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Microsoft may have exited gadget show prematurely
Label: TechnologyLAS VEGAS (AP) — Microsoft may have relinquished its starring role in America’s gaudiest gadget show a year too early.After 13 straight years in the spotlight, Microsoft’s decision to scale back its presence at this week’s International CES deprived the software maker of a prime opportunity to explain and promote a new generation of redesigned computers running its radically remade Windows operating...
Simon Rattle to quit Berlin Philharmonic in 2018
Label: LifestyleBERLIN (Reuters) – Renowned British conductor Simon Rattle said on Thursday he would step down as head of the prestigious Berlin Philharmonic in 2018 when his current contract with the orchestra expires and before he turns 64.“In 2018 I will be nearly 64 years old,” the 57-year-old said in a statement on the Philharmonic’s website. “As a Liverpool boy, it is impossible not to think of the Beatles’...
Jan
11
NFL analyst: Bears hiring Trestman as head coach
Label: World Chicago Tribune sports reporter Brad Biggs discusses the rumors surrounding the Bears...
Sprint confirms it will launch BlackBerry 10 later this year
Label: TechnologyTitle Post: Sprint confirms it will launch BlackBerry 10 later this yearUrl Post: http://www.news.fluser.com/sprint-confirms-it-will-launch-blackberry-10-later-this-year/Link To Post : Sprint confirms it will launch BlackBerry 10 later this yearRating: 100%based on 99998 ratings.5 user reviews.Author: Fluser SeoLinkThanks for visiting the blog, If any criticism and suggestions please leave a comm...
Seattle bankruptcy hearing to decide Tully’s sale
Label: LifestyleSEATTLE (AP) — The auction for beleaguered coffee company Tully’s will likely conclude Friday in federal bankruptcy court, with an ownership group led by actor Patrick Dempsey in position to take over the chain. But Starbucks isn’t’ out of the running.Dempsey — dubbed “McDreamy” in the “Grey’s Anatomy” hospital TV drama — claimed victory last week after an auction.But a company that teamed up with...
U.S. to review Boeing 787 design, safety
Label: BusinessTwo new incidents involving the Boeing 787 Dreamliner have been reported in Japan -- a crack in the cockpit and an oil leak. Norah O'Donnell reports. ...
Jan
10
'Lincoln' leads Academy Award contenders with 12 nominations
Label: World With a conspicuous diss of Kathryn Bigelow, the un-nominated director of “Zero Dark Thirty,” the Academy Awards nominations were announced Thursday morning.“Zero Dark Thirty” was one of nine films given the best picture nomination nod. The others: “Beasts of the Southern Wild”; “Silver Linings Playbook”; “Lincoln”; “Les Miserables”; “Life of Pi”;...
Architecture writer Ada Louise Huxtable, awarded first Pulitzer for criticism, dead at 91
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Ada Louise Huxtable, the architecture critic who was awarded the first Pulitzer Prize for criticism, has died. She was 91.Huxtable, who was the architecture critic for the New York Times from 1963 to 1982 and, later, the Wall Street Journal, died Monday at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, the Journal reported.Huxtable was a firm believer in the power...
Jewel-Osco stores to be sold to Cerberus group
Label: Business Jewel-Osco stores will be sold to a consortium of investors led by Cerberus Capital Management, Jewel's parent Supervalu said...
Jan
09
Baseball Hall of Fame to render verdict on Steroid Era
Label: World Jon Keller reports ...
Why bother with a Facebook phone? Facebook’s app is already on 86% of iPhones and iPads
Label: TechnologyRumors suggesting Facebook (FB) is working on a smartphone have resurfaced a number of times over the past year. Each time, Facebook denied the various claims. Facebook may indeed still be working on its own phone but as a new report from market research firm NPD Group shows, it probably doesn’t need to.[More from BGR: Is Samsung the new Apple?]Facebook makes money by gathering information about its...
Oprah to interview Armstrong for Jan. 17 show
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — Lance Armstrong has agreed to an interview with Oprah Winfrey in which he is to address allegations he used performance-enhancing drugs during a career in which he won seven Tour de France titles.According to Winfrey’s website on Tuesday, this will be a “no holds-barred interview.” It will be the first with Armstrong since his cycling career crumbled under the weight of a massive...
787 engineer: Dreamliner is '100% safe to fly'
Label: Business Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliner jet suffered a third mishap in as many days on Wednesday, heightening safety concerns after a string...
Jan
08
Local hospitals overwhelmed by flu
Label: WorldThe amount of flu cases is the highest it has been in a decade. (WGN - Chicago) Seven Chicago-area hospitals have had to send...
Target to match some rivals’ online prices year-round
Label: Technology(Reuters) – Target Corp said on Tuesday it will match on a year-round basis the prices found on the websites of key rivals Amazon.com Inc, Best Buy Co Inc, Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Toys R Us, its latest tactic to hold onto shoppers focused on price.The move extends an online price-matching program that Target introduced over the holiday season and which was supposed to last only from November 1 to...
‘Downton,’ ‘Girls,’ ‘Idol’ and more this January
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Where once the post-holiday schedule was a blizzard of chilly reruns, January is aburst with premieres and finales.Already, the much-adored British miniseries “Downton Abbey” has made its much-awaited season return Sundays on PBS.On IFC on Fridays, the hilarious “Portlandia” is back for its third season of sketch comedy poking fun at the peculiarities of Portland, Ore., starring Fred...
Jan
07
Illegal immigrant driver's license plan advances in Springfield
Label: World Illinois legislature considers a bill to grant driver's licenses...
Kuwait sentences second man to jail for insulting emir: lawyer
Label: TechnologyDUBAI (Reuters) – A Kuwaiti court sentenced a man to two years in prison on Monday for insulting the country’s ruler on Twitter, his lawyer said, the second to be jailed for the offence in as many days.The U.S.-allied Gulf Arab state has clamped down in recent months on political activists who have been using social media websites to criticize the government and the ruling family.Kuwait has seen a...
Women dominate UK film’s “rising star” shortlist
Label: LifestyleLONDON (Reuters) – Actresses dominated the shortlist for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts‘ Rising Star awards on Monday, taking four of the five places.Juno Temple, who appeared in the 2007 drama “Atonement”, and Andrea Riseborough, best known for her leading role in Madonna‘s biopic of Wallis Simpson “W.E.”, represent British interests on the list.They are up against U.S. actress Elizabeth...
BofA to pay $11B to Fannie Mae to settle mortgage claims
Label: Business CBS MoneyWatch's Alexis Christoforous reports for CBS2. (1/7/2013)...
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