Doug Mills/The New York TimesFormer President Bill Clinton appeared with President Barack Obama at a campaign event in Concord, N.H., on Sunday. WASHINGTON — President Obama and Mitt Romney entered the final 48 hours of campaigning on Sunday with bravado tinged with urgent warnings to their supporters that the hard-fought race for the White House remained razor close. The rivals started the...
Google's Android software in 3 out of 4 smartphones
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Lucas plans 'little personal films' in future
Labels: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — George Lucas is done with "Star Wars," but not with filmmaking.The "Star Wars" creator says he's looking forward to making his "own little personal films" that he doubts will be for the theater crowd.Lucas spoke Friday night at Ebony magazine's Power 100 Gala, days after announcing the sale of his storied Lucasfilm to Disney for $4.05 billion. The deal would allow for more "Star Wars"...
Well: The Mental Fallout of the Hurricane
Labels: HealthIn the small Connecticut town where I grew up, the tornado of 1979 remains the storm, a freak tornado packing 86-mile-per-hour winds that churned through the streets, killing three people, injuring hundreds and destroying several hundred homes and businesses, including many in my neighborhood.I was 15 at the time, at home alone looking after my 10-year-old sister and 5-year-old brother. For months...
A Storm-Battered Supply Chain Threatens Holiday Shopping
Labels: BusinessThe economic effects of Hurricane Sandy are reverberating beyond areas hit by the storm as businesses warn customers of delays, try to get merchandise out of closed ports and face canceled orders. In addition to shutting down shipping terminals and submerging warehouses, the storm also tangled up deliveries because of downed power lines, closed roads and scarce gasoline in parts of New York...
Nov
03
Obama and Romney Zero In on Battleground States
Labels: WorldDoug Mills/The New York TimesPresident Obama boarded Air Force One on Saturday to campaign in four states. They included Iowa, where he and Mitt Romney both planned to visit Dubuque. MILWAUKEE — President Obama and Mitt Romney entered their final weekend of campaigning on Saturday facing a stubborn landscape of competitive states that right to the end are producing equal shares of hope and fear amid...
Google's Android software in 3 out of 4 smartphones
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George Lucas' filmmaking rooted in rebellion
Labels: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — There's no mistaking the similarities. A childhood on a dusty farm, a love of fast vehicles, a rebel who battles an overpowering empire — George Lucas is the hero he created, Luke Skywalker.His filmmaking outpost, Skywalker Ranch, is so far removed from the Hollywood moviemaking machine he once despised, that it may as well be on the forest moon of Endor.That's why this week's announcement...
Second Illness Infects Meningitis Sufferers
Labels: HealthJust when they might have thought they were in the clear, people recovering from meningitis in an outbreak caused by a contaminated steroid drug have been struck by a second illness. The new problem, called an epidural abscess, is an infection near the spine at the site where the drug — contaminated by a fungus — was injected to treat back or neck pain. The abscesses are a localized infection,...
In Election-Night Party Planning, Flexibility Is a Must
Labels: BusinessIsaac Brekken for The New York TimesFrank Roskowski, director of technical services at the Aria Resort in Las Vegas, says it's difficult to determine the contours of an election-night party. Isaac Brekken for The New York TimesA sign points to an early-voting site in Las Vegas, a city well suited to election parties because many of its ballrooms can expand or contract to accommodate victory...
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