Jeremy Pinnix, a 40-year-old app developer in Spring Hill, Tenn., has been a regular user of the photo-sharing service Instagram since it was introduced in 2010, posting pictures of his family, local scenery and favorite moments. But when he learned this week about changes to the company’s terms of service that would apparently allow his photos to be used as advertisements, he didn’t hesitate....
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Daniel Inouye, Hawaii’s Quiet Voice of Conscience in Senate, Dies at 88
Labels: WorldOzier Muhammad/The New York TimesSenator Daniel Inouye, 88, died on Monday after representing Hawaii in the Senate since 1963. Senator Daniel K. Inouye of Hawaii, who went to Washington at the birth of his state in 1959, dominated public life in the Hawaiian islands for more than 50 years and became a quiet voice of national conscience during the Watergate scandal and the Iran-contra affair, died...
Charlie Brown’s Christmas Reunion Will Ruin Your Childhood
Labels: TechnologyWe realize there’s only so much time one can spend in a day watching new trailers, viral video clips, and shaky cell phone footage of people arguing on live television. This is why every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the videos that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention. Today:RELATED: A ‘Straight’ Protest Against Chick-Fil-A; Mark Hamill’s ‘Star Wars’ AuditionSometimes we don’t get...
'The Hobbit' tops box office with record $84.6M
Labels: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" led the box office over the weekend with $84.6 million, a record-setting opening better than the three previous "Lord of the Rings" films.The 3-D Middle Earth epic, the first of three planned films adapted from J.R.R. Tolkien's novel, was the biggest December opening ever, surpassing Will Smith's "I Am Legend," which opened with $77.2 million in 2007.The...
Philippine Lawmakers Pass Reproductive Health Bill
Labels: HealthMANILA — After a ferocious national debate that pitted family members against one another, and some faithful Catholics against their church, the Philippine Congress passed legislation on Monday to help the country’s poorest women gain access to birth control. Jay Directo/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesSupporters of a landmark reproductive health bill celebrated as the Philippine Congress...
Bangladesh Finds Gross Negligence in Factory Fire
Labels: BusinessDHAKA, Bangladesh — Criminal charges for “unpardonable negligence” should be brought against the owner of the Bangladesh garment factory where a fire killed 112 people last month, according to a preliminary report from a government inquiry submitted Monday. “The owner of the factory cannot be indemnified from the death of large numbers of workers from this fire,” Main Uddin Khandaker, the...
Dec
16
Falcons 34, Giants 0: Falcons Rout Giants, Ensuring a Bumpy Playoff Path
Labels: WorldKevin C. Cox/Getty ImagesNothing went right for Eli Manning and the Giants. Manning finished the game with a quarterback rating of 40.7. ATLANTA — All week, the Giants players said this year could be different. They had lived through the stress that came with spending the final month of last season with their tiptoes on the precipice and, after walloping the New Orleans Saints a week ago, it seemed...
'Hobbit' bests 'Rings' with $84.8 million opening
Labels: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" led the box office with a haul of $84.8 million, a record-setting opening better than the three previous "Lord of the Rings" films.The Warner Bros. Middle Earth epic was the biggest December opening ever, surpassing Will Smith's "I Am Legend," which opened with $77.2 million in 2007, according to studio estimates Sunday. "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"...
Mislabeled Foods Find Their Way to Diners’ Tables
Labels: HealthATLANTA — The menu offered fried catfish. But Freddie Washington, a pastor in Tuscaloosa, Ala., who sometimes eats out five nights a week and was raised on Gulf Coast seafood, was served tilapia. Dustin Chambers for The New York TimesConsumers are misled most frequently when they buy fish, investigators say, because diners have such limited knowledge about seafood. ...
La Comay of ‘SuperXclusivo’ Stirs Anger Over Comments on Man’s Death
Labels: BusinessIt’s been a bad few months for puppets in the media. WAPA-TVLa Comay, left, with Hector Travieso, co-hosts of “SuperXclusivo,” a Spanish-language program shown in some United States markets. WAPA-TVJose E. Ramos, president of WAPA Television, said the network tried to use La Comay to keep the officials attuned to issues. In...
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