NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow and S&P 500 edged higher on Tuesday after stronger-than-expected retail data, though tech heavyweight Apple dragged on the market for a third day. Apple was the biggest weight on both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 <.ndx> after reports on Monday of cuts to orders for iPhone parts. Shares declined 3.2 percent to $485.92 and closed below $500 for...
Risk to all ages: 100 kids die of flu each year
Label: HealthNEW YORK (AP) — Twenty flu-related deaths have been reported in children so far this winter — one of the worst tolls this early in the year since health officials began keeping track.Still, experts say that doesn't mean this year will turn out to be unusually deadly. Roughly 100 children die in an average flu season, and it's not clear that will happen this year.The deaths have included a 6-year-old...
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Leon Panetta Says U.S. Has Pledged to Help France in Mali
Label: WorldLISBON — In what could draw the United States into another conflict in North Africa, the Obama administration has pledged to help the French who are fighting Islamist militants in Mali, and that assistance could include air and other logistical support, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said on Monday. Jacquelyn Martin/Associated PressDefense Secretary Leon E. Panetta boards a plane bound...
Study Shows Gender Bias in Wikipedia, Linux
Label: TechnologyToday in the age of the “brogrammer,” whose frat boy tendencies are glorified and sought after by cutting-edge online startups, women in tech often find themselves objectified and excluded — especially in communities like Wikipedia and open-source software, where women make up even less of the population (around 13 percent and 1 percent, respectively) than in more mainstream technical fields.That...
Britney Spears Steps Out in 'Love' Sweatshirt after Split
Label: Lifestyle By Dahvi Shira 01/14/2013 at 03:50 PM EST Britney Spears still believes in "love" – at least when it comes to wearing it.The pop star, 31 – whose failed engagement to Jason Trawick, 41, was announced on Friday – grabbed coffee in L.A. on Monday, sporting a black and white sweatshirt with the four-letter word...
Hospitals crack down on workers refusing flu shots
Label: HealthCHICAGO (AP) — Patients can refuse a flu shot. Should doctors and nurses have that right, too? That is the thorny question surfacing as U.S. hospitals increasingly crack down on employees who won't get flu shots, with some workers losing their jobs over their refusal."Where does it say that I am no longer a patient if I'm a nurse," wondered Carrie Calhoun, a longtime critical care nurse in suburban...
Jan
13
India Ink: Woman Raped by Seven Men in Punjab, Police Say
Label: WorldNEW DELHI — The police said Sunday that a 29-year-old woman had been raped by a bus driver, a conductor and five other men in the northern Indian state of Punjab in an episode that recalls the recent attack in Delhi that has caused widespread outrage.The woman in the Punjab attack boarded a bus on Friday bound for Gurdaspur to visit her in-laws, the police chief of Gurdaspur, Raj Jit Singh, said in...
4 gadgets that defined Vegas electronics show
Label: TechnologyLAS VEGAS (AP) — The world’s largest gadget show wrapped up on Friday, and the organizers said it was the biggest ever, beating last year’s record in terms of the floor space companies purchased to display their wares.What was it that drew more than 3,500 companies and 150,000 people to Las Vegas for this mega-event? Here are four gadgets that exemplified the top trends at this year’s International...
Miss America Mallory Hytes Hagan: Five Things to Know
Label: Lifestyle By Mark Gray 01/13/2013 at 04:00 PM EST Miss American 2013 Mallory Hytes Hagan CraigSjodin/ABC The new Miss America is an Alabama-bred blonde beauty who lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., and loves '80s pop music. But Mallory Hytes Hagan is more than just a pretty face...
Getting comfortable with living on the edge
Label: BusinessLONDON (Reuters) - Just as you learn to put up with a nagging toothache, this week is expected to provide fresh evidence that the U.S. economy is getting used to life on the edge of the fiscal cliff. Of course, putting off that trip to the dentist is not necessarily wise. The longer Washington delays, the more painful it will become to narrow its gaping budget deficit. But...
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