| Iran to cut ties with British Museum over loan (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2010 06:08 AM PST ![]() AP - Iran said it will cut ties with the British Museum on Monday because of the museum's failure to lend Tehran an ancient Babylonian artifact described as the world's earliest bill of rights.
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| Peyton Manning storms off Super Bowl field. Is he a poor sport? (Yahoo! Sports) Posted: 08 Feb 2010 12:13 PM PST ![]() Peyton Manning didn't shake hands with New Orleans Saints players after his Indianapolis Colts lost 31-17 in...
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| Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania dies Posted: 08 Feb 2010 11:51 AM PST ![]() Lesser-known airlines get gold stars for performance from fliers in a new survey.
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| Comic Books Will Look Incredible on the iPad Posted: 08 Feb 2010 06:02 AM PST ![]() I'd buy an iPad just to read comic books. Think I'm nuts? I probably am, but see how you feel after this first look at what Panelfly, maker of a popular comic book iPhone app, is building for the iPad.
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| France agrees to sell Russia advanced warship (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2010 05:17 AM PST ![]() AP - France has agreed to sell Russia an advanced amphibious warship and is considering a Russian request for three more, French defense officials said Monday. It would be the first major arms deal between Russia and a NATO member.
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| Exclusive: Dave Wanted Conan for Jay-Oprah Super Bowl Spot (video) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 08:45 PM PST ![]() By Josef Adalian Sunday's Dave-Jay-Oprah Super Bowl ad might have been a foursome -- but an early notion to include Conan O'Brien in the spot didn't work out. Rob Burnett, executive producer of David Letterman's "Late Show," said he approached Team Coco about O'Brien appearing in the promo. "There was an initial thought of having Dave, Jay and Conan together in the spot," Burnett told TheWrap. "I did call Jeff Ross (O'Brien's producer) to talk about it." But the call came just as O'Brien and Ross were finish...
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| Toyota Recall: 300,000 Prius Hybrids Recalled, SEE The Latest Details Posted: 08 Feb 2010 08:40 AM PST  (TOKYO KELLY OLSEN, AP) - Toyota plans to recall about 300,000 Prius hybrids worldwide over a brake problem and will notify the U.S. and Japanese governments Tuesday, a news report said. The recall of the gas-electric Prius will cover cars that went on sale since May last year through January, Kyodo news agency reported late Monday. Kyodo, which did not identify its sources for the information, said the automaker will notify authorities in Japan and the U.S. of its plan, which will cover more than 270,000 of the hybrids sold in the two countries. Toyota spokeswoman Ririko Takeuchi said no d
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| S.C. GOP unites with tea party Posted: 08 Feb 2010 01:07 PM PST  State Republican Party says it will share resources and coordinate messaging with tea party groups.
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| Michelle Obama’s Obesity Comments about Sasha and Malia Posted: 07 Feb 2010 10:15 PM PST  Michelle Obama has had a tremendous impact on American families with her push for living healthy and goal of eliminating childhood obesity in her role as first lady. She announced recently that her new initiative aimed at targeting childhood obesity is under way, and adds that her feelings on the program crystallized when she was faced with a less than favorable report from her daughters', Sasha and Malia, pediatrician. "We went to our pediatrician all the time," Obama said, via ABC News. "I thought my kids were perfect — they are and always will be — but [the doctor] warned that he was conce
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| Dow closes below 10,000 for first time in 3 months (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2010 01:49 PM PST ![]() The Dow Jones industrial average closed below 10,000 for the first time in three months Monday on nagging concerns about debt loads in Europe.
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| Freeze on HIV spending sparks concern in Africa Posted: 08 Feb 2010 12:23 PM PST ![]() AFP/File – A man takes an HIV test in 2009 at the World Aids day event in Pretoria, South Africa. A US decision … KAMPALA (AFP) – A US decision to freeze spending on treatment for HIV in several African countries has prompted concern that some of the gains made against the AIDS epidemic since 200...
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| Golden Girl Tackling - Snickers Super Bowl Ad Brings out the Badass in Betty White (VIDEO) Posted: 08 Feb 2010 08:52 AM PST  (TrendHunter.com) This Snickers Super Bowl Ad was voted the funniest commercial to run during the game, and with good reason. Any commercial that has Betty White running around a field with a bunch of guys 50 years younger…
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| Autism Odds Double For Kids Born To Moms Over 40 Posted: 08 Feb 2010 10:34 AM PST  Disability Scoop: Older mothers are more likely to give birth to a child with autism, largely irrespective of the father's age, one of the biggest population-based studies of and parental ageautism has found. The risk of having a child with autism increases by 18 percent for every five years a woman ages before giving birth, according to research published online Monday in the journal Autism Research. That means a 40-year-old woman is 50 percent more likely to have a child with autism than a mother who is age 25 to 29. A father's age only seems to matter when the mother is under age 30, but
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| Michael Jackson doctor Conrad Murray charged with manslaughter Posted: 08 Feb 2010 12:23 PM PST ![]() Image via Wikipedia The AP reports that Conrad Murray has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the June 2009 death of Michael Jackson, the King of Pop. Faster than you can say 'propofol,' the drug that the Houston cardiologist used on Jackson to help him sleep, and which killed him, he has pleaded not guilty. I can't blame Dr. Murray for not wanting to take a deal and plead out. After all, it's 4 years at most if he is convicted of the crime that brands him with neither malice, nor intent to kill Jackson; perhaps it will be less than that. And if he's found not guilty, it will be n
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| Security chip that does encryption in PCs hacked (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2010 12:40 PM PST  AP - Deep inside millions of computers is a digital Fort Knox, a special chip with the locks to highly guarded secrets, including classified government reports and confidential business plans. Now a former U.S. Army computer-security specialist has devised a way to break those locks.
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