NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — A season that should be a time of joy has been marked by heart-wrenching loss in Newtown, as more victims from the massacre of 20 children and six adults are laid to rest.At least nine funerals and wakes were held Wednesday for those who died when gunman Adam Lanza, armed with a military-style assault rifle, broke into Sandy Hook Elementary School Friday and opened fire. Lanza...
Facebook predicted to overtake Google in mobile display ad revenue this year
Label: TechnologyShares of Facebook (FB) have begun to rebound since the company’s disastrous initial public offering this past May. After opening at $ 38 per share the company’s stock plummeted into the mid-20s over the summer months and eventually fell to a low of $ 17.55 in early September. Since then, however, Facebook shares have begun to bounce back after the company posted better-than-expected results...
Manhunt intensifies for two escaped bank robbers in Chicago
Label: BusinessThe manhunt for two bank robbers who escaped from a downtown Chicago prison this week intensified overnight, with police chasing multiple leads as new footage shows the men getting into a taxi minutes after their brazen escape.Investigators say surveillance cameras captured Joseph "Jose" Banks, 37, and Kenneth Conley, 38, getting into a taxi minutes after their early Tuesday escape. They entered the...
China’s airing of ‘V for Vendetta’ stuns viewers
Label: LifestyleBEIJING (AP) — Television audiences across China watched an anarchist antihero rebel against a totalitarian government and persuade the people to rule themselves. Soon the Internet was crackling with quotes of “V for Vendetta‘s” famous line: “People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.”The airing of the movie Friday night on China Central Television...
State Department security chief leaves post over Benghazi
Label: WorldWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Wednesday its security chief had resigned from his post and three other officials had been relieved of their duties following a scathing official inquiry into the September 11 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi.Eric Boswell has resigned effective immediately as assistant secretary of state for diplomatic security, State Department spokeswoman...
Research and Markets: Sexual Health Partnering Terms and Agreements
Label: HealthDUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/v5b7pw/sexual_health) has announced the addition of the “Sexual Health Partnering Terms and Agreements” company profile to their offering.The Sexual Health Partnering Terms and Agreements report provides comprehensive understanding and unprecedented access to the sexual health partnering deals and agreements entered...
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Canada serial killer inquiry finds “systemic bias” by police
Label: World(Reuters) – Police made critical errors in pursuing Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton partly because of “systemic bias” against his victims, sex trade workers from a rough Vancouver neighborhood, according to the final report from a public inquiry released on Monday.Commissioner Wally Oppal was asked by the British Columbia government to investigate, in effect, why Pickton was not caught sooner....
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg donating $500M in stock
Label: TechnologySAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he is donating nearly $ 500 million in stock to a Silicon Valley charity with the aim of funding health and education issues.Zuckerberg donated 18 million Facebook shares, valued at $ 498.8 million based on their Tuesday closing price. The beneficiary is the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, a nonprofit that works with donors to allocate their...
“Best Funeral Ever” premiere delayed after Newtown school shootings
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Fans of death-centric reality TV will have to wait a little longer to dig into TLC‘s “Best Funeral Ever.”TLC has pushed back the premiere of the special to January 6 at 10/9c in light of the school shootings in Newtown, Conn. last week.“Best Funeral Ever” was initially scheduled to premiere on December 26 at 8/7c.“Best Funeral Ever” centers around the Golden Gate Funeral...
Canada wins $28.3 billion case on pension fund payments
Label: HealthOTTAWA (Reuters) – The Canadian government won a far-reaching case at the Supreme Court of Canada on Wednesday when judges ruled Ottawa did not have to return more than C$ 28 billion ($ 28.3 billion) to civil servant union pension plans.The unions said the federal government had improperly taken the money out of their plans, largely through withdrawal of surpluses. Ottawa said it had followed laws...
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