Matthew Staver for The New York TimesConrad Swanson has had bales of hay stolen from his field in Wellington, Colo. DENVER _ Across the heartland, ranchers, farmers and county sheriffs are grappling with a new scourge: hay rustling. Months of punishing drought and grass fires have pushed the price of hay, grain and other animal feed to near records, making the golden bales an increasingly...
Go Ahead, Keep Being Mean to Celebrities on Twitter
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: The Honey Boo Boo Nature Special; Everyone’s Favorite Sleepwalking MomWe usually don’t condone...
Adele to make post-baby debut at Golden Globes
Labels: LifestyleBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Adele is coming to the Golden Globes.The executive producer of the show says the 24-year-old Grammy-winning pop star is set to make her first post-baby appearance at Sunday's ceremony, where she is nominated for original song for the James Bond theme "Skyfall."Adele welcomed her first child, with boyfriend Simon Konecki, in October. The singer has kept a low profile since...
Pap Test May Prove Useful at Detecting More Types of Cancer, Study Suggests
Labels: 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...
James M. Buchanan, Economic Scholar, Dies at 93
Labels: BusinessJames M. Buchanan, a scholar and author whose analyses of economic and political decision-making won the 1986 Nobel in economic sciences and shaped a generation of conservative thinking about deficits, taxes and the size of government, died on Wednesday in Blacksburg, Va. He was 93. Alex Tabarrok, the director of the Center for Study of Public Choice at George Mason University, which...
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Under Obama, a Skew Toward Male Appointees
Labels: WorldPete Souza/The White HousePresident Obama met with senior advisers in the Oval Office to discuss the fiscal cliff negotiations in late December. WASHINGTON — In an Oval Office meeting on Dec. 29, President Obama’s top advisers stood before him discussing the heated fiscal negotiations. A White House photo shows 10 of the aides. All are male. In the days since, Mr. Obama has put together a...
James Franco Does His Best Justin Bieber
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: All We Want for Christmas Is Jimmy Fallon and Mariah Carey Singing to UsRemember when Justin...
Bill Taylor to be awarded John A. Bonner Medal
Labels: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — Visual effects supervisor Bill Taylor is being honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.The academy says Taylor will be awarded the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation at the Scientific and Technical Awards banquet Feb. 9 at the Beverly Hills Hotel.The John A. Bonner Medal is named in honor of the late director of special projects at Warner Hollywood Studios....
Gaps Seen in Therapy for Suicidal Teenagers
Labels: HealthMost adolescents who plan or attempt suicide have already gotten at least some mental health treatment, raising questions about the effectiveness of current approaches to helping troubled teenagers, 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...
Shares Fall Again as Investors Remain Wary
Labels: BusinessStocks fell Tuesday, retreating further from last week’s rally after the federal budget deal, as companies started to report quarterly results. In the wake of a 4.3 percent increase in the two sessions around the close of the budget negotiations, the benchmark Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index has fallen, with investors finding few catalysts to extend the rally that took the index...
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