SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc is dipping its toes into the physical world as the largest online retailer offers more products in stores that may benefit from hands-on interaction with shoppers. Analysts said the move may be inspired by the success of Apple Inc, which has hundreds of its own glitzy stores to show off iPhones, iPads and other gadgets and accessories. Quidsi, an online retailer Amazon acquired in 2010, opened its first retail store in Manhasset, New York, last year to sell expensive cosmetics and perfumes under the BeautyBar name. …Zsa Zsa Gabor turns 95 Monday amid health woes
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LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Zsa Zsa Gabor turned 95 years old Monday, defying the grim expectations that have developed after a string of health scares over the past year. Numerous […]
Summary Box: Bigger US role against cyberthreat?
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THE PROPOSAL: A Senate plan in development would bolster the government’s ability to regulate the computer security of companies that run critical industries.
Mammogram Readers Could Take a Cue from Film-Making
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The accuracy of a person reading a mammogram is improved when their gaze is subtly shifted toward suspicious areas, and nudged around to ensure that they look at every part […]
Stomach flu sickens St. Maarten cruise passengers
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A health ministry official in St. Maarten says that more than two dozen cruise passengers were sick as the vessel docked in the Caribbean island.
Mimi Alford, former JFK intern, opens about about affair
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Before Monica Lewinsky, there was Mimi Alford. Now 68, the one-time White House intern is revealing all the details about her alleged affair with John F. Kennedy in a new […]
Mustache film festival to be held in Maine
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(Reuters) – Move over, Cannes. Maine will be playing host to its first-ever international mustache film festival, part of its annual pageant that celebrates the bristly facial hair. The festival […]
Many U.S. Kids Still Buy Unhealthy Snacks at School
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MONDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) — Despite efforts to serve healthier meals to school children, roughly half of U.S. elementary school kids can buy junk food at school, a new […]
Is Angry Birds Keeping Your Brain Healthy? [STUDY]
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Go ahead and play your favorite addictive smartphone gaming apps — chances are they’re good for your brain.
OK Go Cheerfully Shills for Chevy; A Long, Cold Winter at the Belgrade Zoo
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We realize there’s only so much time one can spend in a day watching new trailers, viral video clips, and shaky cell phone footage of people arguing on live television. […]
US closes Syrian embassy as diplomacy collapses
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The U.S. closed its embassy in Syria and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus on Monday in a new Western push to get President Bashar Assad to leave power […]
Texas Squatter With $16 McMansion Kicked Out After 8 Months
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Texas Man Kicked Out of $ 16 Foreclosed McMansion He Claimed Was His
Super Bowl TV audience reaches record 111.3 million
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(Reuters) – A record 111.3 million viewers watched the New York Giants defeat the New England Patriots 21-17 in the Super Bowl on Sunday, just beating the 2011 TV audience […]
New Criteria Could Change Who Is Diagnosed With Alzheimer’s
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MONDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) — New guidelines for diagnosing the mental decline that can come with several diseases of aging may create confusion among doctors and patients about who […]
Verizon, Redbox plan Netflix challenge
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(Reuters) – Verizon Communications Inc and Coinstar’s Redbox unit have formed a joint venture to sell video services aimed at competing against video rental giant Netflix Inc. The venture will […]
Brightest Galaxy Ever Seen With Gravity Lens Shines in Hubble Photo
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A fluke of astrophysics has revealed what scientists are calling the brightest galaxy ever seen through a cosmic “zoom lens,” NASA officials say.
Quick end to lockout at Rio’s Quebec smelter unlikely
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TORONTO (Reuters) – Rio Tinto’s lockout of workers at its Alcan division’s big Alma aluminum smelter in northern Quebec looks set to drag on, and the company said on Monday […]
90 DC workers face firing for unemployment fraud
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About 90 District of Columbia workers have been suspended and may be fired after officials determined they received unemployment checks while holding city jobs.
Review: ‘Catch Me’ is riveting thriller
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“Catch Me” (Dutton), by Lisa Gardner: If you knew the exact date and time of your death, what would you do? “Everyone has to die sometime. Be brave.”
Diet supplements recalled on unlabeled drug worries
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Healthy People Co is recalling 15 lots of seven different dietary supplements because they contain appetite suppressants or a drug for male erectile dysfunction, the Long Beach, […]
US attacked Saudi Arabia and Iran?! Nope, it’s just another Facebook scam
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If you see a post on Facebook that claims the US just attacked Saudi Arabia and Iran, don’t believe it. And please, whatever you do, don’t click the link. It’s […]
Bucks Mom Charged With Leaving Toddler Alone Outdoors In Winter Weather
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U.N. nuclear talks in Tehran: frustrated hopes
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VIENNA (Reuters) – After two days of rare and intensive talks in Tehran, senior U.N. nuclear officials may have felt they were finally making headway towards getting Iran to address […]
Is Living Alone the New Shacking Up?
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Living alone. Once, perhaps, it was a designation that you were an old maid, destined to someday die alone and be devoured by your cat, if you were lucky. But […]
Super Bowl draws record 111.3M viewers on NBC
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For the third consecutive year, the Super Bowl set a record as the most-watched television show in U.S. history.
Ovarian cancer screening popular despite guidelines
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Despite expert guidelines and scientific evidence to the contrary, a third of U.S. primary care physicians believe ovarian cancer screening is effective and many would […]
Verizon to set up streaming service with Redbox
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Phone company Verizon Communications Inc. will challenge Netflix and start a video streaming service this year with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks.
US wind firm presses theft charge against China rival
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US wind energy company AMSC said Monday it had filed three civil lawsuits in Chinese courts against rival Sinovel Wind Group Co., which it accused of stealing industrial secrets.
Iran arrests several on links to BBC Farsi service
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Iranian authorities have arrested several people over alleged links to the British Broadcasting Corporation’s Farsi-language service, Iran’s semiofficial Mehr news agency reported Monday.
Norway mass killer demands medal at court hearing
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The right-wing extremist who has admitted killing 77 people in Norway’s worst peacetime massacre told a court Monday that he deserves a medal of honor for the bloodshed and demanded […]
“The Voice” gets off to superstar ratings for NBC
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – NBC’s singing contest “The Voice” got its second season off to a supersize start, attracting 37.6 million viewers on Sunday — more than double the show’s […]
Super Plants: Could Re-Wired Plants Be the New Cancer Killers?
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The chemical lab of the future could look like a farm, with thousands of plants naturally using photosynthesis to produce complex drugs, chemicals, and biofuels, according to a Danish research […]
Sony update gives PlayStation Vita GPS tracking and video capture, Mac support
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The PlayStation Vita may not be available here in the U.S. yet, but it’s already receiving its major update.
Namibia sponge fossils are world’s first animals: study
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Scientists digging in a Namibian national park have uncovered sponge-like fossils they say are the first animals, a discovery that would push the emergence of animal life back millions of […]
Syria bombards Homs; West scrambles for new strategy
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BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian forces bombarded Homs on Monday, killing 50 people in a sustained assault on several districts of the city which has become a centre of armed opposition […]
Pete Hoekstra campaign’s racially insensitive Super Bowl ad draws calls for apology
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Clint Eastwood’s Super Bowl commercial heralding Detroit’s comeback may have been the most talked about spot when it aired just after halftime Sunday night. But a local ad paid for […]
Review: ‘Mirage’ is alternative history of 9/11
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“The Mirage” (Harper), by Matt Ruff: An alternate history of the events surrounding 9/11 creates a unique and compelling read in Matt Ruff’s “The Mirage.”
Ukraine blames ‘alcohol abuse’ for winter death toll
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Ukraine on Monday blamed alcohol abuse as the main cause of deaths caused by a spell of abnormally cold weather that has claimed at least 135 lives over the last […]
Facebook With Care: Social Networking Site Can Hurt Self-Esteem
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Facebook’s initial public offering of stock is likely to make a lot of developers and designers of the site very wealthy. But for many users, frequent Facebooking may not be […]
Thai police arrest rare wildlife ‘butchers’
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Thai police busted a grisly exotic wildlife slaughterhouse in Bangkok when officers caught four men in the act of chopping up a tiger in a residential home, officials said Monday. […]
Blasts rock northern Nigeria, police station attacked
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Gunmen blew up a police station and shot one officer in Nigeria’s flashpoint city of Kano on Monday as blasts rocked a market in Maiduguri, the base of the Boko […]
Obama: US has ‘very good’ intelligence on Iran
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President Barack Obama said the U.S. has a “very good estimate” of when Iran could complete work on a nuclear weapon, but cautioned Monday that there are still many unanswered […]
“Up There” and Plummer’s “Barrymore” winners at Santa Barbara
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LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – The afterlife comedy “Up There” and the Christopher Plummer showcase “Barrymore” are among the films that have won awards at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, […]
Health Tip: How to Protect Seniors From Injury
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(HealthDay News) — Creating a home safety checklist can help seniors prevent injuries and let them prepare if they happen to fall or hurt themselves.
Google, Facebook remove “offensive” content in India
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Responding to strong government pressure to remove content offensive to Indian politicians and religious groups, Google India has removed an unspecified number of sites and images from Google services in […]
Prejudice Reveals the Caveman in Us
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Like their cavemen ancestors who fought outsiders for land and potential mates, the modern guy still holds such prejudices against “outgroups,” new research shows.
1,500 Malians flee Tuareg conflict to Burkina Faso
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More than 1,500 Malians fleeing a Tuareg rebellion in the north and reprisal attacks in Bamako have found refuge in neighbouring Burkina Faso, a security official said Monday.
10 Shattered Myths About Workplace Rights
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Most people think they know what rights they have at work–but they’re wrong frequently. Workplace law isn’t always intuitive, and just because something is unkind doesn’t mean it’s illegal.
“Opry” stage that once held Cash and Presley to be replaced
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) – For six decades the stage supported the likes of Patsy Cline, Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash, with the “hillbilly dust” sprinkled across its blonde oak planks […]
More New York Students with Tics, Further Testing Sought
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Parents at a high school in Le Roy, N.Y., are seeking more testing of environmental problems at the school after three more students were added to the list of 12 […]