Tara Todras-Whitehill for The New York TimesEgyptians stand near a burned out school, before the funeral of Mohammed Gaber Salah, an activist who died Sunday from injuries sustained during protests. CAIRO — With public pressure mounting, President Mohamed Morsi appeared to pull back Monday from his attempt to assert an authority beyond the reach of any court, as his allies in the Muslim Brotherhood...
Larry Hagman Memorials Set for Dallas and Los Angeles
Label: Lifestyle Update By Champ Clark UPDATED 11/26/2012 at 05:50 PM EST • Originally published 11/26/2012 at 06:50 PM EST Larry Hagman as J.R. Ewing TNT Larry Hagman will be remembered in two memorials this weekend – one in Dallas and one in Los Angeles –...
Bounce houses a party hit but kids' injuries soar
Label: HealthCHICAGO (AP) — They may be a big hit at kids' birthday parties, but inflatable bounce houses can be dangerous, with the number of injuries soaring in recent years, a nationwide study found.Kids often crowd into bounce houses, and jumping up and down can send other children flying into the air, too.The numbers suggest 30 U.S. children a day are treated in emergency rooms for broken bones, sprains,...
Cemetery tour guide loves her dead-end job
Label: Business With her chiseled features, 1940s-style black dress, retro sunglasses and lacy black parasol, tour guide Karie Bible strolls...
Nov
25
Bangladesh Fire Kills More Than 100 and Injures Many
Label: WorldMUMBAI, India — More than 100 people died Saturday and Sunday in a fire at a garment factory outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, in one of the worst industrial tragedies in that country. It took firefighters all night to put out the blaze at the factory, Tazreen Fashions, after it started about 7 p.m. on Saturday, a retired fire official said by telephone from Dhaka, the capital. At least 111 people...
Tom Cruise Films Helicopter Scene in Empty Trafalgar Square
Label: Lifestyle 11/25/2012 at 05:15 PM EST Tom Cruise in Trafalgar Square FameFlynet Back to work! After spending Thanksgiving with daughter Suri, 6, Tom Cruise filmed scenes for the sci-fi action film All You Need Is Kill in London on Sunday.
The actor, who plays alien fighter...
New California community colleges head is taking things slow
Label: Business In assuming the reins of California's community colleges system, Brice W. Harris takes over at a pivotal time of long-range...
Nov
24
Morsi Urged to Retract Edict to Bypass Judges in Egypt
Label: WorldTara Todras-Whitehill for The New York TimesProtesters lit flares and denounced the edict of President Mohamed Morsi during clashes with riot police officers in front of the high court building in Cairo on Saturday. More Photos »CAIRO — The association of judges here called Saturday for courts across Egypt to suspend all but their most vital activities to protest an edict by President Mohamed Morsi...
AP PHOTOS: Simple surgery heals blind Indonesians
Label: HealthPADANG SIDEMPUAN, Indonesia (AP) — They came from the remotest parts of Indonesia, taking crowded overnight ferries and riding for hours in cars or buses — all in the hope that a simple, and free, surgical procedure would restore their eyesight.Many patients were elderly and needed help to reach two hospitals in Sumatra where mass eye camps were held earlier this month by Nepalese surgeon Dr. Sanduk...
Kettleman City activists seek to block expansion of toxic dump
Label: Business KETTLEMAN CITY, Calif. — Environmental activists and leaders of this impoverished community, outraged by unreported spills of...
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