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Woman gives birth to almost 14-pound son
Sat,10 Mar 2012 03:17 PM PST
The Upshot - For months doctors had warned a Southern California woman that she would be having a big baby. But no one expected him to be this big, when the healthy boy weighed in at 13 pounds, 14 ounces after being delivered by cesarean section, the North County (Calif.) Times reported Saturday. "How'd he fit?" was the [...] Full Story 		Top

Missing for weeks, hiker found in N.M. forest
Sat,10 Mar 2012 11:39 AM PST
The Upshot - A woman with a history of mental illness survived for 3½ weeks in a New Mexico national forest before being reportedly found on Wednesday with just her cat and a blue sleeping bag. Though family members reported Margaret Page missing on Feb. 14, it took authorities more than three weeks to begin their search. The [...] Full Story 		Top

Santorum wins Kansas caucuses; Romney racks up delegates elsewhere
Sat,10 Mar 2012 10:54 AM PST
The Ticket - Rick Santorum has won the Republican presidential caucuses in Kansas. With 97 percents of the precincts reporting, Santorum captured an overwhelming 51 percent--although that constituted only about 15,000 people-- of the vote. Mitt Romney took second with 21 percent, followed by Newt Gingrich with 14 percent and Ron Paul with 12.5 percent. Santorum stands to gain [...] Full Story 		Top

Kansas close to repealing 26-year ban of happy hour, but not in time for cheap post-caucus cocktails
Sat,10 Mar 2012 05:29 AM PST
The Ticket - When a winner is declared Saturday in the Republican presidential caucuses in Kansas, one of the 2012 candidates--and his supporters--will be ready to celebrate. But even though the results are expected to be announced at around 5 p.m. local time, the winning campaign will have to pay full price for any celebratory toasts. For 26 [...] Full Story 		Top

What the Friday: Concept mask will charge your iPhone and make you look like Darth Vader
Fri,9 Mar 2012 03:31 PM PST
Technology News Blog - We already harness the power of the wind to produce electricity, so why not harness the power of our own breathing? Designer Joao Lammoglia created an iPhone charger concept called AIRE that looks pretty much like Darth Vader's mask equipped with tiny … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Fears of deadly asteroid hitting Earth next year are likely overrated
Fri,9 Mar 2012 03:26 PM PST
The Sideshow - All of the talk about an asteroid wiping out life on Earth next year is almost certainly overblown. Discovery Magazine's Bad Astronomy blog writes that the odds of 2012 DA14 impacting Earth this year are "essentially zero." 2012 DA14 shares the Earth's orbit with the Sun, so it could come back to pose a threat [...] Full Story 		Top

Lego artist creates life-size … anesthesia machine?
Fri,9 Mar 2012 02:41 PM PST
Technology News Blog - Next time you're wheeled into the operating room for surgery, you may want to look twice at the machine your doctor is using to put you under. That's because artist Eric Harshbarger recently created a massive, life-sized anesthesia machine entirely out of Lego … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

How to say 'thank you' in Japanese
Fri,9 Mar 2012 02:30 PM PST
The Upshot - The tsunami and earthquake displaced thousands of people from northeastern Japan. But the world stepped up to help. Through Yahoo!, $7.3 million in donations poured in. And now Japan has a message: Arigato. Merci. Thank you. In the video, 500 children from the tsunami-ravaged area sing songs and hold up message boards with the words [...] Full Story 		Top

Volvo introduces new pedestrian airbags
Fri,9 Mar 2012 02:27 PM PST
Technology News Blog - Last decade, over 47,700 pedestrians were killed and more than 688,000 were injured — more than enough to represent a genuine public safety concern. But could any of these fatalities or serious injuries have been prevented by designing safer cars? That's … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Governor Chris Christie to 'Idiot' student: 'damn man, I'm governor, could you shut up for a second?'
Fri,9 Mar 2012 02:19 PM PST
The Sideshow - New Jersey Republican Governor Chris Christie is well known for his extroverted personality and outspoken nature. But his often confrontational approach that kept his name in presidential primary talks for months ended in a shouting match today with a student who is a also a former Navy Seal. Fox News reports that during Friday morning's [...] Full Story 		Top

The 295 words and phrases blocked by Chinese Web censors
Fri,9 Mar 2012 01:05 PM PST
The Sideshow - Most people in the world who get into trouble on Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites fail to exercise a bit of healthy self-censorship. A new Carnegie Mellon University study has identified the 295 words and phrases the Chinese government looks for when it steps in and forcibly blocks communication between its own citizens. [...] Full Story 		Top

Brett Favre's Twitter account hacked, says ex-QB's website
Fri,9 Mar 2012 12:50 PM PST
The Cutline - To the delight of late night joke writers everywhere, Brett Favre joined Twitter earlier this month. But according to a statement from the former quarterback's official website, his account—which had been verified by Twitter—was hacked over the weekend. "Since Monday [March 5] an unknown party has taken over @Brettfavre4 and has been tweeting without authorization," [...] Full Story 		Top

Virginia Gov. McDonnell's gift to Obama: golf glove with love
Fri,9 Mar 2012 12:42 PM PST
The Ticket - What's the secret to giving the president of the United States a memorable gift? "Opposition research," Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell quipped Friday after welcoming President Barack Obama to his home state. McDonnell told reporters traveling with Obama that he had given the president a left-handed golf glove printed with the slogan "Virginia is for Lovers." [...] Full Story 		Top

Beijing Fashion Week? China's Communist Party elite convenes–decked out in haute couture
Fri,9 Mar 2012 11:30 AM PST
The Envoy - No, it's not "Beijing Fashion Week." It's actually a Chinese Communist Party political convention. China's political elite have gathered in Beijing this week for the annual twin meetings of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Congress (CPPCC). And Chinese netizens are taking to Asian micro-blogging sites to note that some of [...] Full Story 		Top

Are Obama-Putin relations in Siberia?
Fri,9 Mar 2012 11:10 AM PST
The Ticket - Did President Barack Obama deliberately snub Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin by waiting nearly a week to telephone him after his election victory? Outside observers say da. The White House says nyet. Well, mostly nyet. Obama aimed to reach out to Putin from Air Force One while on a campaign-style swing to Virginia and Texas, spokesman [...] Full Story 		Top

First amateur video of Challenger shuttle explosion revealed
Fri,9 Mar 2012 10:58 AM PST
The Sideshow - More than 25 years after the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after liftoff, an amateur video of the accident has surfaced. The newly released video, taken by Jeffrey Ault, and licensed from Ault by the Huffington Post, offers a closer and more intimate view of the tragedy than have other video reports previously released by [...] Full Story 		Top

Global warming catastrophe: Island nation swallowed whole by the sea
Fri,9 Mar 2012 10:52 AM PST
Technology News Blog - Scientists have warned for years about the dangers of global warming, raising the grim specter of rising sea levels and cities being swallowed by the ocean. It all seemed more like a Hollywood movie plot than reality. But for residents of … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Kony 2012 filmmaker Jason Russell speaks out: 'We can all agree we can stop [Kony] this year'
Fri,9 Mar 2012 10:28 AM PST
The Envoy - The filmmaker behind the "Kony 2012" documentary, the mega-viral hit that  exploded on the Web this week, told NBC's Today show Friday that he makes no apologies for trying to put a human face on a complex and decades-old conflict. "We can all agree we can stop him this year,'' Invisible Children filmmaker Jason Russell [...] Full Story 		Top

Gingrich not in Kansas anymore: will focus on Alabama and Mississippi primaries
Fri,9 Mar 2012 10:18 AM PST
The Ticket - Reinvigorated by a home state win in Georgia on Tuesday, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is setting himself up for two more must-wins next Tuesday in Alabama and Mississippi as he seeks to lay claim to the South. "This race has been a roller coaster up and down," Gingrich told a Jackson, Miss. audience Friday morning, [...] Full Story 		Top

German newspaper Bild to strip topless women from covers
Fri,9 Mar 2012 09:35 AM PST
The Cutline - For more than 25 years, Bild, Germany's largest-circulation newspaper, has been running topless women on its front page each morning. But the tabloid has decided to abandon the daily ritual. On Friday, Bild announced that the bare-chested beauty on its March 9 edition would be the final one. "I am the last," a headline above [...] Full Story 		Top

Unexplained "Phoenix Lights" explosion caught live on news broadcast
Fri,9 Mar 2012 09:15 AM PST
The Sideshow - Phoenix's FOX 10 reporter Andrea Robinson was in the middle of an on-air report when an unexplained, bright white explosion appeared in the distance behind her. The strange blast was caught on tape and aired live during Robinson's report. At first, news station employees thought the explosion was a transformer. But when FOX 10 checked [...] Full Story 		Top

Obama tries slam-dunk diplomacy in NCAA tournament trip with Britain's Cameron
Fri,9 Mar 2012 09:10 AM PST
The Ticket - President Barack Obama has an idea for emphasizing the "special relationship" between the United States and Great Britain on Tuesday: Road trip! Obama and visiting British Prime Minister David Cameron will leave their wives behind in Washington and head to the battleground state of Ohio to catch a first-round NCAA tournament men's basketball game, White [...] Full Story 		Top

Why Mitt Romney can't shut up about his money
Fri,9 Mar 2012 08:50 AM PST
The Ticket - Over the space of a few months, private equity millionaire Mitt Romney has cavalierly bet a Republican rival $10,000 during a debate, enthused about the joys of "being able to fire people who provide services to me," told Detroit voters that his wife drives "a couple of Cadillacs," and said at the Daytona 500 that [...] Full Story 		Top

Penguins, flying first class, delight passengers on Delta flight (VIDEO)
Fri,9 Mar 2012 08:08 AM PST
The Sideshow - "Is anyone here allergic to penguins?" the captain of Delta Flight 486 from Atlanta to New York asked passengers—including this writer—on Wednesday night. "No? Alright, we have a surprise for you." "How would we even know if we were?" I asked the woman seated next to me in seat 33D. "He can't be serious," she [...] Full Story 		Top

Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes buys the New Republic
Fri,9 Mar 2012 07:50 AM PST
The Cutline - The New Republic, the 98-year-old liberal magazine, has been sold. The buyer: Chris Hughes, 28-year-old co-founder of Facebook, and now TNR's editor in chief and publisher. Richard Just, the magazine's editor since 2010, will remain in that position, while Martin Peretz, who helmed the magazine for 35 years before giving way to Just, will remain [...] Full Story 		Top

On jobs, former Obama aide Goolsbee warns against irrational exuberance
Fri,9 Mar 2012 07:43 AM PST
The Ticket - Leave it to the former chairman of President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisers to see the gray cloud in the silver lining of Friday's solid jobs numbers. Wait, what? You might recall Austan Goolsbee from that long-form commercial for Obama's re-election, for which a trailer was released Thursday. But on Friday, the University of [...] Full Story 		Top

Why we're happy we got one prediction wrong on Super Tuesday
Fri,9 Mar 2012 07:09 AM PST
The Signal - On Super Tuesday, the Signal got 9 out of 10 election predictions correct, following up on an Oscar night where we got 3 of 4 award picks right. Not bad, but we really wish we didn't have those two annoying blemishes, right? In fact, we're delighted! When the markets are functioning properly, we expect to [...] Full Story 		Top

Jobs report: Economy added 227,000 jobs in February, the third good month in a row
Fri,9 Mar 2012 06:43 AM PST
The Ticket - Employers added 227,000 jobs in February, the government's monthly jobs report found, marking the third straight month in which the economy added over 200,000 positions. Economists had expected growth of about 210,000. The official unemployment rate remains at 8.3 percent. Daniel Gross, economics editor of Yahoo! Finance, writes that the report "confirmed that we have [...] Full Story 		Top

Videos: Remembering the Japanese tsunami one year later
Fri,9 Mar 2012 06:30 AM PST
The Upshot - One year ago this Sunday, a magnitude 8.9 earthquake triggered a massive tsunami off the coast of northeastern Japan. The disaster left 19,000 dead or missing and caused a meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors, which lead to widespread evacuations in the surrounding area. The disaster was rated a seven on the International Nuclear Event [...] Full Story 		Top

Mitt Romney faces challenging primaries in Mississippi and Alabama
Fri,9 Mar 2012 03:50 AM PST
The Ticket - BOSTON—Mitt Romney's presidential campaign could face its biggest test as the Republican presidential primary shifts to the South, where the Republican electorate--see Newt Gingrich's victories in South Carolina and Georgia and Rick Santorum's in Tennessee--has not been friendly to the former Massachusetts governor's 2012 bid. Romney's aides argue it will be nearly "impossible" for his [...] Full Story 		Top

What to watch for this weekend in politics
Fri,9 Mar 2012 03:49 AM PST
The Ticket - The GOP hopefuls will be focused this weekend on the Kansas caucuses, which are Saturday, and the Alabama and Mississippi primaries, which are Tuesday. Delegate frontrunner Mitt Romney will be in Mississippi and Alabama on Friday. He has a town hall meeting in Jackson, Miss., at 8:25 a.m. CST and an event in Birmingham, Ala., [...] Full Story 		Top

Pint-sized boxing robot is a motion-controlled fighting machine
Thu,8 Mar 2012 06:25 PM PST
Technology News Blog - This pint-sized fighting machine may look adorable, but it can mimic your every move and throw every punch you throw, thanks to a full-body motion sensor that's very similar to Microsoft Kinect. This tiny yet tough machine called King Kizer was created … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Just Show Me: How to disable NFC on your Android phone
Thu,8 Mar 2012 06:07 PM PST
Technology News Blog - 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 turn off Near Field Communication on your Android phone. NFC makes … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

'The regime in Iran is a very rational one' former Israeli intelligence chief tells CBS
Thu,8 Mar 2012 03:14 PM PST
The Envoy - Former Israeli intelligence chief Meir Dagan, in his first U.S. television interview, says he believes that the Iran regime is rational and that now is not the time to attack Iran. "The regime in Iran is a very rational one," the former top Israeli spymaster tells CBS' Lesley Stahl, according to excerpts of the interview [...] Full Story 		Top

Feeling racist? Blood pressure pill Propranolol may open hearts and minds
Thu,8 Mar 2012 02:34 PM PST
The Sideshow - A commonly prescribed drug used to treat high blood pressure may have the unintended benefit of muting racist thoughts in those who take it. A new Oxford University research study found that Propranolol, which works to combat high blood pressure, anxiety, migraines, and a number of heart ailments, affects the same part of the central [...] Full Story 		Top

Syria deputy oil minister defects, video claims
Thu,8 Mar 2012 02:19 PM PST
The Envoy - A man claiming to be Syria's deputy oil minister Abdo Husameddine has defected, denouncing the Bashar al-Assad regime in a YouTube video that urged his fellow Syrians to "abandon this sinking ship." "I do not want to end my life servicing the crimes of this regime," Husameddine says on the video which was posted to [...] Full Story 		Top

See an Angry Birds Space demonstration … in space
Thu,8 Mar 2012 02:18 PM PST
Technology News Blog - Angry Birds Space, the long-awaited sequel to the award-winning, best selling iOS game of all time, is set to launch later this month. In preparation for the event, Angry Birds developer Rovio has been doing a lot of promotion with NASA, including sending … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Ad race of 2012: Obama spot tops most frequently aired political ads
Thu,8 Mar 2012 02:01 PM PST
The Ticket - The Mitt Romney campaign has spent more than $55 million on political advertising—the most of any Republican candidate this election cycle, according to OpenSecrets.org. Barack Obama has spent $63 million, a little less than half of his $136 million war chest. That doesn't include the super PACs supporting them, which have spent millions more. The [...] Full Story 		Top

White House coy on reported Israeli request for bombs, planes
Thu,8 Mar 2012 01:36 PM PST
The Ticket - Call it a classic "non-denial denial." The White House tap danced Thursday around questions about news reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked the Obama administration for massive "bunker-buster" bombs and long-range refueling planes that could play a role in a strike on Iran. Israeli media accounts said that Washington agreed in return for [...] Full Story 		Top

White House shrugs off charges of double standard on Limbaugh
Thu,8 Mar 2012 01:05 PM PST
The Ticket - The White House appears to be unlikely to heed a demand from a conservative women's group that President Barack Obama repudiate "serially vile misogynist" comic Bill Maher. In a letter to White House chief of staff Jack Lew, Concerned Women for America called on Obama to live up to his "eloquent" defense of Georgetown University [...] Full Story 		Top


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