LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bobby Brown has been sentenced to 55 days in a Los Angeles jail and four years of probation for a drunken driving case.City attorney's spokesman Frank Mateljan (mah-tell-JIN') says Brown was sentenced Tuesday after pleading no contest to charges he was under the influence and driving on a suspended license when he was arrested in October.Brown was on probation for another DUI case...
Advanced Breast Cancer May Be Rising Among Young Women, Study Finds
Labels: HealthThe incidence of advanced breast cancer among younger women, ages 25 to 39, may have increased slightly over the last three decades, according to a study released Tuesday. But more research is needed to verify the finding, which was based on an analysis of statistics, the study’s authors said. They do not know what may have caused the apparent increase. Some outside experts questioned...
DealBook: Wall Street Pay Rises, for Those Who Still Have a Job
Labels: Business7:39 p.m. | Updated Wall Street may be shrinking — cutting thousands of jobs over the last year — but for those who remain, the pay is still very lucrative.The average cash bonus for those employed in the financial industry in New York last year rose roughly 9 percent, to $121,900, Thomas P. DiNapoli, New York State’s comptroller, said on Tuesday.Cash bonuses in total are forecast to increase by roughly...
Feb
25
The Caucus: Michelle Obama Makes a Star Turn at the Oscars (via Satellite)
Labels: World6:21 p.m. | Updated She may not have walked the red carpet, but Michelle Obama — all bangs and biceps and bling — had her own star turn during Sunday night’s Academy Awards ceremony, when she announced the winner for best picture via satellite from the White House.Barely moments after Mrs. Obama’s late night revelation of the fate of the nominated best films, the question of whether it was proper...
'Identity Thief' tops box office with $14 million
Labels: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — A week after losing the box office title to Bruce Willis, Melissa McCarthy took it back again.McCarthy's road trip comedy "Identity Thief" topped the box office in its third week of release on Oscar weekend with $14 million for Universal. 20th Century Fox's "A Good Day to Die Hard," starring Willis, slid to fifth with $10.1 million.The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday...
Global Health: After Measles Success, Rwanda to Get Rubella Vaccine
Labels: HealthRwanda has been so successful at fighting measles that next month it will be the first country to get donor support to move to the next stage — fighting rubella too. On March 11, it will hold a nationwide three-day vaccination campaign with a combined measles-rubella vaccine, hoping to reach nearly five million children up to age 14. It will then integrate the dual vaccine into its national...
Lowe’s Fourth-Quarter Earnings Beat Expectations
Labels: Business Richard Drew/Associated PressRobert Niblock, chief executive of Lowe’s, said consumer spending was increasing. The results are a sign that people are beginning to feel better about spending money on their homes as the housing market slowly recovers. Lowe’s chief executive, Robert A. Niblock, said the company was seeing a pickup in spending even in areas...
Feb
24
Stars hit red carpet as Oscar time approaches
Labels: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood's glitziest night is under way as Academy Awards nominees in their finest gowns and tuxes hit the red carpet for Sunday's show, with nominees Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Adams and Charlize Theron among the more statuesque arrivals.Chastain, a best-actress contender for "Zero Dark Thirty," blew a kiss to cheering fans while wearing a glistening copper-tone...
The Texas Tribune: Advocates Seek Mental Health Changes, Including Power to Detain
Labels: HealthMatt Rainwaters for Texas MonthlyThe Sherman grave of Andre Thomas’s victims. SHERMAN — A worried call from his daughter’s boyfriend sent Paul Boren rushing to her apartment on the morning of March 27, 2004. He drove the eight blocks to her apartment, peering into his neighbors’ yards, searching for Andre Thomas, Laura Boren’s estranged husband. Expanded coverage of Texas is produced by...
Barnes & Noble Weighs Its Nook Losses
Labels: BusinessElise Amendola/Associated PressBarnes & Noble has committed heavily to making and selling its own e-readers, and despite an upswing in tablet sales over the Christmas season, the Nook was not a beneficiary. Even for a company with a lot of bad news lately, the bulletin from Barnes & Noble this month had an ominous feel. Barnes & Noble, the nation’s largest book chain, warned that...
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