WASHINGTON (AP) — Most candy, high-calorie drinks and greasy meals could soon be on a food blacklist in the nation's schools.For the first time, the government is proposing broad new standards to make sure all foods sold in schools are more healthful.Under the new rules the Agriculture Department proposed Friday, foods like fatty chips, snack cakes, nachos and mozzarella sticks would be taken out...
Anonymous artist makes Oakland his gnome town
Label: Business OAKLAND — This is a story about Oakland.It has nothing to do with crime, or the rivalry with its flashier sister city across...
Feb
02
Egypt’s Government Apologizes After a Beating Is Televised
Label: WorldTara Todras-Whitehill for The New York TimesA funeral protest on Saturday in Cairo for Mohammed Hussein Korani, 23, who died Friday night in clashes with the police. More Photos »CAIRO — Egypt’s interior minister offered a rare apology on Saturday after officers under his command were seen on television beating a naked man two blocks from the presidential palace. But under what his family said was...
Sony likely to unveil next PlayStation on Feb. 20
Label: TechnologyNEW YORK (AP) — Sony is poised to unveil the next PlayStation game console on Feb. 20, a date that would give the Japanese electronics company a head start over Microsoft‘s expected announcement of an Xbox 360 successor in June.Sony Corp. invited journalists to an evening press event in New York City. The company has not said what it plans to show off, but signs indicate that it’ll be the PlayStation...
Busy Philipps Feels No Pressure to Bounce Back After Baby
Label: Lifestyle David Livingston/GettyBusy Philipps may be willing to dish out style advice to fellow expectant mamas — but she’s not about to start breaking out the postpartum weight loss lectures.Currently pregnant with her second child, the Cougar Town star admits that while her celebrity status opens her up for public scrutiny, she’s not planning a big bounceback after baby.“Like most things in this business,...
New rules aim to get rid of junk foods in schools
Label: HealthWASHINGTON (AP) — Most candy, high-calorie drinks and greasy meals could soon be on a food blacklist in the nation's schools.For the first time, the government is proposing broad new standards to make sure all foods sold in schools are more healthful.Under the new rules the Agriculture Department proposed Friday, foods like fatty chips, snack cakes, nachos and mozzarella sticks would be taken out...
A conversation with departing UC Chancellor Mark G. Yudof
Label: Business Since 2008, Mark G. Yudof has led the 10-campus University of California system through a dramatic period of budget cuts and...
Feb
01
Another Reset of Relations With Russia in Obama’s Second Term
Label: WorldMOSCOW — Four years ago, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., used an audience of world leaders at an annual security conference in Munich to propose a “reset” with Russia, the Obama administration’s first big foreign policy statement. But as Mr. Biden arrives in Germany for the same conference this weekend, the United States is quietly adopting a new approach to its old cold war rival: the cold shoulder....
Coming soon to Facebook- more action, battle games
Label: TechnologySAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – When nWay began a trial of its dark, sci-fi combat game “ChronoBlade” on Facebook last year, the San Francisco-based startup felt sure it had a hit on its hands.“First of all, what comes is, ‘Wow, I had no idea you could actually do a game of this quality on Facebook,’” said Dave Jones, Chief Creative Officer of nWay, who has worked on “Grand Theft Auto.”Then came some resistance:...
Why Warm Bodies Is the Best Zombie Movie in Nearly a Decade
Label: Lifestyle By Alyda Wheat 02/01/2013 at 06:50 PM EST Nicholas Hoult Jonathan Wenk/Summit Entertainment Do you have any idea how hard it is to be a charming zombie? Think about it: You see a hot girl. Let's call her Julie (Take Me Home Tonight's Teresa...
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