After days of searching, the body of a teenager missing since New Year’s Eve was found in the snow near South Lake Tahoe.Authorities said there was no evidence of foul play but stressed the investigation was continuing.Alyssa Byrne, 19, went to the Snow Globe Music Festival in South Lake Tahoe on Monday night and hadn't been seen since."Our preliminary investigation with this morning's discovery,...
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Afghan Soldier’s Journey From Friend to Killer of Americans
Label: WorldVideo Image via Site Monitoring ServiceMahmood is shown being welcomed by the Taliban after he opened fire on American trainers in Kunar Province. KABUL, Afghanistan — It was only after the young Afghan soldier’s hatred of Americans had grown murderous that he reached out to the Taliban. The soldier, named simply Mahmood, 22, said that in May he told the insurgents of his plan to shoot Americans...
EU says its Google case not affected by U.S. ruling
Label: TechnologyBRUSSELS (Reuters) – A decision by U.S. regulators to end a probe into whether Google Inc hurt rivals by manipulating internet searches will not affect the European Union‘s examination of the company.“We have taken note of the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) decision, but we don’t see that it has any direct implications for our investigation, for our discussions with Google, which are ongoing,” said...
Professional Bull Riders: Who Is the Sexiest Cowboy Alive?
Label: Lifestyle TV Watch By Rennie Dyball 01/04/2013 at 03:45 PM EST The bulls are back in town – and they're bringing a bunch of strapping cowboys with them.The Professional Bull Riders kick off their 2013 season Friday at N.Y.C.'s Madison Square Garden with a whole lot of cowboy hats, chaps and swagger.
In the arena, the riders...
FDA proposes sweeping new food safety rules
Label: HealthWASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday proposed the most sweeping food safety rules in decades, requiring farmers and food companies to be more vigilant in the wake of deadly outbreaks in peanuts, cantaloupe and leafy greens.The long-overdue regulations are aimed at reducing the estimated 3,000 deaths a year from foodborne illness. Just since last summer, outbreaks of listeria...
Teens drugged parents to they could use Internet
Label: Business Two teenage girls were arrested in Northern California this week after they used sleeping pill-laced milkshakes to drug one girl's parents because they wouldn't let her use the Internet past 10 p.m., police said.The incident unfolded in Rocklin -- about 20 miles northwest of Sacramento -- the night of Dec. 28, when the parents fell asleep about an hour after drinking milkshakes their...
Jan
03
Obama Signs Defense Bill, With Conditions
Label: WorldWASHINGTON — President Obama set aside his veto threat and late Wednesday signed a defense bill that imposes restrictions on transferring detainees out of military prisons in Afghanistan and Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. But Mr. Obama attached a signing statement claiming that he has the constitutional power to override the limits in the law. His move awakened a dormant issue from Mr. Obama’s first...
Can the Government Really Ban Twitter Parody Accounts?
Label: TechnologyArizona is entertaining a law that will make it a felony to use another person’s real name to make an Internet profile intended to “harm, defraud, intimidate or threaten,” which to some sounds like a law against parody Twitter accounts. The legislation, if passed, would make Arizona one of a few states, including New York, California, Washington and Texas, to enact anti-online-impersonation...
Check Out This Year's Victoria's Secret Swim Cover Model
Label: Lifestyle Stylewatch Style News Now 01/03/2013 at 03:00 PM ET Courtesy Victoria’s SecretWhile most of the country is hiding from cold temps, the Victoria’s Secret Angels are heating things up! The ladies star in the 2013 swim catalogue — in mailboxes nationwide today — and South African beauty Candice Swanepoel...
CDC: 1 in 24 admit nodding off while driving
Label: HealthNEW YORK (AP) — This could give you nightmares: 1 in 24 U.S. adults say they recently fell asleep while driving.And health officials behind the study think the number is probably higher. That's because some people don't realize it when they nod off for a second or two behind the wheel."If I'm on the road, I'd be a little worried about the other drivers," said the study's lead author, Anne Wheaton...
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