SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court, protecting providers of risky recreational activities from lawsuits, decided Monday...
The Future Is Now: What We Imagined for 2013 — 10 Years Ago
Label: Technology Predicting the future is hard, but that doesn’t stop us from trying. We’re Wired, after all. Ten years ago, we boldly declared that we’d be living with phones on our wrists, data-driven goggles on our eyes and gadgets that would safety-test our food for us. Turns out, a lot of the things Sonia Zjawinski conceptualized in our “Living in 2013” feature way back in 2003...
‘Rings’ trilogy sound editor Hopkins dies in NZ
Label: LifestyleWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Oscar-winning sound editor Mike Hopkins, who worked on the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy and other Peter Jackson films, has died in a rafting accident in New Zealand. He was 53.Hopkins drowned on Sunday when his inflatable raft capsized during a flash flood in a river on New Zealand‘s North Island, police senior Sgt. Carolyn Watson said. His wife survived.The New Zealand...
Hispanic Pregnancies Fall in U.S. as Women Choose Smaller Families
Label: HealthORLANDO, Fla. — Hispanic women in the United States, who have generally had the highest fertility rates in the country, are choosing to have fewer children. Both immigrant and native-born Latinas had steeper birthrate declines from 2007 to 2010 than other groups, including non-Hispanic whites, blacks and Asians, a drop some demographers and sociologists attribute to changes in the views of many Hispanic...
Senate Passes Tax Increases on Wealthy Americans
Label: BusinessDrew Angerer/Getty ImagesSenator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, was surrounded by reporters as he walked to his office late Monday. WASHINGTON — The Senate, in a pre-dawn vote two hours after the deadline passed to avert automatic tax increases, overwhelmingly approved legislation on Tuesday that would allow tax rates to rise only on affluent Americans while temporarily suspending sweeping,...
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This Rose Parade marks a major step for a young float designer
Label: World Charles Meier pulled his first all nighter when he was 11 years old. His mother found him asleep in a flower box.It was the...
In Memoriam: 9 Tech Titans Who Died in 2012
Label: Technology"We made machines for the masses," said Jack Tramiel, the founder of the company that gave the world the Commodore 64. Then he nodded to the man sitting beside him, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. "They made machines for the classes."
The year was 2007, and Tramiel was on stage at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Commodore 64, a machine...
Kanye West, Kim Kardashian expecting baby: reports
Label: Lifestyle(Reuters) – Rapper Kanye West and reality TV star Kim Kardashian are expecting their first child, celebrity media outlets reported on Monday.Fans and family took to Twitter to congratulate the celebrity power couple.“Been wanting to shout from the rooftops with joy and now I can!” wrote Kardashian’s sister Kourtney. “Another angel to welcome to our family. Overwhelmed with excitement!”According to...
Chinese Firm Is Cleared to Buy American DNA Sequencing Company
Label: HealthRamin Rahimian for The New York TimesDNA sequencing machines at Complete Genomics in California. The firm dismissed concerns about its acquisition. The federal government has given national security clearance to the controversial purchase of an American DNA sequencing company by a Chinese firm. The Chinese firm, BGI-Shenzhen, said in a statement this weekend that its acquisition of Complete...
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Immigration reform could get overshadowed in Congress
Label: World WASHINGTON — The window to pass immigration laws next year is narrowing as the effort competes with a renewed debate over gun...
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