SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he is donating nearly $ 500 million in stock to a Silicon Valley charity with the aim of funding health and education issues.Zuckerberg donated 18 million Facebook shares, valued at $ 498.8 million based on their Tuesday closing price. The beneficiary is the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, a nonprofit that works with donors to allocate their...
Adele voted AP Entertainer of the Year
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Though Adele didn't have a new album or a worldwide tour in 2012, she's still rolling. After a year of Grammy glory and James Bond soundtracking, Adele has been voted The Associated Press Entertainer of the Year.In 132 ballots submitted by members and subscribers of the AP, Adele easily outpaced other vote-getters like Taylor Swift, "Fifty Shades of Grey" author E.L. James, the South...
Lawyer Says Ritual Circumcision Is Protected Activity
Label: HealthA lawyer for Orthodox Jewish groups asked a federal judge on Tuesday to throw out a New York City regulation requiring parents to sign a consent form before their infant sons undergo a form of Jewish ritual circumcision in which the circumciser uses his mouth to remove blood from the incision. The lawyer, Shay Dvoretzky, said the practice, which is prevalent in parts of the ultra-Orthodox...
GM to buy back stock from Treasury as U.S. plans bailout exit
Label: Business The U.S. Treasury on Wednesday announced plans to liquidate its holdings in General Motors Co. over the next 15 months, starting...
Dec
18
Newport Beach dock renters may withhold holiday love
Label: World Marcy Cook embraces the holiday season. The tell? Start with the teddy bears dressed as Santa. More than 1,500 stand sentry...
Xbox SmartGlass updated with second-screen ESPN and NBA Game Time app experiences
Label: TechnologyTitle Post: Xbox SmartGlass updated with second-screen ESPN and NBA Game Time app experiencesRating: 100%based on 99998 ratings.5 user reviews.Author: Fluser SeoLinkThanks for visiting the blog, If any criticism and suggestions please leave a comm...
NBC correspondent escapes Syria kidnapping
Label: LifestyleBEIRUT (AP) — NBC's chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel said he and his television crew were kidnapped for five days by pro-regime gunmen who subjected them to mock executions and kept them bound and blindfolded. They escaped during a firefight between their captors and rebels and reached Turkey on Tuesday.However, it was not immediately clear whether all those abducted with Engel were accounted...
Mind: A Misguided Focus on Mental Illness in Gun Control Debate
Label: Health The gunman, Adam Lanza, 20, has been described as a loner who was intelligent and socially awkward. And while no official diagnosis has been made public, armchair diagnosticians have been quick to assert that keeping guns from getting into the hands of people with mental illness would help solve the problem of gun homicides. Arguing against stricter gun-control measures, Representative Mike...
Cerberus to sell Freedom Group, maker of gun used in Newtown massacre
Label: Business Private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management is distancing itself from Friday's shooting at a Connecticut elementary school...
Dec
17
U.S. moves ahead on new downtown L.A. courthouse
Label: World Downtown Los Angeles is finally getting its new federal courthouse, and it's going to stand out amid the aging government buildings...
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