LOS ANGELES (AP) — There are many delicious reasons to watch the returning "Downton Abbey" and an exasperating one to skip it: The cover's been blown on major plot twists.In what may be outsized revenge for the American Revolution — or payback for years of exporting lousy U.S. TV and fast food — the Brits are sharing "Downton Abbey" with us, but only after first airing each season.That wouldn't matter...
Jan
02
Enraged Chris Christie attacks Boehner, House GOP over Sandy aid
Label: WorldNew Jersey Gov. Chris Christie delivered a spirited condemnation of Republican House leadership for its reluctance to vote on a relief bill for Hurricane Sandy. ...
'Tennessee Waltz' singer Patti Page dies at 85
Label: LifestyleNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Unforgettable songs like "Tennessee Waltz" and "(How Much Is That) Doggie in the Window" made Patti Page the best-selling female singer of the 1950s and a star who would spend much of the rest of her life traveling the world.When unspecified health problems finally stopped her decades of touring, though, Page wrote a sad-but-resolute letter to her fans late last year about...
Hollywood keeps its tax break in 'fiscal cliff' deal
Label: Business Middle-class taxpayers aren't the only ones who stand to benefit from the last-ditch deal to avert the so-called fiscal cliff.The...
Jan
01
Ruling over bumper-car injury supports amusement park
Label: World SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court, protecting providers of risky recreational activities from lawsuits, decided Monday...
Four Android productivity apps you should use in 2013
Label: TechnologyHappy New Year! Like most folks, I am working on some resolutions for 2013. One resolution I have is to be more productive. One way I am going to do this is by using my Android phone better. Now there are apps that I have, but really have not used to their fullest. As I work on this resolution, I might discover even better apps. For now I will focus on these impressive apps that can make anyone more...
Playboy Hugh Hefner marries his 'runaway bride'
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — Hugh Hefner's celebrating the new year as a married man once again.The 86-year-old Playboy magazine founder exchanged vows with his "runaway bride," Crystal Harris, at a private Playboy Mansion ceremony on New Year's Eve. Harris, a 26-year-old "Playmate of the Month" in 2009, broke off a previous engagement to Hefner just before they were to be married in 2011.Playboy said on Tuesday...
Study Suggests Lower Death Risk for the Overweight
Label: HealthA century ago, Elsie Scheel was the perfect woman. So said a 1912 article in The New York Times about how Miss Scheel, 24, was chosen by the “medical examiner of the 400 'co-eds'” at Cornell University as a woman “whose very presence bespeaks perfect health.” Miss Scheel, however, was hardly model-thin. At 5-foot-7 and 171 pounds, she would, by today's medical standards, be clearly overweight....
Optimistic stock investors reaped rewards worldwide in 2012
Label: Business Wall Street closed out the year with a surge in the final trading session, betting on a last-minute resolution of the so-called...
Dec
31
Body of Connecticut shooter Adam Lanza quietly claimed by his father
Label: WorldNewtown, Conn. shooter Adam Lanza's body has been claimed by his father. The body of Newtown, Conn., shooter Adam Lanza...
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