A state regulatory agency Wednesday said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers failed to obtain a required permit before it removed...
Judge Tells Apple, Amazon to Try to Settle Their 'Appstore' Beef
Label: Technology The judge presiding over the Apple and Amazon lawsuit over rights to the “appstore” name has told the two companies to sit down and at least try to settle their dispute before trial.San Francisco U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Laporte issued an order Tuesday telling the two sides to talk it out. This doesn’t mean they’ll come to terms before the August 19 trial, but...
Pregnant Kim Kardashian wants to be more private
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — As the tabloids speculated about whether Jessica Simpson is expecting again (she is) and the media zeroed in on Kate Middleton‘s acute morning sickness, Kim Kardashian says it was nice to be out of the media spotlight during the early stages of her pregnancy.“I’m obviously so happy for them, but if anything I loved the privacy,” the 32-year-old reality TV star said in an interview...
Some With Autism Diagnosis Can Recover, Study Finds
Label: HealthDoctors have long believed that disabling autistic disorders last a lifetime, but a new study has found that some children who exhibit signature symptoms of the disorder recover completely. The study, posted online on Wednesday by the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, is the largest to date of such extraordinary cases and is likely to alter the way that scientists and parents...
DealBook: H.P. Said to Have Suitors for Two Units
Label: BusinessHewlett-Packard has received a number of inquiries from would-be buyers for its Autonomy and Electronic Data Systems units in recent weeks, though the technology company isn’t interested in selling at the moment, a person briefed on the matter said on Wednesday.The volume of calls from potential suitors and bankers picked up after H.P. filed its annual report with regulators on Dec. 28, this person...
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December home prices jump 19.6% in Southern California
Label: WorldSouthern California¿s housing market ended last year with sharp home-price gains and the highest sales for a December in three years. ...
Syria Dropped Hallucinogen Weapon on Rebels, Secret Cable Says
Label: Technology Updated 10:00 p.m.The Syrian military used an exotic chemical weapon on rebels during an attack in the city of Homs, some U.S. diplomats now believe.That conclusion — first reported by Foreign Policy’s Josh Rogin and laid out in a secret cable from the U.S. consul general in Istanbul — contradicts preliminary estimates made by American officials in the hours after the December 23...
Americans favor “Lincoln” for top Oscars: poll
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (Reuters) – Director Ben Affleck and “Argo” may have been the big winners at the Golden Globes, but many Americans think Steven Spielberg and “Lincoln” should take home the top Oscars at next month’s awards.Nearly a quarter of Americans questioned in an Ipsos poll for Reuters thought the Civil War drama “Lincoln” should win the Oscar for best picture at the 85th Academy Awards in Los Angeles...
Breaking Link of Violence and Mental Illness
Label: HealthNo one but a deeply disturbed individual marches into an elementary school or a movie theater and guns down random, innocent people. That hard fact drives the public longing for a mental health system that produces clear warning signals and can somehow stop the violence. And it is now fueling a surge in legislative activity, in Washington and New York. But these proposed changes and...
Daniel J. Edelman, a Publicity Pioneer, Dies at 92
Label: BusinessDaniel J. Edelman, the founder and chairman of one of the largest public relations firms in the world and a groundbreaker in the field, died on Tuesday in Chicago. He was 92. The cause was congestive heart failure, said his son Richard, president and chief executive of the company. Daniel Edelman started the company, Edelman, in a small office in Chicago in 1952. It now has 63 offices...
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