People Pets By Amy Jamieson 02/04/2013 at 04:30 PM EST Emma Bunton's dog is missing – and she needs more than just Girl Power to get her back."My gorgeous brown Labrador went missing on daily walk," the Spice Girl Tweeted on Monday. "She will be so scared please look out around East Barnet, Hadley Wood, Trent...
Bullying study: It does get better for gay teens
Label: HealthCHICAGO (AP) — It really does get better for gay and bisexual teens when it comes to being bullied, although young gay men have it worse than their lesbian peers, according to the first long-term scientific evidence on how the problem changes over time.The seven-year study involved more than 4,000 teens in England who were questioned yearly through 2010, until they were 19 and 20 years old. At the...
S&P 500 posts worst day since November; McGraw-Hill shares sink
Label: BusinessNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks slid on Monday, giving the S&P 500 its worst day since November, as renewed worries about the euro zone crisis caused the market to pull back from recent gains. Shares of McGraw-Hill shed 13.8 percent to $50.30, their worst daily percentage decline since the October 1987 market crash, after news the U.S. Justice Department plans to sue Standard & Poor's,...
The Lede Blog: Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani Girl Shot by Taliban Militants, Speaks in New Videos
Label: WorldLast Updated, 4:54 p.m. Speaking on camera for the first time since she survived an assassination attempt by the Pakistani Taliban last year, the young activist Malala Yousafzai began with the words, “Today you can see that I’m alive.” The 15-year-old, who was shot in the head as she left school in Pakistan’s Swat Valley four months ago, promised that she would continue to be an outspoken advocate...
Feb
03
BlackBerry searching high and low in India, Indonesia
Label: TechnologyNEW DELHI/JAKARTA (Reuters) – Research in Motion Ltd must chart a tough course in its two key emerging markets of India and Indonesia: quickly launch cheaper handsets to woo lower-end subscribers while restoring its tattered brand among the countries’ status-conscious.The company, which is rebranding itself BlackBerry after its best-known smartphone, has won millions of followers in these two Asian...
Harry Styles Celebrates 19th Birthday with a Stripper
Label: Lifestyle By Alison Schwartz 02/03/2013 at 04:35 PM EST Harry Styles Weir Photos/Splash News Online It was just more than a month ago that Harry Styles was helping then-girlfriend Taylor Swift celebrate her birthday with a quiet trip to rural northern England.But now that...
New rules aim to get rid of junk foods in schools
Label: HealthWASHINGTON (AP) — Most candy, high-calorie drinks and greasy meals could soon be on a food blacklist in the nation's schools.For the first time, the government is proposing broad new standards to make sure all foods sold in schools are more healthful.Under the new rules the Agriculture Department proposed Friday, foods like fatty chips, snack cakes, nachos and mozzarella sticks would be taken out...
"Great Rotation"- A Wall Street fairy tale?
Label: BusinessNEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street's current jubilant narrative is that a rush into stocks by small investors has sparked a "great rotation" out of bonds and into equities that will power the bull market to new heights. That sounds good, but there's a snag: The evidence for this is a few weeks of bullish fund flows that are hardly unusual for January. Late-stage bull markets...
Pentagon Expects U.S. to Retain Presence in Afghanistan
Label: WorldWASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s top civilian and military officials on Sunday expressed expectations, even a desire, that American troops would remain in Afghanistan after the NATO mission ends in December 2014, although they emphasized that no decision had been made. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the United States would...
Feb
02
The Next PlayStation: 5 Lessons I Hope Sony’s Learned
Label: TechnologyFrom wishful thinking to shockingly sudden all-but-certainty, Sony‘s next game system may be here at last (I’ll try to avoid calling it things Sony hasn’t, like “PlayStation 4″ or “Orbis”), apparently head-faking Microsoft to debut earlier than expected at what’ll no doubt be a media circus in New York (and online) come Feb. 20.The event invite cleared my inbox last night accompanied by, well,...
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