Tara Todras-Whitehill for The New York TimesA school with old posters of Mohamed Morsi, now the president, in Al Talbeya, a neighborhood in Giza, where disaffection with the government is growing. More Photos »AL TALBEYA, Egypt — Mohamed Salamah used to vote with the Muslim Brotherhood. But in Saturday’s referendum on the Islamist-backed constitution, Mr. Salamah says he is voting against it, mainly...
Kelly Clarkson's Engagement & Jenna Dewan's Baby News Get Readers' Top Reactions
Label: Lifestyle By Dahvi Shira 12/22/2012 at 09:00 AM EST from left: Jenna Dewan, Channing Tatum, Kristen Stewart and Kelly Clarkson Bauer-Griffin; Wireimage; AP You continue to express what you're loving and laughing about on PEOPLE.com each week, and we are really happy with...
Predicting who's at risk for violence isn't easy
Label: HealthCHICAGO (AP) — It happened after Columbine, Virginia Tech, Aurora, Colo., and now Sandy Hook: People figure there surely were signs of impending violence. But experts say predicting who will be the next mass shooter is virtually impossible — partly because as commonplace as these calamities seem, they are relatively rare crimes.Still, a combination of risk factors in troubled kids or adults including...
Letting strangers live rent-free in his house: cool or crazy?
Label: Business When Tony Tolbert turned 50 last year, he marked the occasion by moving in with his mother.The decision wasn't about money. He's a Harvard-educated attorney, on the staff of UCLA's law school. And it wasn't because his mother wanted or needed him home.It was Tolbert's response to the sort of midlife milestone that prompts us to take stock. Instead...
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Cluster Bombs Used on Civilians in Syria
Label: WorldA cluster bomb attack on Dec. 12 in the town of Marea, Syria, killed 4 people and injured at least 23. Each bomb disperses bomblets that can cause destruction over hundreds of yards. In Marea, pieces of the finned bomblets and their dispensers were found throughout the town and even on its outskir...
Nokia to get payments in patent deal with RIM
Label: TechnologyHELSINKI (Reuters) – Struggling Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has settled its patent dispute with BlackBerry maker Research in Motion in return for payments, as it tries to exploit its trove of technology patents to boost its finances.Terms of the agreement were confidential, but Nokia said on Friday it included a one-time payment to be booked in the fourth quarter, as well as ongoing fees, all...
Behind-the-Scenes Secrets from Kristen Stewart's New Film, On the Road
Label: Lifestyle Stylewatch Style News Now 12/20/2012 at 09:00 AM ET Michele K. ShortSure, one of the more notable scenes in the new movie On the Road actually features an actress without clothes, but costume designer Danny Glicker promises that audiences will be blown away by the film’s clothes. And with all of the...
AP IMPACT: Big Pharma cashes in on HGH abuse
Label: HealthA federal crackdown on illicit foreign supplies of human growth hormone has failed to stop rampant misuse, and instead has driven record sales of the drug by some of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies, an Associated Press investigation shows.The crackdown, which began in 2006, reduced the illegal flow of unregulated supplies from China, India and Mexico.But since then, Big Pharma has been...
Apocalypses: There's one around every corner
Label: Business Today is the last day on Earth. Then again, if you're reading this, maybe not.Doomsday, predicted by Mayan cycle adherents for...
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At Benghazi Hearing, State Dept. Concedes Errors
Label: WorldWASHINGTON — The weaknesses with the handling of diplomatic security in Benghazi, Libya, that led to a deadly attack on a diplomatic outpost there were “unacceptable,” Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns told a Senate committee on Thursday. Brendan Hoffman for The New York TimesSenator John Kerry, center, the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, opened a hearing Thursday...
Best Practice Institute Introduces New Social Network that Promises ‘Future of 360′
Label: TechnologyA new social network, skillrater.com launched today, makes it easy for members to request work performance ratings from overseers, co-workers and direct reports across a domestic and global workforce.West Palm Beach, Fla. (PRWEB) December 20, 2012Skillrater.com, an online social network that launched today, makes it easy for members to request work performance ratings from overseers, co-workers and...
Blake Lively & Ryan Reynolds Wedding Day Had Pastries Galore
Label: Lifestyle By Dahvi Shira and Kristin Boehm 12/20/2012 at 09:25 AM EST Blake and Ryan on their wedding day Marcus Nilsson/Martha Stewart Weddings; Inset: Getty Better late than never is the case for anyone eagerly waiting for a glimpse of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds on...
AP IMPACT: Steroids loom in major-college football
Label: HealthWASHINGTON (AP) — With steroids easy to buy, testing weak and punishments inconsistent, college football players are packing on significant weight — 30 pounds or more in a single year, sometimes — without drawing much attention from their schools or the NCAA in a sport that earns tens of billions of dollars for teams.Rules vary so widely that, on any given game day, a team with a strict no-steroid...
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