A day of reckoning arrived for BP on Thursday as the oil giant...
Stars honor Veloso as Latin Grammys person of year
Label: Lifestyle
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Juanes, Juan Luis Guerra, Nelly Furtado and Natalie Cole are among the artists who celebrated Brazilian musician Caetano Veloso at a ceremony honoring him as the Latin Recording Academy‘s Person of the Year.Veloso’s influence as a composer and activist also was the subject of a video featuring Sting and Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar...
Well: Southern Flavors on a Vegetarian Table
Label: HealthIf you’re looking for new ways to cook vegetables, a trip south of the Mason-Dixon line is a good place to start. The fair weather and long growing season of the South means there’s always a plentiful supply of fresh vegetables and produce.“We live in Memphis, and it’s true there is a lot of barbecue, but there are a good deal of farmers’ markets too,” says Amy Lawrence, co-author of “The Southern...
Eurozone slides back into recession
Label: Business The Eurozone is back in a recession, its first in three years, as gross domestic product for the debt-plagued 17-nation bloc...
Nov
14
Obama: No evidence of security breach in Petreaus scandal
Label: World President Barack Obama said Wednesday he has seen no evidence...
Clapton platinum watch nets $3.6 million at auction
Label: Lifestyle
GENEVA (Reuters) – An Asian collector bought a platinum chronograph Patek Philippe wristwatch owned by British rock guitarist Eric Clapton for 3.44 million Swiss francs ($ 3.63 million) at auction on Monday, Christie’s said.The “ultra-rare” reference 2499/100 by the Swiss luxury watchmaker, one of only two cased in platinum, was acquired by Clapton some...
Filthy Water in California Farmworker Communities
Label: HealthJim Wilson/The New York TimesStudents at Stone Corral Elementary in Seville, Calif. The school budgets $100 to $500 a month for bottled water. SEVILLE, Calif. — Like most children, the students at Stone Corral Elementary School here rejoice when the bell rings for recess and delight in christening a classroom pet. But while growing up in this impoverished agricultural community of numbered...
Corzine blamed for fall of MF Global
Label: Business Poor management decisions by MF Global's former CEO Jon Corzine triggered the brokerage firm's collapse, while lax protections...
Nov
13
U.S. Atorney: Ex-Dixon comptroller to plead guilty
Label: World Former Dixon comptroller Rita Crundwell leaves the Lee County Courthouse in Dixon after being arraigned on felony theft...
Comcast’s NBCUniversal unit lays off 500 employees: source
Label: Lifestyle
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Comcast Corp‘s NBCUniversal entertainment unit is laying off about 500 employees at cable channels, Jay Leno‘s late-night TV show and the Universal Pictures movie studio, a person with knowledge of the matter said on Monday.The cuts add up to about 1.5 percent of the company’s workforce of 30,000 employees, the source said.
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