Updated : Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:57:18 GMT
Reuters - China has a stake in helping euro zone countries get through their debt crisis, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said in comments published on Sunday, pointing to Europe's importance as a market and hinting at more possible support for beleaguered exporters.
Publ.Date : Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:44:22 GMT
 AP - Trying to do his best "Tebowing," Alec Baldwin got a bit of help on stage.
Publ.Date : Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:57:18 GMT
The Christian Science Monitor - Mitt Romney has three big things going for him in todayâs Republican caucuses in Nevada: Momentum (and fund-raising chops) from his big win in Floridaâs primary election Tuesday. A fractured and therefore ineffectual tea party movement. And a lot of Mormon coreligionists.
Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:48:54 GMT
Reuters - Memory chipmaker Micron Technology's board appointed company veteran Mark Durcan as chief executive a day after longtime Chairman and CEO Steve Appleton was killed in a plane crash.
Publ.Date : Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:16:19 GMT
Reuters - Japan's troubled Olympus Corp said on Sunday it will hold an extraordinary shareholders meeting on April 20, when it is expected to seek approval of a new management team.
Publ.Date : Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:05:41 GMT
 AP - Defeated in the Nevada caucuses, Newt Gingrich brushed aside all talk of quitting the Republican presidential race and said he hopes a series of victories will enable him to catch up with front-runner Mitt Romney by the Texas primary in early April.
Publ.Date : Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:56:07 GMT
Reuters - Among the slick, million-dollar ads for the likes of Pepsi and Honda during the Super Bowl this Sunday, viewers in Washington will see a far more modest spot. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino will be sitting on a couch touting an issue most politicians avoid like the plague: gun control.
Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:19:03 GMT
 AP - A family of three huddled on the edge of an old-growth Oregon forest for six days, lost and cold, unable to signal search helicopters flying low and slow overhead.
Publ.Date : Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:56:50 GMT
 AP - Curtis Martin has gone from the mean streets of Pittsburgh to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Publ.Date : Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:01:21 GMT
 AP - A car bomb exploded just outside the police headquarters of a southern Afghanistan city on Sunday, killing at least seven people, officials said.
Publ.Date : Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:02:19 GMT
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Updated : Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:34:18 GMT
Reuters - A famous singer and a retired basketball star were on a list of 4,000 top tax dodgers released by the Greek government as part of a name-and-shame policy to get evaders to pay up.
Publ.Date : Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:03:51 GMT
Reuters - Just cleared airport security and in need of a little deep breathing and stretching relaxation?
Publ.Date : Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:41:19 GMT
Reuters - Those venti lattes add up.
Publ.Date : Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:16:59 GMT
Reuters - An unemployed Irish artist has built a home from the shredded remains of 1.4 billion euros ($1.82 billion), a monument to the "madness" he says has been wrought on Ireland by the single currency, from a spectacular construction boom to a wrenching bust.
Publ.Date : Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:49:26 GMT
Reuters - Interested in adventure and exploring new places? An international magazine is looking for volunteers to spend a month in Cuenca, Ecuador to test its potential as a retirement destination.
Publ.Date : Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:17:00 GMT
Reuters - China has banned kindergartens in a northern province from offering palm-reading tests that the schools had claimed could predict toddlers' intelligence level and potential, state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday.
Publ.Date : Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:38:29 GMT
Reuters - Warm sun, white beaches, and million-dollar mansions notwithstanding, Miami has captured the dubious distinction of being the most miserable city in the United States, according to a new poll.
Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:53:05 GMT
Reuters - The German parliament's email system was hampered for several hours for more than 4,000 staffers and deputies when hundreds of workers responded to an errant email sent by one staffer named "Babette" to all 4,032 co-workers.
Publ.Date : Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:31:43 GMT
Reuters - A Chicago judge is under fire for making his rulings look a bit like a graphic novel, using pictures of reggae icon Bob Marley, lions, ostriches and other images to underscore his opinions.
Publ.Date : Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:27:08 GMT
Reuters - German authorities are giving parking violators in one city an unexpected break by issuing tickets without fines.
Publ.Date : Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:03:50 GMT
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Updated : Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:11:13 GMT
Yahoo! News - Close your eyes, and try to imagine yourself beyond your 80th birthday. Do you still see yourself spending a couple of hours each day gaming? That's what 100-year-old Kathleen Connell does, and she says it's the reason why she doesn't "feel …
Publ.Date : Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:27:17 GMT
ContributorNetwork - Back when home video games were still new, every new console's controller was an experiment. And before people settled on things like the Atari 2600's joystick and the Nintendo Entertainment System's gamepad, which influenced everything that came after them, they tried out some ... unusual form factors. Like the Fairchild Channel F's hybrid paddle-joystick, or the Mattel Intellivision's disc-and-touchpad arrangement.
Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:12:32 GMT
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | According to Mike Tomkins of Imaging Resource, digital camera maker Canon is in a bit of a bind. Its high-end Single Lens Reflex (SLR) cameras are growing in popularity, but compact cameras -- the basic point-and-shoot variety -- are starting to tank except in "emerging markets." Which is code for third-world countries, where most people can't afford SLRs anyway.
Publ.Date : Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:40:35 GMT
ContributorNetwork - They've got the brand names of popular black and white e-readers. But the Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet are, as the latter's name implies, basically miniature tablets like the iPad. (The Nook Color is also; it's a cheaper version of the Nook Tablet.)
Publ.Date : Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:56:48 GMT
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Google recently unveiled its new Android design guidelines, which are meant to help people develop apps for its open-source smartphone and tablet operating system. The guidelines work in tandem with Android Ice Cream Sandwich's visual overhaul, which was designed to "enchant" smartphone and tablet users in a way that Android's previous, bare-bones iterations, did not.
Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:31:00 GMT
The Cutline - More than 111 million people are expected to watch the Super Bowl between the New York Giants and New England Patriots on Sundayâroughly a third of the U.S. population and the largest television audience in television history. And virtually all of those viewers will be watching it live. "Live sports is the most DVR-proof programming [...]
Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:00:15 GMT
Yahoo! News - Welcome to Just Show Me on Tecca TV, where we show you tips and tricks for getting the most out of the gadgets in your life. In today's episode we'll show you how to find out what apps are running on your Android 4.0 …
Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:23:02 GMT
ContributorNetwork - You can buy it in India if you're a student, that is. According to Jamie Yap of ZDNet Asia, the Aakash tablet is priced at 2,200 rupees, or 45 U.S. dollars, while students pay a special subsidized price thanks to a government contract. 25,000 students have already requested one from the University of Mumbai, and more than 1.4 million people have ordered the tablet so far, with three new factories being set up to meet the demand.
Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:01:15 GMT
Reuters - Mexico's competition watchdog said on Wednesday it was still in the process of notifying the companies of its decision on broadcaster Televisa's proposed purchase of half of cell phone company Iusacell.
Publ.Date : Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:00:31 GMT
Reuters - Sony Corp on Thursday kept its annual LCD TV sales forecast unchanged but cut its forecasts for digital camera and PlayStation 3 hardware sales.
Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:15:06 GMT
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