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...
Dec
31
Lunar New Year celebrants get no rest after Western holidays
Label: World At her store in Chinatown, Tracy Tieu replaces red and green Christmas trinkets with red and gold Lunar New Year decorations...
Zynga carries out planned games shutdown, including “Petville”
Label: TechnologySAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Social games publisher Zynga Inc confirmed on Monday that it has carried out 11 of the planned shutdowns of 13 game titles, with “Petville” being the latest game on which it pulled the plug.Zynga in October said it would shut down 13 underperforming titles after warning that its revenues were slowing as gamers fled from its once-popular titles published on the Facebook platform...
Willard completes program, avoids lewdness charge
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Fred Willard has completed a diversion program for his arrest this summer for a suspected lewd act at a Hollywood adult theater.Frank Mateljan, a spokesman for the Los Angeles city attorney's office, said Monday that the 72-year-old comic actor completed the program in September and as a result no longer faces charges stemming from the July 18 incident.Willard was arrested...
F.D.A. Approves Sirturo, a New Tuberculosis Drug
Label: HealthThe Food and Drug Administration announced on Monday that it had approved a new treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis that can be used as an alternative when other drugs fail. The drug, to be called Sirturo, was discovered by scientists at Janssen, the pharmaceuticals unit of Johnson & Johnson, and is the first in a new class of drugs that aims to treat the drug-resistant strain...
Hobby Lobby to defy law on contraception insurance coverage
Label: Business After losing a last-minute appeal to the Supreme Court, craft stores chain Hobby Lobby said it would defy a federal healthcare...
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