As the nation debates the idea of new gun laws, the decades-old Crossroads of the West Gun Show at the Orange County Fairgrounds...
A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Jan. 25
Label: Technology Our good friends at Google run a daily puzzle challenge and asked us to help get them out to the geeky masses. Each day’s puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to Google mastery. Each morning at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time you’ll see a new puzzle posted here.SPOILER WARNING:We leave the comments on so people can work together to find the answer....
From “Skyfall” to “The Avengers,” how the foreign box office is trouncing domestic
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Foreign audiences are buying what Hollywood is selling, pushing the industry to a record-breaking year at the worldwide box office.Last year, blockbusters like “The Avengers,” “The Dark Knight Rises” and “Skyfall” deftly navigated cultural barriers everywhere from Toluca, Mexico, to Hyderabad, India, demonstrating how the film business’ future hinges on a global cultural...
HCA Must Pay Kansas City Foundation $162 Million
Label: HealthHCA, the nation’s largest profit-making hospital chain, was ordered on Thursday to pay $162 million after a judge in Missouri ruled that it had failed to abide by an agreement to make improvements to dilapidated hospitals that it bought in the Kansas City area several years ago. The judge also ordered a court-appointed accountant to determine whether HCA had actually provided the levels of...
Storm-Damaged Homes Mean Lower Property Tax Revenues in New York Region
Label: BusinessLocalities across the New York region, already reeling from the cost of cleaning up from Hurricane Sandy, are confronting the prospect of an even bigger blow to their finances: a precipitous decline in property tax revenues. The storm damaged tens of billions of dollars’ worth of real estate, especially in coastal areas of Long Island and New Jersey. As a result, localities can no longer...
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Former LAUSD teacher accused of molesting 20 children
Label: World A former Los Angeles Unified School District teacher was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of committing lewd acts and sexually...
A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Jan. 24
Label: Technology Our good friends at Google run a daily puzzle challenge and asked us to help get them out to the geeky masses. Each day’s puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to Google mastery. Each morning at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time you’ll see a new puzzle posted here.SPOILER WARNING:We leave the comments on so people can work together to find the answer....
Artist Christo takes small steps on Colo. project
Label: LifestyleDENVER (AP) — Construction of the proposed “Over the River” project in Colorado is on hold pending legal challenges, but artist Christo said Wednesday his team is doing other work so he can one day suspend nearly six miles worth of silvery fabric in sections over the Arkansas River.Railroad tracks are being cleared along the project route that traces U.S. 50 between Canon City and Salida, and work...
Well: Long Term Effects on Life Expectancy From Smoking
Label: HealthIt is often said that smoking takes years off your life, and now a new study shows just how many: Longtime smokers can expect to lose about 10 years of life expectancy.But amid those grim findings was some good news for former smokers. Those who quit before they turn 35 can gain most if not all of that decade back, and even those who wait until middle age to kick the habit can add about five years...
Media Decoder Blog: A Resurgent Netflix Beats Projections, Even Its Own
Label: Business9:12 p.m. | Updated For all those who have doubted its business acumen, Netflix had a resounding answer on Wednesday: 27.15 million.That’s the number of American homes that were subscribers to the streaming service by the end of 2012, beating the company’s own projections for the fourth quarter after a couple of quarters of underwhelming results.Netflix’s growth spurt in streaming — up by 2.05 million...
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