LONDON — Days after the deadly hostage crisis in Algeria, Britain on Thursday announced a “specific, imminent threat to Westerners” in neighboring Libya and urged any British citizens in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi to leave immediately. Travel advice updated by the British Foreign Office also warned against “all but essential travel” to several other Libyan cities, citing a “high...
Samsung’s iPad mini rival, the Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet, revealed in leaked images
Label: TechnologyWhile Samsung (005930) has had tremendous success over the past year with its Galaxy brand of smartphones, the company hasn’t been able to generated the same amount of buzz for its Galaxy tablet line just yet. But now SamMobile points us to the first leaked pictures of Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 8.0 that the company hopes will become its flagship tablet in 2013. The pictures, posted on Italian website...
Sarah Paulson Is Freaked Out by Her Own Show, American Horror Story
Label: Lifestyle TV Watch By Tim Nudd 01/24/2013 at 10:35 AM EST Sarah Paulson, on American Horror Story Michael Yarish/FX It's a good thing American Horror Story wrapped up its second season Wednesday night. One of its stars, Sarah Paulson, can sleep a little easier now. "I can't...
Burger King drops supplier linked to horsemeat
Label: HealthLONDON (AP) — British and Irish burger fans could face a Whopper shortage. Burger King says it has stopped buying beef from an Irish meat processor whose patties were found to contain traces of horsemeat.The fast food chain said in a statement Thursday that it had dropped Silvercrest Foods as a supplier for its U.K. and Ireland restaurants as a "voluntary and precautionary measure."Last week Silvercrest,...
Bangladesh fire victims' families wait for money
Label: BusinessDHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — When fire ravaged a Bangladeshi garment factory, killing 112 workers, dozens of their families did not even have a body to bury because their loved ones' remains were burned beyond recognition. Two months later, the same families have yet to receive any of the compensation they were promised — not even their relatives' last paychecks.An official with the country's powerful...
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The Lede Blog: Clinton Testifies on Benghazi Attacks
Label: WorldVisit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyThe Lede is following Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks on the American Consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.Mrs. Clinton had been scheduled to testify...
Google Earnings Reveal Beginnings of a Facebook Problem on Search Revenue
Label: TechnologyGoogle beat Wall Street expectations with its fourth-quarter revenues of $ 14.42 billion, but the value of its ads continue to decline, an especially tricky problem with the company’s new search competition from Facebook. Google’s average cost-per-click decreased 6 percent from one year ago, meaning each ad it runs on its biggest business has less value than it did a year ago, continuing a fairly...
Michelle Kwan Shed 'So Many Tears' on Wedding Day
Label: Lifestyle 01/23/2013 at 10:15 AM EST Michelle Kwan and Clay Pell Courtesy of Caitlin Maloney As Michelle Kwan, dressed in a cascading veil and a classic ivory gown, walked down the aisle on Jan. 19, the figure skater was filled with the emotion of a bride on her wedding...
Foes of NYC soda size limit doubt racial fairness
Label: HealthNEW YORK (AP) — Opponents of the city's limit on the size of sugary drinks are raising questions of racial fairness alongside other complaints as the novel restriction faces a court test.The NAACP's New York state branch and the Hispanic Federation have joined beverage makers and sellers in trying to stop the rule from taking effect March 12. With a hearing set Wednesday, critics are attacking what...
IBM's outlook lifts Dow, Nasdaq amid tech rally
Label: BusinessNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks edged higher on Wednesday as IBM and other tech companies continued a trend of results that beat Wall Street's expectations and propelled the market to a five-day advance. Internet search company Google Inc added to the advance, rising 5.1 percent to $738.65 a day after Google reported its core business outpaced expectations. Revenue was also higher than expected....
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