Two Tibetan teenagers killed themselves by self-immolation on Tuesday to protest Chinese rule in Tibet, according to reports on Wednesday by a Tibet advocacy group and Radio Free Asia. The two were among the youngest Tibetans to kill themselves in protest, and the act was a rare instance in which Tibetans committed self-immolation together. The teenagers were identified as Rinchen, 17, who...
Scarlett Johansson Is Not Engaged to Romain Dauriac
Label: Lifestyle Buzz By Maggie Coughlan 02/20/2013 at 01:50 PM EST Scarlett Johansson and Romain Dauriac Elder Ordonez/INF Is Scarlett Johansson headed down the aisle?After the Hitchcock actress, 28, was spotted wearing a pear-shaped diamond ring in New York City on Monday, rumors...
Drug overdose deaths up for 11th consecutive year
Label: HealthCHICAGO (AP) — Drug overdose deaths rose for the 11th straight year, federal data show, and most of them were accidents involving addictive painkillers despite growing attention to risks from these medicines."The big picture is that this is a big problem that has gotten much worse quickly," said Dr. Thomas Frieden, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which gathered and analyzed...
Wall Street slips after rally, energy shares fall
Label: BusinessNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday, pressured by a drop in energy shares as investors found few reasons to buy equities following a rally that has held major indexes near five-year highs for around three weeks. Equities have been strong recently, to the point that the day's modest decline was the largest for the S&P 500 since February 4. The index has jumped about...
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U.S. General Picked for Top NATO Military Post Will Retire
Label: WorldWASHINGTON — General John R. Allen, who served until earlier this month as the top United States commander in Afghanistan, will retire from the military to focus on “health issues within his family,” President Obama said Tuesday. In January, General Allen was officially cleared of misconduct by the Pentagon after an investigation into his exchange of e-mails with a socialite in Tampa, Fla.,...
Jenna Bush Hager Honors Her Grandfather for President's Day
Label: Lifestyle Caught in the Act 02/19/2013 at 01:35 PM EST Henry Hager and Jenna Bush Hager Courtesy Sea Island Both Jenna Bush Hager's father and grandfather served as Presidents of the United States, so it comes as no surprise that President's Day weekend holds special meaning...
UK patient dies from SARS-like coronavirus
Label: HealthLONDON (AP) — A patient being treated for a mysterious SARS-like virus has died, a British hospital said Tuesday.Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, central England, said the coronavirus victim was also being treated for "a long-term, complex unrelated health problem" and already had a compromised immune system.A total of 12 people worldwide have been diagnosed with the disease, six of whom have...
M&A deals lift shares, suggest more value in market
Label: BusinessNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday as merger activity suggested the market could offer investors still more value even as the S&P 500 and Dow industrials hover near five-year highs. Equities have resisted a pullback as investors use dips in stocks as buying opportunities. The S&P is up about 7 percent so far in 2013 and has climbed for the past seven weeks in its...
Downton Abbey Heartthrob Spoiler Alert - for Next Season
Label: Lifestyle TV Watch By Stephen M. Silverman 02/18/2013 at 01:20 PM EST Tom Ellis, with Michelle Dockery (inset) Bauer-Griffin No moss grows under Lady Mary, that's for sure. The Merry Widow may already have a new suitor.British TV heartthrob Tom Ellis reportedly had an impressive...
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