocks and doubts
Label: Business WASHINGTON — Despite the huge relief rally on Wall Street, the incomplete resolution of the so-called fiscal cliff will do little...
Jan
01
OneVietnam nonprofit connects donors with people in need
Label: World When the nonprofit OneVietnam first revved up its outreach efforts with a $5,000 grant, it did something that left supporters...
Playboy Hugh Hefner marries his 'runaway bride'
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — Hugh Hefner's celebrating the new year as a married man once again.The 86-year-old Playboy magazine founder exchanged vows with his "runaway bride," Crystal Harris, at a private Playboy Mansion ceremony on New Year's Eve. Harris, a 26-year-old "Playmate of the Month" in 2009, broke off a previous engagement to Hefner just before they were to be married in 2011.Playboy said on Tuesday...
Ground Zero Volunteers Face Obstacles to Compensation
Label: HealthOn the day the terrorists flew into the World Trade Center, the Wu-Tang Clan canceled its meeting with a record mixer named Richard Oliver, so Mr. Oliver rushed downtown from his Hell’s Kitchen apartment to help out. He said he spent three sleepless days at ground zero, tossing body bags. “Then I went home, ate, crashed, woke up,” he said. He had left his Dr. Martens boots on the landing...
2012 was a good year for high-end home sales in L.A. County
Label: Business Last year was the best for high-end home sales since the housing bubble burst, and among those making the A list for celebrity...
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