Jim Hollander/European Pressphoto AgencyThe exhibition “Herod the Great: The King’s Final Journey” includes a reconstruction of his tomb, with his sarcophagus, center. JERUSALEM — In one room sits a sarcophagus of reddish-pink limestone believed to have held the body of King Herod, painstakingly reconstructed after having been smashed to bits centuries ago. In another, there are frescoes from Herod’s...
Oscar Pistorius's Nike Ad Calling Him a 'Bullet' Pulled from His Website
Label: Lifestyle By Stephen M. Silverman 02/14/2013 at 01:30 PM EST Screen grab of Nike ad on Oscar Pistorius website as of Feb. 5, 2013 A Nike ad with Olympian Oscar Pistorius in his trademark blades – and bearing the tagline "I am the bullet in the chamber" – was yanked from...
Morning-after pill use up to 1 in 9 younger women
Label: HealthNEW YORK (AP) — About 1 in 9 younger women have used the morning-after pill after sex, according to the first government report to focus on emergency contraception since its approval 15 years ago.The results come from a survey of females ages 15 to 44. Eleven percent of those who'd had sex reported using a morning-after pill. That's up from 4 percent in 2002, only a few years after the pills went...
Wall Street flat as takeovers offset weak overseas data
Label: BusinessNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks were little changed on Thursday as a flurry of merger deals and better-than-expected jobs data offset signs of economic weakness in Europe and Japan Shares of H.J. Heinz Co jumped 20 percent to $72.51 after it said Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital will buy the food company for $72.50 a share, or $28 billion including debt. Also...
Feb
13
International Military Officials Investigate Afghan Deaths
Label: WorldKABUL, Afghanistan — International military officials are investigating two episodes in which as many as 11 Afghan civilians may have been killed in what appeared to be American-led military actions. In the more lethal episode, Afghan officials said 10 civilians were killed overnight in Kunar Province in eastern Afghanistan in a village where two known Taliban commanders were visiting family...
Ryan Reynolds Punches Costar Scott Speedman on Set of New Film
Label: Lifestyle By Maggie Coughlan 02/13/2013 at 01:50 PM EST Ryan Reynolds and Scott Speedman AKM-GSI Don't mess with Ryan Reynolds!The actor, 36, proved he knows how to pack a punch while filming a scene for Queen of the Night in Sudbury, Canada, on Tuesday.
On the receiving...
Report: Tracking system needed to fight fake drugs
Label: HealthWASHINGTON (AP) — Fighting the problem of fake drugs will require putting medications through a chain of custody like U.S. courts require for evidence in a trial, the Institute of Medicine reported Wednesday.The call for a national drug tracking system comes a week after the Food and Drug Administration warned doctors, for the third time in about a year, that it discovered a counterfeit batch of the...
Wall Street rally stalls, S&P 500 skims November 2007 high
Label: BusinessNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks were little changed on Wednesday amid investor caution after the S&P 500 index briefly hit its highest intraday level since November 2007. The benchmark index got a boost from Comcast Corp , which said it will buy the rest of NBC Universal for $16.7 billion from General Electric Co . Equities have been strong performers until recently, buoyed...
Feb
12
India Ink: In Kashmir, Clashes and Dwindling Supplies As Curfew Continues
Label: WorldThe Kashmir Valley is on the fourth day of a government-imposed shutdown begun immediately after the hanging of the militant Muhammad Afzal, also known as Afzal Guru, who comes from the town of Sopore in Baramulla district.Many residents are running out of food and milk in Srinagar, Kashmir’s summer capital. Meanwhile, dozens have been injured and at least one killed in protests against Mr. Afzal’s...
Julianne Hough: Ryan Seacrest Makes Valentine's Day Super Romantic
Label: Lifestyle By Carlos Greer 02/12/2013 at 01:40 PM EST Ryan Seacrest and Julianne Hough Michael Buckner/WireImage Who knew Ryan Seacrest was such a romantic? His girlfriend, Julianne Hough, tells PEOPLE he likes to go all out for Valentine's Day."[He likes] surprising me and ending up at a restaurant...
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