KABUL, Afghanistan — Just ahead of a trip to Washington by President Hamid Karzai, the Afghan government released 80 detainees on Friday, part of a continuing effort to assert its sovereignty over the contentious issue of how prisoners are handled. American officials have long complained that the Afghans release prisoners too soon, raising the risk that many will return to the battlefield....
“GameStick” Will Be the Size of a USB Memory Stick, Plug into Your TV
Label: TechnologyWhen the Ouya game console (scheduled to launch in April) made headlines last year, it was for three reasons. One, its size and price — the $ 99 box, which plugs into a TV, is the size of a Rubik’s cube. Two, its choice of operating system — it runs the same Android OS which powers smartphones and tablets. And three — its rise to fame on Kickstarter, where it shattered records and received millions...
Aww! Ava Totes Tennessee While Reese Witherspoon Snaps a Picture
Label: Lifestyle Mom & Babies Celebrity Baby Blog 01/04/2013 at 05:00 PM ET Life’s a beach for Reese Witherspoon, who spend New Year’s in the sand with her family.The actress was spotted in Hawaii with husband Jim Toth, their newborn son Tennessee James, 3 months, and her elder children Deacon, 9, and Ava, 13.Witherspoon,...
FDA proposes sweeping new food safety rules
Label: HealthWASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday proposed the most sweeping food safety rules in decades, requiring farmers and food companies to be more vigilant in the wake of deadly outbreaks in peanuts, cantaloupe and leafy greens.The long-overdue regulations are aimed at reducing the estimated 3,000 deaths a year from foodborne illness. Just since last summer, outbreaks of listeria...
S&P 500 finishes at 5-year high on economic data
Label: BusinessNEW YORK (Reuters) - The benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 index ended at a five-year high on Friday, lifted by reports showing employers kept up a steady pace of hiring workers and the vast services sector expanded at a brisk rate. The gains on the S&P 500 pushed the index to its highest close since December 2007 and its biggest weekly gain since December 2011. Most...
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Attacks in Iraq Kill at Least 32 Pilgrims
Label: WorldBAGHDAD — Attackers killed at least 32 pilgrims in Iraq on Thursday, the police said, in what appeared to be a spate of sectarian-motivated violence as the country continued to struggle with a political crisis in its fractured government. At the culmination of one of Shiite Islam’s holiest rituals, at least 28 people were killed and 35 were wounded when a car bomb exploded in central Musayyib,...
Samsung and Apple are still the only winners in the mobile market
Label: TechnologyThe duopoly of the U.S. mobile market intensified dramatically in 2012. Despite increased efforts from Motorola, LG (066570), HTC (2498), Nokia (NOK) and Microsoft (MSFT) to gain market share, Samsung (005930) and Apple (AAPL) continue to steal customers away from every other company. During a three-month period ending in November, comScore found that Samsung’s lead in the U.S. smartphone market increased...
Anne Hathaway Says Falling Fast for Adam Shulman Was 'Scary'
Label: Lifestyle By Andrea Billups 01/03/2013 at 05:45 PM EST Adam Shulman and Anne Hathaway Dave Allocca/Startraks Anne Hathaway believes in love at first sight – in fact, she experienced it with her husband, Adam Shulman."I knew from the second I met him that he was the love...
CDC: 1 in 24 admit nodding off while driving
Label: HealthNEW YORK (AP) — This could give you nightmares: 1 in 24 U.S. adults say they recently fell asleep while driving.And health officials behind the study think the number is probably higher. That's because some people don't realize it when they nod off for a second or two behind the wheel."If I'm on the road, I'd be a little worried about the other drivers," said the study's lead author, Anne Wheaton...
Fed minutes short-circuit Wall Street rally
Label: BusinessNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks dipped on Thursday after signs the Federal Reserve has growing concern about its highly stimulative monetary policy, giving investors reason to pull back after a two-day rally. The minutes from the Fed's December policy meeting, released on Thursday, showed increasing reticence about adding to the central bank's $2.9 trillion balance sheet, which it expanded...
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