iPad mini deemed a ‘game changer,’ outgrew Kindle Fire by nearly 50%

Smaller tablets in the 7-inch range have been on the market for more than two years now, but it looks like it took Apple (AAPL) just one month to vault to the top of the category. Mobile advertising firm Millennial Media recently published the findings of a study pitting the iPad mini against Amazon’s (AMZN) popular Kindle Fire, which has been an extremely popular iPad alternative since it first launched...

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Taylor Swift & Harry Styles Get Away - Far Away - for Her Birthday

By Simon Perry 12/13/2012 at 10:00 AM EST Taylor Swift and Harry Styles Courtesy Magda Taylor Swift is taking the road less traveled for her birthday. The country star, who turns 23 on Thursday, has been getting a tour of rural northern England – where a fan snapped...

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Dozens sue pharmacy, but compensation uncertain

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dennis O'Brien rubs his head as he details ailments triggered by the fungal meningitis he developed after a series of steroid shots in his neck: nausea, vomiting, dizziness, drowsiness, blurred vision, exhaustion and trouble with his speech and attention.He estimates the disease has cost him and his wife thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket expenses and her lost wages, including...

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$100-million gift to cover costs for 30-plus UCLA medical students

More than 30 incoming medical school students will get a full ride to UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine thanks to a $100-million...

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SAG Award Nominations Go to Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook, Downton Abbey

By Stephen M. Silverman 12/12/2012 at 09:30 AM EST from left: Maggie Smith (in Downton Abbey) and Nicole Kidman (in The Paperboy) Getty; Millennium Entertainment The 2013 Award Season officially kicked off Wednesday morning with the announcement of the 19th annual...

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DA investigating Texas' troubled $3B cancer agency

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Turmoil surrounding an unprecedented $3 billion cancer-fighting effort in Texas worsened Tuesday when its executive director offered his resignation and the state's chief public corruption prosecutor announced an investigation into the beleaguered agency.No specific criminal allegations are driving the latest probe into the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, said...

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Brazen N.Y. killing of L.A. man leaves puzzling questions

NEW YORK — Brandon Woodard checked out of his midtown Manhattan hotel room Monday afternoon and emerged onto 58th Street a block...

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Allies of Egypt’s Morsi Beat Protesters Outside Palace

Tara Todras-Whitehill for The New York TimesYehia Negm said he was in a group detained by Islamist supporters of President Mohamed Morsi. “It was torment for us,” he said. CAIRO — Islamist supporters of President Mohamed Morsi captured, detained and beat dozens of his political opponents last week, holding them for hours with their hands bound on the pavement outside the presidential palace while...

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Ian McKellen Has Prostate Cancer

By Maggie Coughlan 12/11/2012 at 09:50 AM EST Ian McKellen Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Sir Ian McKellen has revealed that he suffers from prostate cancer.McKellen – who played Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and reprises the role in the soon-to-open The...

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New tests could hamper food outbreak detection

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's about to get faster and easier to diagnose food poisoning, but that progress for individual patients comes with a downside: It could hurt the nation's ability to spot and solve dangerous outbreaks.Next-generation tests that promise to shave a few days off the time needed to tell whether E. coli, salmonella or other foodborne bacteria caused a patient's illness could reach medical...

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