A Los Angeles sales tax hike being promoted as vital to preserving public safety and helping end years of budget deficits is...
Listen to David Bowie's First Album in 10 Years for Free Online (Legally)
Label: Technology You don’t have to wait until March 12 to find out whether David Bowie’s first album in a decade is more Tin Machine than Low; the long-awaited The Next Day is already available, streaming in full on iTunes for a limited period pre-release.The stream continues Bowie’s current interest in previewing content from the album for free online before release; videos for both...
England Develops a Voracious Appetite for a New Diet
Label: HealthLONDON — Visitors to England right now, be warned. The big topic on people’s minds — from cabdrivers to corporate executives — is not Kate Middleton’s increasingly visible baby bump (though the craze does involve the size of one’s waistline), but rather a best-selling diet book that has sent the British into a fasting frenzy. “The Fast Diet,” published in mid-January in Britain, could do...
Letters: The Financial Future of Veterinarians
Label: Business The Financial Future of Veterinarians To the Editor: “The Vet Debt Trap” (Feb. 24), about the veterinary student debt crisis, hit the nail on the head. It should be required reading for all prospective veterinary students, regardless of age, to temper their passionate pursuit of the profession with a sobering dose of financial realism before they commit. I am a 28-year...
Mar
01
Bell jurors ordered to begin anew after panelist is dismissed
Label: World After nearly five days of deliberations, jurors in the Bell corruption trial were ordered Thursday to begin anew after a member...
Feds Say Man Deserved Arrest Because Jacket Said 'Occupy Everything'
Label: Technology A Florida man deserved to be arrested inside the Supreme Court building last year for wearing a jacket painted with “Occupy Everything,” and is lucky he was only apprehended on unlawful entry charges, the Department of Justice says.The President Barack Obama administration made that assertion in a legal filing in response to a lawsuit brought by Fitzgerald Scott, who is seeking $1 million...
Well: A Rainbow of Root Vegetables
Label: HealthThis week’s Recipes for Health is as much a treat for the eyes as the palate. Colorful root vegetables from bright orange carrots and red scallions to purple and yellow potatoes and pale green leeks will add color and flavor to your table.Since root vegetables and tubers keep well and can be cooked up into something delicious even after they have begun to go limp in the refrigerator, this week’s Recipes...
Ireland Seeks Easing of Its Debt Terms
Label: BusinessDUBLIN — Ireland has been widely praised as the good pupil of the euro zone’s austerity school of thought. Now it wants to be rewarded. Ireland, whose banking crisis required it to receive a bailout of €85 billion, or $110 billion, by international lenders in 2010, is pressing for the right to ease the payback terms of billions of euros of debt it incurred in that process. It is also pushing...
Feb
28
Jury in Bell corruption trial may be deadlocked
Label: World A court spokeswoman said Thursday the jury in the Bell corruption case appears to be deadlocked.“The jurors may be at an impasse,”...
Resurrecting the Rainbow Colors of Insect Fossils
Label: Technology After squeezing and baking beetle wings, or soaking them in mud to let them decay, scientists think they’re closer to being able to reconstruct the original brilliant hues of some fossilized insects.Some insects keep their colors after they become fossils, in some cases for millions of years. But others turn varying shades of brown and black. Scientists interested in the evolution of...
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