NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Tuesday, retreating from last week's rally on the "fiscal cliff" deal in Washington, as companies started to report results for the fourth quarter. After a 4.3 percent jump in the two sessions around the close of the fiscal cliff negotiations, the S&P has declined a bit, with investors finding few catalysts to extend the rally that took the benchmark...
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...
Jan
07
Supporters Back Strike at Newspaper in China
Label: WorldJames Pomfret/ReutersDemonstrators gathered outside the headquarters of Southern Weekend Monday in Guangzhou, China. BEIJING — Hundreds of people gathered outside the headquarters of a newspaper office in southern China on Monday to show their support for journalists who had declared a strike to protest what they called overbearing censorship by provincial propaganda officials. The journalists,...
Mark Zuckerberg faces fine in Germany over Facebook privacy violations
Label: TechnologyTitle Post: Mark Zuckerberg faces fine in Germany over Facebook privacy violationsUrl Post: http://www.news.fluser.com/mark-zuckerberg-faces-fine-in-germany-over-facebook-privacy-violations/Link To Post : Mark Zuckerberg faces fine in Germany over Facebook privacy violationsRating: 100%based on 99998 ratings.5 user reviews.Author: Fluser SeoLinkThanks for visiting the blog, If any criticism and suggestions...
Aurora Shooting: Officer Emotionally Recalls Slipping on Bloody Floor
Label: Lifestyle 01/07/2013 at 04:10 PM EST James Holmes University of CO/Splash News Online As a body armor-clad James Holmes calmly told police about the explosives in his apartment, other officers raced to save victims of the movie-theater massacre, the first witnesses testified...
Organ donations fall in Germany after scandal
Label: HealthBERLIN (AP) — Organ donations have dropped sharply in Germany following a scandal over alleged corruption at several transplant clinics.The German Foundation for Organ Transplantation says the number of organs donated fell almost 13 percent to 3,917 last year, the lowest figure in a decade.Several German clinics are being investigated over allegations that doctors manipulated waiting lists to help...
Jan
06
Assad Says Syria ‘Accepts Advice but Not Orders’
Label: WorldBEIRUT, Lebanon — President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, sounding defiant, confident and, to critics, out of touch with the magnitude of his people’s grievances, proposed Sunday what he called a plan to resolve the country’s 21-month uprising with a new constitution and cabinet. But he offered no new acknowledgment of the gains by the rebels fighting against him, the excesses of his government...
Riches in niches: U.S. cops, in-flight movies may be model for Panasonic survival
Label: TechnologyTOKYO (Reuters) – Panasonic Corp’s answer to the brutal onslaught on its TV sales may be in a product the Japanese firm launched 17 years ago and which is a must-have for U.S. police cars.Two thirds of the 420,000 patrol cars in the United States are equipped with the company’s rugged Toughbook computers, and Panasonic chief Kazuhiro Tsuga sees the niche product as a model for how the sprawling conglomerate...
Bradley Cooper's Fans Sing 'Happy Birthday' in Palm Springs
Label: Lifestyle Caught in the Act 01/06/2013 at 03:00 PM EST Bradley Cooper didn't necessarily have the wildest of birthday celebrations, but his special day certainly didn't go unnoticed.The Silver Linings Playbook star, who turned 38 on Saturday, was greeted by a slew of screaming fans when he arrived on the red carpet at...
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...
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