WASHINGTON (AP) — With steroids easy to buy, testing weak and punishments inconsistent, college football players are packing on significant weight — 30 pounds or more in a single year, sometimes — without drawing much attention from their schools or the NCAA in a sport that earns tens of billions of dollars for teams.Rules vary so widely that, on any given game day, a team with a strict no-steroid...
Wall Street bounces back on hope for "cliff' solution
Label: BusinessNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rebounded from early losses on Thursday after Republican House Speaker John Boehner said he would keep working on a solution to the "fiscal cliff" while also slamming President Barack Obama's approach to budget talks. NYSE Euronext was the S&P 500's biggest gainer, surging 34 percent to $32.25 after IntercontinentalExchange Inc said it would buy...
Dec
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U.S. State Dept officials resign under pressure over Benghazi killings
Label: WorldWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three senior U.S. State Department officials were asked to resign after an official inquiry harshly criticized their offices for failing to provide adequate security at the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, before it came under attack in September, a U.S. official said on Wednesday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Eric Boswell, the assistant...
Blake Shelton Says The Voice Winner Cassadee Pope Can Do Anything
Label: Lifestyle TV Watch The Voice By Andrea Billups and Jessica Herndon 12/19/2012 at 07:00 PM EST Cassadee Pope and Blake Shelton Trae Patton/NBC Cassadee Pope won Tuesday night's The Voice competition, and already her team leader and star mentor Blake Shelton says she has the...
Experts: Kids are resilient in coping with trauma
Label: HealthWASHINGTON (AP) — They might not want to talk about the gunshots or the screams. But their toys might start getting into imaginary shootouts.Last week's school shooting in Connecticut raises the question: What will be the psychological fallout for the children who survived?For people of any age, regaining a sense of security after surviving violence can take a long time. They're at risk for lingering...
Wall Street falls as "cliff" talks sour, but hopes remain
Label: BusinessNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks sold off late in the day to close at session lows on Wednesday as talks to avert a year-end fiscal crisis turned sour, even as investors still expect a deal. The S&P 500 slipped after a two-day rally that took the benchmark index to its highest close in two months. Defensive-oriented shares led the decliners, including health care and consumer staples....
Dec
18
Egypt opposition protests against constitution
Label: WorldCAIRO (Reuters) - Opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi staged protests in Cairo on Tuesday against an Islamist-backed draft constitution that has divided Egypt but looks set to be approved in the second half of a referendum this weekend. Several hundred protesters outside the presidential palace chanted "Revolution, revolution, for the sake of the constitution" and called on...
Samsung Galaxy Muse is like an iPod Shuffle that Syncs with Your Phone
Label: TechnologyIn perhaps the most awkwardly titled tech press release ever, Samsung Mobile announced the launch of the new Samsung Galaxy Muse, a device which appears to have nothing to do with “CORRECTING and REPLACING and ADDING MULTIMEDIA” but everything to do with being a music player crossed with a smartphone accessory.Say goodbye to iTunes?While most handheld music players (and smartphone or tablets with...
Kristen Stewart Apologizes for Making Everyone 'So Angry'
Label: Lifestyle 12/18/2012 at 06:30 PM EST Kristen Stewart Lorenzo Bevilaqua/Disney/Getty Kristen Stewart is once again saying she's sorry.A few months after publicly expressing regret over cheating on boyfriend Robert Pattinson with her Snow White and the Huntsman director...
Experts: Kids are resilient in coping with trauma
Label: HealthWASHINGTON (AP) — They might not want to talk about the gunshots or the screams. But their toys might start getting into imaginary shootouts.Last week's school shooting in Connecticut raises the question: What will be the psychological fallout for the children who survived?For people of any age, regaining a sense of security after surviving violence can take a long time. They're at risk for lingering...
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