CANBERRA (Reuters) – The Australian radio station behind a prank call to a British hospital will donate its advertising revenue until the end of the year to a fund for the family of the nurse who apparently took her own life after the stunt, the company said on Tuesday.Southern Cross Austereo, parent company of Sydney radio station 2Day FM, said it would donate all advertising revenue, with a minimum...
Recent hacking of U.N. nuclear agency not first attempt: IAEA
Label: TechnologyWASHINGTON (Reuters) – A recently announced hacking of the U.N. nuclear agency’s computer servers was not the first time an attempt had been made to break into the organization’s computer system, the head of the agency said on Thursday.Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said that a few months ago a group broke into the agency’s computer system and stole personal...
Elijah Wood, Aaron Paul rally fans to save north Hollywood taco joint
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Elijah Wood and Aaron Paul are on a mission to save a North Hollywood taco stand.The actors are rallying fans around Henry‘s Tacos, which has been on the corner of Tujunga and Moorpark for 51 years and is closing December 31 due to a conflict with the building’s landlord.In an announcement posted on Facebook, the stand’s owner, Janis Hood, said that running the restaurant...
New tests could hamper food outbreak detection
Label: HealthWASHINGTON (AP) — It’s about to get faster and easier to diagnose food poisoning, but that progress for individual patients comes with a downside: It could hurt the nation’s ability to spot and solve dangerous outbreaks.Next-generation tests that promise to shave a few days off the time needed to tell whether E. coli, salmonella or other foodborne bacteria caused a patient’s illness could reach medical...
Pensions plans ‘will cost jobs’
Label: Business11 December 2012 Last updated at 05:42 ETThe CBI has renewed its attack on a European scheme aimed at strengthening pension finances – claiming it will lead to thousands of job cuts.The proposals, first outlined by the European Commission in 2010, aim to make company pension schemes more robust if the firm goes bust.But the CBI said the plans were “completely unnecessary” and would add billions to...
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McAfee wants to return to US, ‘normal life’
Label: WorldBACALAR, Mexico (AP) — Software company founder John McAfee said Sunday he wants to return to the United States and “settle down to whatever normal life” he can.In a live-stream Internet broadcast from the Guatemalan detention center where he is fighting a government order that he be returned to Belize, the 67-year-old said “I simply would like to live comfortably day by day, fish, swim, enjoy my...
Syrian Rebels Now Have a Tank Powered by a Playstation Controller
Label: TechnologyAs Syria‘s rebels work to overthrow the tank-equipped Assad regime, they’ve learned that it helps to have tanks of their own. They deserve bonus points for integrating video game technology. This is no exaggeration. Have a look at the opposition forces’ “100 percent made in Syria” armored vehicle, the Sham II.RELATED: What Dennis Kucinich Really Said in SyriaNamed for ancient Syria and assembled out...
Gabrielle Aplin tops UK charts with Power of Love
Label: LifestyleLONDON (Reuters) – English singer Gabrielle Aplin scored her first British number one on Sunday with a cover of the Frankie Goes To Hollywood hit “The Power of Love”, the Official Charts Company said.Aplin climbed to number one from sixth place with the song, which first entered the charts in 1984 and is the theme for a Christmas television advert for British retailer John Lewis.In the album charts,...
Iron may prevent behavioral issues in small babies
Label: HealthNEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Iron supplements may help boost brain development and ward off behavioral problems in babies who are born a bit on the small side, a new study from Sweden suggests.Low birth-weight babies are more likely to end up iron deficient, researchers said. They need more of the nutrient for catch-up growth and haven’t stored as much as other babies if they’re also born premature.For...
Lincoln Wants to Torch the Airport Limo
Label: BusinessLast summer, as Ford Motor’s (F) marketing team confronted the daunting challenge of trying to make its fusty old Lincoln luxury line hip again, their New York ad agency came up with what seemed like a dream solution: Film a youngish, A-list actor like Leonardo DiCaprio behind the wheel of the brand’s sleek new MKZ model, but don’t let viewers see his face. The star’s familiar voice would tell what...
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