Lance Armstrong, who this fall was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles for doping and barred for life from competing in all Olympic sports, has told associates and antidoping officials that he is considering publicly admitting that he used banned performance-enhancing drugs and blood transfusions during his cycling career, according to several people with direct knowledge of the situation....
The Secret iPad List to Bring Down Boehener
Labels: TechnologyWhen the failed House Republican revolution came, it came by iPad. Now that House Speaker John Boehner has survived the rebellion, all of D.C. now knows which conservative House members were conspiring to mount a challenge, thanks to a list that one of the coup’s leaders brandished on the House floor during the vote.RELATED: United Nation Fights the ‘Asshole Factor’A Politico photographer captured...
Missoni scion on small plane missing in Venezuela
Labels: LifestyleROME (AP) — Rescue crews used boats and aircraft on Saturday to search for a small plane that disappeared in Venezuela carrying the CEO of Italy's iconic Missoni fashion house and five other people.But 24 hours after the BN-2 Islander aircraft disappeared from radar screens on its short flight from Venzuela's coastal resort island of Los Roques, no sign of the plane had been found, officials said."We...
The New Old Age: Murray Span, 1922-2012
Labels: HealthOne consequence of our elders’ extended lifespans is that we half expect them to keep chugging along forever. My father, a busy yoga practitioner and blackjack player, celebrated his 90th birthday in September in reasonably good health.So when I had the sad task of letting people know that Murray Span died on Dec. 8, after just a few days’ illness, the primary response was disbelief. “No! I just talked...
Fair Game: Bank Settlement May Leave Tiny Slices of a Smaller Pie
Labels: BusinessIF you were hoping that things might be different in 2013 — you know, that bankers would be held responsible for bad behavior or that the government might actually assist troubled homeowners — you can forget it. A settlement reportedly in the works with big banks will soon end a review into foreclosure abuses, and it means more of the same: no accountability for financial institutions and little help...
Jan
04
Malala Yousafzai, Shot by Pakistani Taliban, Is Discharged From Hospital
Labels: WorldLONDON — Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head three months ago by the Taliban for advocating the education of girls, has been discharged from a British hospital. Doctors said she had made “excellent progress” and would be staying with her family nearby before returning for further surgery to rebuild her skull in about four weeks. Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham,...
Did Microsoft Just Announce the Next Xbox with a Countdown? Probably.
Labels: TechnologyGo countdowns, saving marketing departments untold piles of cash! Microsoft’s Larry Hryb, colloquially known by his Xbox LIVE handle “Major Nelson,” just threw one up on his blog, and it’s causing precisely the sort of speculative stir the company doubtless intended.“And it’s on…” reads the ultra-austere post, followed by a simple Flash-based timer titled “Counting down to E3 2013″ (cribbed from a...
'Lincoln,' 'Argo' earn Writers Guild nominations
Labels: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — "Lincoln" and "Zero Dark Thirty" are adding to their front-runner status for Hollywood's awards season.The two dramas earned nominations from the Writers Guild on Friday for outstanding screen writing."Lincoln" is up for adapted screenplay, along with "Argo," ''Silver Linings Playbook," ''Life of Pi" and "The Perks of Being a Wallflower.""Zero Dark Thirty" was nominated for original...
Scant Proof Is Found to Back Up Claims by Energy Drinks
Labels: HealthEnergy drinks are the fastest-growing part of the beverage industry, with sales in the United States reaching more than $10 billion in 2012 — more than Americans spent on iced tea or sports beverages like Gatorade. Their rising popularity represents a generational shift in what people drink, and reflects a successful campaign to convince consumers, particularly teenagers, that the drinks...
An Inquiry Into Tech Giants’ Tax Strategies Nears an End
Labels: BusinessCongressional investigators are wrapping up an inquiry into the accounting practices of Apple and other technology companies that allocate revenue and intellectual property offshore to lower the taxes they pay in the United States. The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations inquiry now drawing to a close began more than a year ago and involves at least a half dozen technology companies,...
Jan
03
Boehner Re-Elected Speaker Despite Dissent
Labels: WorldEvan Vucci/Associated PressMembers of Congress applauded as Senator Mark Kirk, second from right, walked up the stairs on Thursday to the Senate door. Mr. Kirk had been recovering from a stroke he suffered last January. WASHINGTON — Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio was re-elected speaker of the House on Thursday despite some unrest among Republicans about his handling of the fiscal negotiations...
Depardieu, in tax fight, gets Russian citizenship
Labels: LifestyleMOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin has cast Gerard Depardieu in one of the most surprising roles of his life — as a new Russian citizen.The announcement Thursday that President Vladimir Putin has approved Depardieu's application for citizenship is almost a real-life analogue to the French actor's 1990 comedy "Green Card," in which his character enters into a sham marriage in order to work in the United States.But...
Advertising: Planet Fitness Sheds Aspirational Approach
Labels: HealthCOMMERCIALS for gyms tend to feature actors who look like Calvin Klein underwear models, with physiques that most will not achieve no matter how long they spend on an elliptical machine. Planet Fitness, a national chain of about 600 fitness clubs, is introducing a campaign that mocks fitness fanatics, especially those whose devotion infringes on others. A new commercial opens with...
In Victory for Google, U.S. Ends Antitrust Investigation
Labels: BusinessWASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday found that Google had not violated antitrust or anticompetition statutes in the way it structures its Web search application — handing a big victory to the search giant in its ongoing dispute with regulators. But the commission found that Google had misused its broad patents on cellphone technology, and ordered Google to make that technology...
Jan
02
More Than 60,000 Have Died in Syrian Conflict, U.N. Says
Labels: WorldMuhammad Najdet Qadour/Shaam News Network, via ReutersBuildings said to have been damaged by a Syrian Air Force fighter jet in Binsh, Syria, near Idlib, on Wednesday. GENEVA — More than 60,000 people have died in Syria’s 22-month-old civil war, the United Nations’ human rights chief, Navi Pillay, said on Wednesday, expressing dismay at the findings of an analysis that far exceeds previous estimates...
How to Sync All Your Calendars Onto One Smartphone
Labels: TechnologyIt’s a simple request: I just want my online calendars to sync with my smartphone… is that too much to ask? It took some initial research and finesse, but I’ve discovered the best ways to get your Yahoo and Google calendars to appear on either an Android or Apple IOS mobile device.Google Calendar on Android PhoneWhen you first set up your Android phone, you had to create or enter your Google account...
Paparazzo killed after taking shots of Bieber car
Labels: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — A paparazzo was struck and killed by a car while darting across a street after taking pictures of Justin Bieber's Ferrari when it was pulled over along a freeway in Los Angeles, police said Wednesday.Bieber was not in the car at the time. The singer later said his prayers were with the family of the 29-year-old photographer who was pronounced dead at a hospital shortly after the...
Well: Good and Bad, the Little Things Add Up in Fitness
Labels: HealthPhys EdGretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness.The past year in fitness has been alternately inspiring, vexing and diverting, as my revisiting of all of the Phys Ed columns published in 2012 makes clear. Taken as a whole, the latest exercise-related science tells us that the right types and amounts of exercise will almost certainly lengthen your life, strengthen your brain, affect your waistline...
Case Study: A Start-Up’s Dilemma: A Lack of Capital, or Lack of Control
Labels: BusinessEatwhatever is a two-step, breath-freshening product created four years ago by a then-26-year-old Australian expatriate named Jacqui Rosshandler. Starting with $60,000 in capital, contracting out production and working solo from her New York apartment, Ms. Rosshandler and her company, Jacquii L.L.C., managed to grab a promising but tenuous toehold in the billion-dollar breath-freshening industry....
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