SACRAMENTO — The days of catastrophic deficits behind him, Gov. Jerry Brown is set to propose a state budget Thursday that would...
Video: Watch the Entire <em>Dark Knight</em> Movie Trilogy in Three Minutes
Label: Technology Director Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, which concluded last summer with The Dark Knight Rises, is probably one of the most well-executed comic book hero franchises in recent memory. So good, in fact, that every now and then it’s nice just to have a little taste – even when there isn’t time to watch all three flicks back to back.Luckily, the folks at Screen Rant...
“Homeland,” “Girls” win Directors Guild TV nominations
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The directors of hit television dramas “Homeland” and “Mad Men” were among those nominated for Directors Guild of America (DGA) awards on Wednesday.They were joined by Lena Dunham for her coming-of-age HBO series “Girls” and actor Bryan Cranston for ABC’s “Modern Family” in the comedy category.AMC’s “Breaking Bad” director Rian Johnson and Greg Mottola, director of HBO’s “The...
Pap Test May Prove Useful at Detecting More Types of Cancer, Study Suggests
Label: HealthThe Pap test, which has prevented countless deaths from cervical cancer, may eventually help to detect cancers of the uterus and ovaries as well, a new study suggests. For the first time, researchers have found genetic material from uterine or ovarian cancers in Pap smears, meaning that it may become possible to detect three diseases with just one routine test. But the research is...
Shares Rise as Companies Report Earnings
Label: BusinessStocks rose on Wall Street on Wednesday after corporate earnings reports got off to a good start. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 61.66 points to 13,390.51. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index gained 3.87 points to 1,461.02, and the Nasdaq composite rose 14 to 3,105.81. Stocks are facing their first big challenge of the year as companies start to report earnings...
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Boy accused of killing neo-Nazi father opts not to testify
Label: World The Riverside boy accused of murdering his neo-Nazi father decided not to take the witness stand Tuesday, bringing an end to...
Rogue Planet Confirmed Orbiting Around 'Eye of Sauron'
Label: Technology LONG BEACH, California – Astronomers have confirmed that a controversial exoplanet called Fomalhaut b actually does exist and have calculated its potential orbit. The results show that the object is even stranger than scientists could have imagined, dubbing it a “rogue planet.”The uncertainty about this object started in 2008, when scientists released an image taken with NASA’s Hubble space...
“Idol” judges Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj play nice after feud
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – New “American Idol” judges Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj shrugged off their widely publicized feud on Tuesday as a “trumped-up thing” that was merely a passionate difference of opinion over the TV talent show‘s contestants.In their first big media appearance ahead of the hit show’s return to Fox television on January 16, the two pop stars showered each other with praise while...
Gaps Seen in Therapy for Suicidal Teenagers
Label: HealthMost adolescents who plan or attempt suicide have already received at least some mental health treatment, raising questions about the effectiveness of current approaches to helping troubled youths, according to the largest in-depth analysis to date of suicidal behaviors in American teenagers. The study, in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, found that 55 percent of suicidal teenagers had received...
A Financial Service for People Fed Up With Banks
Label: BusinessSteve Dykes for The New York TimesShamir Karkal, left, Like many people, Josh Reich got fed up with his bank after it charged him overdraft fees and he endured painful customer service calls to fight them. But unlike most people, Mr. Reich, a software engineer from Australia, decided to come up with a better way to bank. Mr. Reich and a co-founder, Shamir Karkal, created Simple, an online...
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