NEW YORK (AP) — Cassadee Pope, who was country singer Blake Shelton's protege on the third season of NBC's "The Voice," has won the show's competition.The 23-year-old singer is stepping out into a solo career after performing with a band called Hey Monday. Her victory over Scottish native Terry McDermott and long-bearded Nicholas David was announced at the end of a two-hour show Tuesday."The Voice"...
Attackers in Pakistan Kill Anti-Polio Workers
Label: HealthAthar Hussain/ReutersRelatives of Nasima Bibi, a worker in a polio vaccination drive, at a hospital morgue in Karachi. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Gunmen shot dead five female health workers who were immunizing children against polio on Tuesday, causing the Pakistani government to suspend vaccinations in two cities and dealing a fresh setback to an eradication campaign dogged by Taliban resistance in a...
Instagram draws ire over new user rules
Label: Business SAN FRANCISCO — When it comes to policy changes, Instagram could have used a filter of its own.Its usually devoted users threatened...
Dec
17
Adam Lanza's family had kept a watchful eye on him
Label: World STAMFORD, Conn. — When the parents of Adam Lanza divorced, the settlement left Nancy Lanza with $24,150 a month in alimony payments...
'The Hobbit' tops box office with record $84.6M
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" led the box office over the weekend with $84.6 million, a record-setting opening better than the three previous "Lord of the Rings" films.The 3-D Middle Earth epic, the first of three planned films adapted from J.R.R. Tolkien's novel, was the biggest December opening ever, surpassing Will Smith's "I Am Legend," which opened with $77.2 million in 2007.The...
N.I.H. to Start Initiatives to Raise Number of Minority Scientists
Label: HealthFew blacks enter biomedical research, and those who do often encounter obstacles in their career paths. A study published last year found that a black scientist was markedly less likely to obtain research money from the National Institutes of Health than a white one — even when differences of education and stature were taken into account. The institute has now announced initiatives...
Dec
16
A collection that identifies California as a world apart
Label: World PALO ALTO — Something was unusual about the 1663 map of the Western Hemisphere.Yes, much of the North and South American coasts...
Top 5 Apps for Kids This Week
Label: Technology1. PHLIPAges 4-up Overall rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars Why we like it: PHLIP is a spatial relations puzzle where you “flip” or turn your screen left or right, like a steering wheel, to change the orientation of the set of tiles, in order to reassemble the picture. You can use photos you take, or choose one from your photo library. Need to know: The more tiles, the harder the puzzle. You can lock any...
Jack Hanlon, actor in Our Gang films, dies in NV
Label: LifestyleRENO, Nev. (AP) — Jack Hanlon, who had roles in the 1926 silent classic "The General" and in two 1927 "Our Gang" comedies, died Thursday in Las Vegas at the age of 96.His niece, Wendy Putnam Park of Las Vegas, says the precocious, freckle-faced Hanlon was a natural as a child actor from 1926 to 1933.After a small role with Buster Keaton in "The General," he played mischievous kids in two of Hal Roach's...
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