Lukas Coch/European Pressphoto AgencyFirefighters battled a grass fire in Oura, near Wagga Wagga, Australia, on Tuesday. On Monday, Australia’s hottest day on record, the national average was 104.59 degrees. SYDNEY, Australia — Australia on Wednesday was grappling with an unprecedented heat wave that has sparked raging bushfires across some of the country’s most populated regions — pushing firefighters...
European businesses slow to go online: study
Label: TechnologyBRUSSELS (Reuters) – European businesses are not doing enough to use the internet to grow their customer base and promote products, Belgian database and marketing firm Email-Brokers said after studying 13 million websites.Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands have the highest proportion of companies online but even in these countries 40 percent of business have no internet presence, it found.The European...
Jan
08
George Clooney, Meryl Streep & More Announced as Golden Globe Presenters
Label: Lifestyle By Tim Nudd 01/08/2013 at 09:55 AM EST George Clooney and Meryl Streep Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic; Dave Hogan/Getty It's almost time to party!George Clooney, Meryl Streep and Jennifer Garner are among the stars who will present at the Golden Globe Awards this Sunday,...
Report: Death rates from cancer still inching down
Label: HealthWASHINGTON (AP) — Death rates from cancer are continuing to inch down, researchers reported Monday.Now the question is how to hold onto those gains, and do even better, even as the population gets older and fatter, both risks for developing cancer."There has been clear progress," said Dr. Otis Brawley of the American Cancer Society, which compiled the annual cancer report with government and cancer...
Wall Street dips as earnings season begins
Label: BusinessA $20,000 diamond ring found in a tanning salon in St. Charles, Mo., appears to be at the center of a legal dispute over "finders keepers." The St. Louis Post-Dispatch attempts to explain murky statutes revolving around found property versus stealing. After Bonnie Land found the expensive ring and agreed to return it weeks later, she was arrested. She subsequently sued the ring's owner for $66,500...
Videos of Chávez Promote Stability During Illness
Label: WorldMeridith Kohut for The New York TimesIn Caracas on Saturday, Venezuelans showed support for President Hugo Chávez, who is in Cuba after an operation. CARACAS, Venezuela — They run around the clock on state television, highly polished videos of President Hugo Chávez hugging children, kissing grandmothers, playing baseball and reciting poetry. As supporters around the world hold up hand-lettered signs...
Conn. lawmaker apologizes over Facebook post
Label: TechnologyHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut lawmaker has apologized after saying in a Facebook post that shooting victim and former Arizona U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords should “stay out of my towns.”Giffords last week visited Newtown, Conn., where a gunman killed 20 young children and six adults at an elementary school last month. The Democrat, who met with families of the victims, was critically wounded...
Jan
07
Downton Abbey: 5 Best Moments from Season 3 Premiere
Label: Lifestyle TV Watch TV News By Aaron Parsley 01/07/2013 at 09:35 AM EST Dame Maggie Smith and Shirley Maclaine on the set of Downton Abbey Nick Briggs Downton Abbey is back! Sunday's two-hour premiere was full of developments – upstairs, downstairs and outside of the Crawleys'...
Your medical chart could include exercise minutes
Label: HealthCHICAGO (AP) — Roll up a sleeve for the blood pressure cuff. Stick out a wrist for the pulse-taking. Lift your tongue for the thermometer. Report how many minutes you are active or getting exercise.Wait, what?If the last item isn't part of the usual drill at your doctor's office, a movement is afoot to change that. One recent national survey indicated only a third of Americans said their doctors asked...
Stocks dip at open after five-year high
Label: BusinessDEAR ABBY: I spent the afternoon running errands. As I left the shopping center, I saw a young couple with a baby and a toddler holding a sign requesting help with food, as the husband had just been laid off. I drove past, then considered the children and circled back. I had no cash with me, so I stopped and offered them our family's dinner -- a jar of premium spaghetti sauce, a pound of fresh ground...
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