KISSINGER HOSPITALIZED IN SOUTH KOREA A hospital official said that former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was recovering after being hospitalized in Seoul with stomach pains.
Source: New York Times - 13/03/2010
Category: World SUICIDE ATTACK IN PAKISTAN KILLS 13 A suicide bomber blew himself up at a security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan, officials said, killing at least 13 people and injuring 52.
Source: New York Times - 13/03/2010
Category: World TOYOTA IS JUST THE LATEST AUTOMAKER TO FACE AUTO SAFETY LITIGATION Lawsuits over the last half-century are credited with such innovations as impact-absorbing dashboards and steering columns, and gas tanks that won't explode when a car is rear-ended.
Source: Los Angeles Times - 13/03/2010
Category: Cars GOVERNMENT REVISITING RESTRICTIONS ON BLOOD DONATIONS BY GAY MEN Backers of a change, including Sen. John Kerry, say the policy is outdated medically. Hemophilia groups want to keep it.
Federal health officials announced Friday t
Source: Los Angeles Times - 13/03/2010
Category: Politics ATTY. GEN. HOLDER FAILED TO DISCLOSE LEGAL BRIEFS TO SENATORS His inaction regarding a handful of briefs to the Supreme Court prior to his confirmation is raising criticism from Republicans. The attorney general says it was an oversight.
Source: Los Angeles Times - 13/03/2010
Category: Politics IN ENTERING LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S RACE, NEWSOM ALTERS VIEW ON POSITION HE MOCKED San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, whose high profile alters the contest, says changes in his personal life influenced his decision to compete for an office he has belittled in the past.
Source: Los Angeles Times - 13/03/2010
Category: Politics JUDGES REVIEW LANGUAGE OF STATE BALLOT MEASURES A teachers union's effort to change wording in Prop. 14, which would allow open primaries, was largely rejected. Measures on car insurance and public financing got only minimal adjustments.
Source: Los Angeles Times - 13/03/2010
Category: Politics GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES WHITMAN, POIZNER CLASH AS REPUBLICANS OPEN THEIR CONVENTION Each seeks an edge in the battle to capture the GOP nomination in California's June primary.
The Republican candidates for governor sniped at each other in dueling
Source: Los Angeles Times - 13/03/2010
Category: Politics MAYHILL FOWLER GOES FROM NEW MEDIA STAR TO OLD NEWS As a citizen journalist, her report rocked President Barack Obama's presidential campaign. She has an e-book on her experience.
What does it mean to be the most fam
Source: Los Angeles Times - 13/03/2010
Category: Politics CALLING SHOTS IN THE SENATE The parliamentarian, who holds an obscure post interpreting Senate rules, stands to become the central figure in a healthcare vote.
Alan Frumin, a bookish fellow, w
Source: Los Angeles Times - 13/03/2010
Category: Politics DUCKS' DWINDLING PLAYOFF HOPES TAKE ANOTHER HIT A 1-0 loss to the Predators leaves the Ducks nine points out of the final postseason spot with 15 games to play.
About all there is to say is that the Ducks found a
Source: Los Angeles Times - 13/03/2010
Category: Sports CLIPPERS LOSE SIXTH GAME IN A ROW Bobcats win, 106-98, after Gerald Wallace is injured on a flagrant foul by Baron Davis. Clippers have 23 turnovers.
CHARLOTTE, N.C.— In past seasons, when Cha
Source: Los Angeles Times - 13/03/2010
Category: Sports JUSTINE HENIN MAKES AN EARLY EXIT AT INDIAN WELLS The former No. 1-ranked player, a wild-card entry at the BNP Paribas Open because of her recent 18-month retirement, suffers a second-round loss to Argentina’s Gisela Dulko.
Source: Los Angeles Times - 13/03/2010
Category: Sports GOALIE JONATHAN BERNIER SHAKES OFF NERVES IN A HURRY IN KINGS’ WIN OVER STARS The 21-year-old makes 29 saves and holds Dallas without a goal in a six-round shootout.
Ignorance can be bliss — and an effective way to keep your blood press
Source: Los Angeles Times - 13/03/2010
Category: Sports CALIFORNIA FINISHES OFF UCLA After Bruins build a 10-point lead in the first half, Bears rally for an 85-72 victory and advance to the Pac-10 title game.
After Bruins build a 10-point lead in t
Source: Los Angeles Times - 13/03/2010
Category: Sports LAKERS GET ON ROAD TO RECOVERY WITH 102-96 WIN AT PHOENIX Kobe Bryant leads a balanced attack with 21 points to help Lakers end their road losing streak at four games.
Kobe Bryant leads a balanced attack with 21 points to
Source: Los Angeles Times - 13/03/2010
Category: Sports STARVING SEA LION PUPS WASHING UP ON ORANGE COUNTY BEACHES Climatologists say El Niño's warming effects on Pacific waters are causing fish to flee to colder areas.
Dozens of starving sea lion pups have washed ashore in Oran
Source: Los Angeles Times - 13/03/2010
Category: Environment QUESTIONS ABOUND AFTER BIDEN'S ISRAEL VISIT Oddly timed news that Israel was approving new housing in disputed East Jerusalem antagonized the Palestinians and the Americans. Why was it made public during the vice president's trip?
Source: Los Angeles Times - 13/03/2010
Category: World CALLING SHOTS IN THE SENATE The parliamentarian, who holds an obscure post interpreting Senate rules, stands to become the central figure in a healthcare vote.
Alan Frumin, a bookish fellow, w
Source: Los Angeles Times - 13/03/2010
Category: World CHINA HOLDS FIRM AGAINST GOOGLE, SAYS FIRM MUST OBEY ITS LAWS BEIJING -- China's top Internet regulator warned Google on Friday that it must obey Chinese laws or "pay the consequences," in the bluntest official reaction yet to Google's threat to pull out of China unless the government stops censoring the Internet.
Source: Washington Post - 13/03/2010
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Source: Washington Post - 13/03/2010
Category: Tecnology PROS AND CONS TO FACEBOOK'S FAST-GROWING ROLE IN DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY The glossy print, it seems, is losing its sheen. According to estimates from IDC, 42 billion photos will be printed worldwide, both commercially and personally, in 2013. That's a third fewer than the 63 billion printed in 2008. Meanwhile about 124 billion
Source: Washington Post - 13/03/2010
Category: Tecnology PRE-ORDERS BRISK FOR APPLE'S NEW IPAD Neither recession nor gadget overload shall slow the mania surrounding the introduction of Apple's iPad mobile computer.
Source: Washington Post - 13/03/2010
Category: Tecnology IN 2010 ACC TOURNAMENT QUARTERFINALS, MARYLAND'S COMEBACK BID WAS FUELED BY DEFENSE GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Landon Milbourne often wildly waves his arms and screams while defending an inbounds pass, instilling fear and urgency into the inbounder.
Source: Washington Post - 13/03/2010
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Source: Washington Post - 13/03/2010
Category: Sports EVAN TURNER'S 37-FOOTER PROPELS OHIO STATE BUCKEYES PAST MICHIGAN IN BIG TEN QUARTERFINALS Evan Turner took an inbounds pass, dribbled upcourt and drained a 37-footer at the buzzer to give No. 5 Ohio State a 69-68 win over Michigan in Indianapolis on Friday in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals.
Source: Washington Post - 13/03/2010
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Source: Washington Post - 13/03/2010
Category: Politics REPUBLICANS NAME SIX TO OBAMA'S DEFICIT-REDUCTION COMMISSION Congressional Republicans named six members to President Obama's deficit-reduction commission Friday, choosing the party's most respected leaders on budget issues and hard-line conservatives who said they are determined to steer the panel toward cutting s
Source: Washington Post - 13/03/2010
Category: Politics WORLD DIGEST: BLASTS IN PAKISTAN SHOW PATTERN OF INSURGENT RESILIENCE PAKISTAN A pattern seems to be developing in Pakistan's war against Islamist extremists: State security forces beat militants into submission, only to see them roar back to life a few months later.
Source: Washington Post - 13/03/2010
Category: World UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR YOUNG VETERANS HITS 21.1 PERCENT The unemployment rate last year for young veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars hit 21.1 percent, the Labor Department said Friday, reflecting a tough obstacle that combat veterans face as they make the transition home from war.
Source: Washington Post - 13/03/2010
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