H. Norman Schwarzkopf, the retired general credited with leading U.S.-allied forces to a victory in the first Gulf War, has died at age 78, a U.S. official confirmed to ABC News.He died today in Tampa, Fla., where he lived in retirement, a U.S. official told the Associated Press.Schwarzkopf, called "Stormin' Norman" because of his reportedly explosive temper, actually led Republican...
CAR appeals for French help against rebels, Paris balks
Labels: WorldBANGUI (Reuters) - The president of the Central African Republic appealed on Thursday for France and the United States to help push back rebels threatening his government and the capital, but Paris said its troops were only ready to protect French nationals. The exchanges came as regional African leaders tried to broker a ceasefire deal and as rebels said they had temporarily halted their...
South Korea industrial output up 2.3%
Labels: Technology SEOUL: South Korea's industrial production accelerated sharply in November to post a third consecutive monthly rise, according to government data.Production in the mining, manufacturing, gas and electricity industries grew 2.3 percent from the previous month, up from narrow 0.7 percent gains in both October and September, Statistics Korea announced on Friday.The three months of expansion...
Retail sites see 27 percent traffic jump on Christmas Day
Labels: LifestyleFollowing suit with other major holiday shopping days, Christmas Day also saw a jump in online traffic this year. According to marketing firm Experian, the top 500 U.S. retail sites had 27 percent more online traffic on this year's Christmas Day compared with last year. A total of 115.5 million people in the U.S. visited sites like Target, BestBuy, Sears, and Apple's online store. Looking at the...
Dec
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Study: Cancer drug substitute linked to higher rate of relapse
Labels: Health (CBS News) Abby Alonzo was 10 when she was diagnosed in 2009 with Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer of the immune system. With proper treatment, 90 percent of patients survive. "It wasn't as hard for me as I think it as it was on my mom and my brother and my dad," Abby says. Abby began a seven-drug regimen. But in 2010, doctors told Abby's mother, Katie, there was a nationwide shortage of one of the...
Toyota Agrees to $1B Settlement in Acceleration Case
Labels: Business Toyota has agreed to pay more than $1 billion to customers to settle a class action lawsuit that alleged its vehicles accelerated dangerously and without warning, according to statements by the carmaker and the plaintiffs' attorney.The deal, which still needs approval by a federal judge in California, includes a $250 million fund to be paid to Toyota owners who sold their cars at...
Mental illness, poverty haunted Afghan policewoman who killed American
Labels: WorldKABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan policewoman suspected of killing a U.S. contractor at police headquarters in Kabul suffered from mental illness and was driven to suicidal despair by poverty, her children told Reuters on Wednesday. The woman was identified by authorities as Narges Rezaeimomenabad, a 40-year-old grandmother and mother of three who moved here from Iran 10 years ago and married...
Nicaraguan farmers stay put despite volcano warning
Labels: Technology CHINANDEGA, Nicaragua: Some 1,500 farmers living on the slopes of the San Cristobal volcano refused to leave, despite being ordered to evacuate as the volcano spewed gas, sand and ash."People have not evacuated because we do not want to go and leave the area abandoned," Maria Pereira told AFP.Pereira lives in "Grecia 4", a community of about 600 people at the base of the volcano, in the...
Tap Twitter, control a cockroach
Labels: LifestyleToo bad we can't control all cockroaches through Twitter. Yuck.(Credit:Brittany Ransom)Next time you see a cockroach, don't scurry away faster than it can flee. In fact, if you're a lover of the weirder side of life, the intrusive insect could represent one heck of a science project. For example, artist Brittany Ransom created Twitter Roach -- a discoid cockroach that can be controlled through tweets...
Dec
25
Newtown's Christmas: Inspiration amid the grief
Labels: Health NEWTOWN, Conn. Newtown observed Christmas amid snow-covered teddy bears, stockings, flowers and candles left in memory of the 20 children and six educators gunned down at an elementary school just 11 days before the holiday. Volunteers were keeping watch over a candlelight vigil scheduled to last all Christmas day in the Connecticut town. Twenty-six candles, one for each victim, were lit at midnight...
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