A detailed video running down all the features of the L-Series BlackBerry 10 phone we’ll see early next year has appeared on the internet. Unfortunately, its in Vietnamese.Still, the video, posted by the Vietnamese site Tinh Te, provides one of the first detailed looks at a phone that RIM has kept secret. The company is staking its comeback on its next-generation phones...
“Lincoln,” “Les Miserables,” “Playbook” lead acting nominations
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hollywood‘s actors cast their net wide on Wednesday, nominating performers from big awards contenders “Lincoln” and musical “Les Miserables” for Screen Actors Guild honors while also singling out the likes of Denzel Washington and Javier Bardem.“Lincoln,” “Les Miserables” and comedy “Silver Linings Playbook” led the nominations for the SAG awards with four apiece, including...
Health Centers Find Opportunity in Brownfields
Label: HealthPHILADELPHIA — The community health center rising on a derelict corner here in West Philadelphia never would have broken ground if not for the asbestos inside the building that was demolished to make way for it. Because of the contamination, Spectrum Health Services received a $2 million federal cleanup grant, the first piece of a $14 million construction financing puzzle. When complete,...
Avon Products to Cut 1,500 Jobs and Leave 2 Markets
Label: BusinessNEW YORK (AP) — Avon Products plans to cut about 1,500 jobs and exit two Asian markets, as the struggling beauty products seller starts on a broad restructuring plan in an effort to turn around results. The job cuts amount to almost 4 percent of its workforce and mark one of the first major moves by CEO Sheri McCoy. McCoy was brought on in April to replace longtime CEO Andrea Jung at...
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'Right-to-work' measure passes in Michigan Legislature
Label: World Controversial "right-to-work" legislation covering public-sector employees passed the Michigan House of Representatives on Tuesday,...
Johnny Depp Gets His Tonto On in New <em>Lone Ranger</em> Trailer
Label: Technology Channeling just a little bit of the goofiness that he brought to Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp gives his take on the Native American character Tonto in the latest trailer for The Lone Ranger.In the latest clip for director Gore Verbinski’s adaptation of the classic Western series, Tonto tells Texas Ranger John Reid (The Social Network‘s Armie Hammer) that he had believed...
“Hobbit” actor McKellen has prostate cancer
Label: LifestyleLONDON (Reuters) – “The Hobbit” actor Ian McKellen said in an interview published on Tuesday that he had had prostate cancer for the last six or seven years, but added that the disease was not life-threatening.McKellen, 73, played Gandalf in the hit “Lord of the Rings” movie trilogy, and reprises the role in three prequels based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel “The Hobbit”.The first of those, “The Hobbit:...
Global Update: Hand-Held Device Locates Hot Spots of Lead Contamination
Label: HealthUsing a hand-held scanner to map hot spots where the soil is full of lead could protect children in mining towns against brain damage, scientists at Columbia University concluded in a new study. Touched to the ground, the device, an X-ray fluorescence scanner, can measure the soil’s lead content in less than a minute, said Alexander van Geen, a geochemist at Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty...
DealBook: Hedge Funds Stride the Stage of World Affairs
Label: BusinessARGENTINA’S president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, was re-elected with a huge margin last year, leaving her political opponents fractured and demoralized. But in recent months, she has found herself locked in battle with a determined adversary who may outmaneuver her.Her opponent is not a participant in Argentina’s domestic political scene. Rather, he is Paul Singer, a soft-spoken New York hedge...
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Latin music star Jenni Rivera believed dead in plane crash
Label: WorldFans of Mexican-American singing star Jenni Rivera held a vigil Sunday night in Lynwood MEXICO CITY — Mexican American singer...
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