NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Thursday and were on track for their biggest two-day decline since November as weak data suggested expectations for economic growth were overly optimistic. The two-day decline marked the U.S. stock market's first sustained pullback this year. The Standard & Poor's 500 is up 5.2 percent so far this year. The benchmark index has climbed for seven...
Feb
20
Boiko Borisov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Submits Resignation
Label: WorldPrime Minister Boiko Borisov of Bulgaria submitted his government’s resignation on Wednesday after a tumultuous week of public anger over rising electricity prices, corruption and worsening living standards that ignited mass protests nationwide and led to bloody clashes with the police on Tuesday night. “The people gave us power, and today we are returning it,” Mr. Borisov said on Wednesday...
Amy Poehler Is the Latest Star to Get Bangs - Who Should Be Next?
Label: Lifestyle Stylewatch Style News Now 02/20/2013 at 01:30 PM ET Landov, AKM-GSI, BEImages, WireimageWe’ve filled out our Oscar ballots and predicted the gowns, now the PEOPLE StyleWatch team is ready to talk hair.Bold bangs are sizzling hot in Hollywood right now: Amy Poehler’s just the latest star to...
Obama admin. tackles colonoscopy confusion
Label: HealthWASHINGTON (AP) — The new health law requires that most insurance plans cover all costs for preventive care, including colon cancer screening.But it didn't turn out to be that simple.Many patients ended up with a bill when the doctor performing the colonoscopy removed precancerous growths known as polyps. Why the bill? Because a preventive screening had turned into a procedure.Now the Obama administration...
Wall Street drops as energy sector drags
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 propelled indexes close to all-time highs. Stocks were volatile after minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve suggested the central bank may have to slow or stop buying assets before seeing a pickup in hiring, raising the prospect...
Feb
19
Maoists Block Deal to Break Nepal’s Long Political Deadlock
Label: WorldNEW DELHI — Nepal’s major political parties failed on Tuesday to complete an expected agreement to settle a years-long political standoff, after Maoists insisted that the accord include amnesty for past crimes. The amnesty issue derailed a tentative deal reached on Monday to appoint as interim prime minister the chief justice of the country’s supreme court, Khil Raj Regmi, to lead the country...
Maggie Simpson's The Longest Daycare Is Nominated for an Oscar
Label: Lifestyle By Patrick Gomez 02/19/2013 at 02:30 PM EST Maggie Simpson may not be much of a talker on her FOX cartoon, but this year she plans on making a statement on the red carpet.The youngest member of The Simpsons clan stars in the Oscar-nominated animated short film The Longest Daycare and the eternal infant is looking for fans to help choose...
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...
Jerry Buss, Lakers Owner, Dies at 80
Label: Lifestyle By Maggie Coughlan 02/18/2013 at 02:10 PM EST Jerry Buss, the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, has died, the Associated Press reports. He was 80.Buss had been hospitalized for cancer, but died of kidney failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Monday, said his assistant, Bob Steiner. Paying $67.5...
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