LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a $319 million verdict over profits from the game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" and rejected Walt Disney Co.'s request for a new trial.A jury decided in 2010 that Disney hid the show's profits from its creators, London-based Celador International. The ruling Monday by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found...
With Some Hospitals Closed After Hurricane Sandy, Others Pick Up Slack
Label: HealthA month after Hurricane Sandy struck New York City, unexpectedly shutting down several hospitals, one Upper East Side medical center had so many more emergency room patients than usual that it was parking them in its lobby. White and blue plastic screens had been set up between the front door and the elevator banks in the East 68th Street building of that hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill...
Rupert Murdoch pulls plug on 'the Daily,' first news app for iPad
Label: Business Rupert Murdoch has pulled the plug on News Corp.'s high-profile experiment to create a digital national newspaper.The demise...
Dec
02
Coast Guardsman is killed after suspected smugglers ram his boat
Label: World A veteran U.S. Coast Guard chief petty officer was killed Sunday after suspected smugglers rammed his vessel near Santa Cruz...
Chris Brown Returns To Twitter, Instragrams Photo Of Scantily Clad Rihanna
Label: TechnologyBreezy’s back with a bang.Chris Brown has returned to Twitter, after deleting his account last Sunday following an expletive-laced online fight with comedian Jenny Johnson.PLAY IT NOW: Rihanna Discusses Her Fashion Sense & TattoosWhile the “Don’t Wake Me Up” singer still boasts 7.7 million followers, he has yet to grace the Twittersphere with a post since reactivating his account on Saturday.However,...
Young down by boardwalk for benefit show
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Neil Young said Sunday that he couldn't see performing in the area devastated by Superstorm Sandy without doing something to help people who were affected by it.Young and his longtime backing band, Crazy Horse, will hold a benefit concert for the American Red Cross' storm relief effort Thursday at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City. The New Jersey coastline areas were...
Call That Kept Nursing Home Patients in Sandy’s Path
Label: HealthChang W. Lee/The New York TimesWorkers were shocked that nursing and adult homes in areas like Rockaway Park, Queens, weren’t evacuated. Hurricane Sandy was swirling northward, four days before landfall, and at the Sea Crest Health Care Center, a nursing home overlooking the Coney Island Boardwalk in Brooklyn, workers were gathering medicines and other supplies as they prepared to evacuate. ...
Chinatrust Bank to move U.S. headquarters to downtown L.A.
Label: Business Chinatrust Bank has agreed to move its U.S. headquarters to downtown Los Angeles from Torrance.The bank will rent two floors...
Dec
01
After a billion, what next for Facebook?
Label: World MENLO PARK — In just eight years, Facebook signed up more than half the world's Internet population.Now it's going after the...
Microsoft updates Android Xbox SmartGlass app for 7-inch tablets
Label: TechnologyWhile Nintendo (NTDOY) has chosen to create second-screen experiences with the new Wii U GamePad, Microsoft’s (MSFT) strategy for the Xbox 360 involves bringing your own devices (BYOD) with the Xbox SmartGlass app for Android, iOS, Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8. One of the more frustrating things initially about the Xbox SmartGlass app was that it wasn’t natively compatible with 7-inch...
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