The iPad Mini‘s screen doesn’t have the same “resolutionary” Retina display as its bigger brother, but don’t worry: the Apple snobs appear to have gotten over that. After spending time with his new baby-tablet, The New York Times‘s Nick Bilton gave in, calling the gadget his new “Desert Island Device.” (It replaced his iPhone, by the way.) The inferior screen had worried Bilton like it...
Holly Madison: I Want Six Kids
Label: Lifestyle Mom & Babies Celebrity Baby Blog 12/03/2012 at 01:00 PM ET AKM-GSIWith a daughter on the way in March, Holly Madison switched it up by wearing blue to Saturday’s Animal Foundation Happy Anniversary Hour, held at the House of Blues Foundation Room in Las Vegas.It was a welcome change for the...
CDC says US flu season starts early, could be bad
Label: HealthNEW YORK (AP) — Flu season in the U.S. is off to its earliest start in nearly a decade — and it could be a bad one.Health officials on Monday said suspected flu cases have jumped in five Southern states, and the primary strain circulating tends to make people sicker than other types. It is particularly hard on the elderly."It looks like it's shaping up to be a bad flu season, but only time will tell,"...
Decapitated body of man found at hospital
Label: BusinessAbout L.A. NowL.A. Now is the Los Angeles Times’ breaking news section for Southern California. It is produced by more than 80 reporters and editors in The Times’ Metro section, reporting from the paper’s downtown Los Angeles headquarters as well as bureaus in Costa Mesa, Long Beach, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, Riverside, Ventura and West Los Angeles.Have a story tip for L.A. Now?Can I call...
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David Oliver Relin, Co-Author of ‘Three Cups of Tea,’ Dies at 49
Label: WorldDavid Oliver Relin, a journalist and adventurer who achieved acclaim as co-author of the best seller “Three Cups of Tea” (2006) and then suffered emotionally and financially as basic facts in the book were called into question, died Nov. 15 in Multnomah County, Ore. He was 49. David Oliver Relin was a co-author of “Three Cups of Tea.” Some readers questioned...
Nokia Siemens to sell optical networks unit
Label: TechnologyFRANKFURT (Reuters) – Mobile telecoms equipment joint venture Nokia Siemens Networks, which is focusing on its core business, is to sell its optical fiber unit to Marlin Equity Partners for an undisclosed sum.Up to 1,900 employees, mainly in Germany and Portugal, will be transferred to the new company, NSN said on Monday.The company, owned by Nokia and Siemens, has sold a number of product lines since...
Alison Eastwood Is Engaged
Label: Lifestyle 12/03/2012 at 01:45 PM EST Stacy Poitras and Alison Eastwood Vivien Killilea/FilmMagic There's more excitement for Clint Eastwood!Fresh off the heels of Friday's news that his daughter Francesca Eastwood was named Miss Golden Globe 2013, one of his other daughters,...
US flu season starts early, could be bad, CDC says
Label: HealthNEW YORK (AP) — Health officials say flu season is off to its earliest start in nearly 10 years — and it could be a bad one.The primary strain circulating is one that tends to cause more severe illness, especially in the elderly.But officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the nation seems to be fairly well prepared. More than a third of Americans have been vaccinated, and...
Girl, 12, held as sex slave, forced into prostitution by couple, police allege
Label: Business An Oceanside couple are scheduled to be in court Monday to face accusations that they kept an underage
Mexican immigrant as a sex slave, forcing her into prostitution and
beating her severely.Marcial Garcia Hernandez, 45, and Inez Martinez Garcia, 43, were arrested Thursday on suspicion of 13 felony counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child under age 14.The girl had been smuggled...
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Taliban Bombers Attack Air Base in Afghanistan
Label: WorldKABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban forces attacked a large coalition airfield in eastern Afghanistan early Sunday, detonating three car bombs near the entrance and engaging in a two-hour gun battle that killed nine insurgents, four Afghan guards and at least four civilians whose vehicle was caught in the cross-fire, Afghan officials and witnesses said. Noorullah Shirzada/Agence France-Presse...
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