By Cynthia Wang 01/21/2013 at 07:00 PM EST Michelle Kwan and Clay Pell Courtesy of Caitlin Maloney Although she was a singles figure skater throughout her successful career, Michelle Kwan did have one steadfast partner on the ice – fashion designer Vera Wang."I...
Flu season fuels debate over paid sick time laws
Label: HealthNEW YORK (AP) — Sniffling, groggy and afraid she had caught the flu, Diana Zavala dragged herself in to work anyway for a day she felt she couldn't afford to miss.A school speech therapist who works as an independent contractor, she doesn't have paid sick days. So the mother of two reported to work and hoped for the best — and was aching, shivering and coughing by the end of the day. She stayed home...
L.A. church leaders sought to hide sex abuse cases from authorities
Label: Business Fifteen years before the clergy sex abuse scandal came to light, Archbishop Roger M. Mahony and a top advisor discussed ways...
Jan
20
Syria Urges Rebels to Lay Down Arms and Join Transition
Label: WorldGoran Tomasevic/ReutersFree Syrian Army fighters fired on government forces on Sunday at a checkpoint in Damascus. The foreign minister called on rebels to reject foreign intervention. BEIRUT, Lebanon — As Syrian opposition leaders met in Turkey over the weekend to try to iron out their differences, Syria’s foreign minister invited rebels to join a national dialogue, promising that all those who lay...
BlackBerry 10 camera software revealed, including built-in Instagram-like photo filters [video]
Label: TechnologyJust when we start to think we know everything there is to know about BlackBerry 10, new details leak. Mobile blog The Gadget Masters on Friday published a video revealing the new BlackBerry 10 camera software included on a pre-release version of the BlackBerry Z10 smartphone. While the software on this prototype phone likely isn’t final, several new features that will be included in RIM’s (RIMM)...
Selena Gomez vs. Justin Bieber: Who Sang It Better?
Label: Lifestyle By Alison Schwartz 01/20/2013 at 06:00 PM EST Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber Bryan Bedder/Getty; Steve Mack/FilmMagic Selena Gomez didn't officially comment on the status of her relationship with on-again, off-again beau Justin Bieber at her New York City acoustic...
Brown seeks to reshape California's community colleges
Label: Business With a slate of bold and controversial budget proposals, Gov. Jerry Brown has placed a renewed focus on the state's struggling...
Jan
19
A Rare Scotch, Back on the Rocks
Label: WorldSCOTT BASE, Antarctica (AP) — Three bottles of rare, 19th-century Scotch found beneath the floorboards of Ernest Shackleton’s abandoned expedition base were returned to Antarctica on Saturday after a distiller flew them to Scotland to recreate the long-lost recipe. But not even Prime Minister John Key of New Zealand, who personally returned the stash, got a taste of the contents of the bottles...
Google CEO Page on Apple’s ‘thermonuclear’ Android war: ‘How well is that working?’
Label: TechnologyGoogle (GOOG) CEO Larry Page seems unimpressed by Apple’s (AAPL) “thermonuclear war” against his company’s operating system. In an interview with Wired posted Thursday, Page was asked to respond to reports about the late Steve Jobs being “competitive enough to claim that he was willing to ‘go to thermonuclear war’ on Android.” Page responded with one sentence: “How well is that working?” Wired...
Five Things to Know About The Lumineers
Label: Lifestyle By Marisa Laudadio 01/19/2013 at 06:00 PM EST From left: Wesley Schultz, Neyla Pekarek and Jeremiah Fraites Alan Poizner/PictureGroup You already know their hit song "Ho Hey" with its catchy shout-it-out chant that sticks in your head – but what's behind Denver-based...
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