Thomas Samson/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesMembers of the Kurdish community watched as the body of one of the three Kurdish women shot dead at the Kurdish Institute was carried away on Thursday in Paris. PARIS — The three Kurdish women were murdered, two with bullets to the head, the third with a shot to the stomach. It was a carefully planned killing in a nondescript building in central Paris....
Academy Launches Oscar App on Android, Amazon
Label: TechnologyLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – The Academy launched its official Oscars app on Android and Amazon on Thursday, expanding its initiative to direct fans’ attention from the television to the second screen.The app, already available on the iPad and iPhone, was made available for free on the Google Play store and the Amazon app store, the Academy said. According to iTunes, the iPad app was updated earlier...
Audrey Hepburn: Remembering the Private Legend
Label: Lifestyle By Elizabeth McNeil 01/10/2013 at 07:35 PM EST Audrey Hepburn with her son, Luca Dotti, in 1985 Audrey Hepburn Childrens Fund She captivated the world with her doe-eyed beauty, but behind the Givenchy glamour, there was an Audrey Hepburn few people knew. She thought...
Flu season strikes early and, in some places, hard
Label: HealthNEW YORK (AP) — From the Rocky Mountains to New England, hospitals are swamped with people with flu symptoms. Some medical centers are turning away visitors or making them wear face masks, and one Pennsylvania hospital set up a tent outside its ER to deal with the feverish patients.Flu season in the U.S. has struck early and, in many places, hard.While flu normally doesn't blanket the country until...
Irvine City Council overhauls oversight, spending on Great Park
Label: Business Capping a raucous eight-hour-plus meeting, the Irvine City Council early Wednesday voted to overhaul the oversight and spending...
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World Briefing | The Americas: Mexico: Killer Dog Case Widens
Label: World A pack of feral dogs may be responsible for the deaths of as many as five people in a Mexico City park, the authorities said Wednesday. Last week, the police said dogs had killed four people, including a woman and a baby boy, whose mutilated bodies were found in the park in December. Now, prosecutors are investigating if the wounds found on a fifth person, a 15-year-old girl who died in December,...
‘Smart’ potty or dumb idea? Wacky gadgets at CES
Label: TechnologyLAS VEGAS (AP) — From the iPotty for toddlers to the 1,600-pound mechanical spider and the host of glitch-ridden “smart” TVs, the International CES show is a forum for gadget makers to take big — and bizarre — chances.Many of the prototypes introduced at the annual gadget show over the years have failed in the marketplace. But the innovators who shop their wares here are fearless when it comes to...
Sexy Beyoncé Shows Off Curves in Cut-Off Top
Label: Lifestyle 01/09/2013 at 08:50 PM EST Is there anything Beyoncé can't do?The same day that it was revealed that the singing sensation will perform the National Anthem at President Barack Obama's inauguration on Jan. 21, the R&B star's stunningly sexy image on the cover of GQ was released.
The superstar graces the...
Retooling Pap test to spot more kinds of cancer
Label: HealthWASHINGTON (AP) — For years, doctors have lamented that there's no Pap test for deadly ovarian cancer. Wednesday, scientists reported encouraging signs that one day, there might be.Researchers are trying to retool the Pap, a test for cervical cancer that millions of women get, so that it could spot early signs of other gynecologic cancers, too.How? It turns out that cells can flake off of tumors in...
Through new budget, Brown maps out sweeping change in state
Label: Business SACRAMENTO — The days of catastrophic deficits behind him, Gov. Jerry Brown is set to propose a state budget Thursday that would...
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