LAS VEGAS -- I woke up this morning wanting to tell the world about all the fun last night.I wanted to tell Beyonce about how much one woman told me she had worked in order to get her man to put a ring on it.I wanted to tell Britney Spears that there were still people in the world who adored her music and some of them are here in Nevada, worried that she's leaving "The X Factor."And I wanted to tell...
Jan
10
Student shot at Calif. high school by classmate
Labels: Health Updated at 5:48 p.m. ET TAFT, Calif. A 16-year-old student armed with a shotgun walked into class in a rural California high school on Thursday and shot one student, fired at another but missed, and then was talked into surrendering by a teacher and another staff member, officials said. The teen victim was in critical but stable condition, Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood told a press conference....
Jodi Arias: 'No Jury Will Convict Me' for Murder
Labels: Business The jury in the Jodi Arias murder trial watched a television interview today in which Arias said "no jury will convict me" for killing her ex-boyfriend, Travis Alexander.Arias added that she could never imagine committing such a violent act as killing Alexander. "I understand all the evidence is really compelling," she said in the interview. "In a nutshell, two people came in...
String of bombings kill 101, injure 200 in Pakistan
Labels: WorldQUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - At least 101 people were killed in bombings in two Pakistani cities on Thursday in one of the country's bloodiest days in recent years, officials said, with most casualties caused by sectarian attacks in Quetta. The bombings underscored the myriad threats Pakistani security forces face from homegrown Sunni extremist groups, the Taliban insurgency in the northwest...
American Express cuts 5,400 jobs
Labels: Technology American Express said Thursday it would lay off 8.5 per cent of its workforce in 2013, in an effort to contain operating expenses and adapt to customers moving to online and mobile platforms.The bank said it would eliminate 5,400 jobs, though some of those will be offset by new positions, for a net cut of 4-6 per cent of the 63,500-strong workforce.The layoffs will span different staff...
Plextor unveils various SSD-based products at CES 2013
Labels: LifestylePlextor SSDs being showcased at CES 2013.(Credit:Dong Ngo/CNET)LAS VEGAS--Plextor has more news in regard to its SSD development to share at CES 2013, in addition to introducing the M5 Pro Xtreme drive.The storage vendor unveiled a few new solid-state storage devices today, including the M5M mSATA SSD, a Next Generation Form Factor (NGFF) SSD, and its new embedded multimedia card (eMCC). The M5M mSATA...
Jan
09
Hilda Solis stepping down as labor secretary
Labels: Health Hilda Solis announced that she is stepping down from her post as labor secretary, CBS News has confirmed. She sent a letter to President Obama today notifying him of her retirement. Solis was nominated to the position the same day the president was inaugurated in 2009, serving through the president's entire first term. She ran the Labor Department during the worst economic recession since the Great...
White House Won't Rule Out $1 Trillion Coin
Labels: Business (United States Mint/Wikimedia Commons)White House Press Secretary Jay Carney today flatly ruled out any negotiations with Congress over raising the debt ceiling, but there’s one odd-ball solution he would not rule out: minting trillion dollars coins to pay off the debt.“There is no Plan B. There is no backup plan. There is Congress’s responsibility to pay the bills of the United States,”...
Venezuela's top court endorses Chavez inauguration delay
Labels: WorldCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's top court endorsed the postponement of Hugo Chavez's inauguration this week and ruled on Wednesday that the cancer-stricken president and his deputy would continue in their roles, despite a cacophony of opposition complaints. Critics had argued the 58-year-old's absence from his own swearing-in ceremony on January 10 meant a caretaker president must be...
Football: Ronaldo hat-trick fires Madrid into quarter-finals
Labels: Technology MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo responded to missing out on the Ballon d'Or by hitting a stunning hat-trick as Real Madrid beat Celta Vigo 4-0 to reach the Spanish Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday.Trailing 2-1 from the first leg of their last-16 tie, Portuguese star Ronaldo hit two early openers before settling the tie with three minutes remaining to calm his team's nerves after Sergio Ramos...
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