After five years of legal wrangling, confidential personnel files of at least 69 priests accused of sexually abusing children...
Supreme Court Asked to Review $222K Landmark File-Sharing Case
Label: Technology Infamous file-sharer Jammie Thomas-Rasset asked the Supreme Court on Monday to review a jury’s conclusion that she pay the recording industry $222,000 for downloading and sharing two dozen copyrighted songs on the now-defunct file-sharing service Kazaa.Thomas-Rasset, the first person to defend herself against a Recording Industry Association of America file-sharing case, said the damages were...
“X Factor” castoff Cheryl Cole files $2.3 million lawsuit against producers
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Cheryl Cole, who was originally hired as a judge for the American version of “The X Factor” but was replaced by Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger before the show premiered, is now suing the producers of the show for $ 2.3 million dollars, according to court papers obtained by TheWrap.In the complaint against Blue Orbit Productions, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Girls...
Rate of Childhood Obesity Falls in Several Cities
Label: HealthPHILADELPHIA — After decades of rising childhood obesity rates, several American cities are reporting their first declines. The trend has emerged in big cities like New York and Los Angeles, as well as smaller places like Anchorage, Alaska, and Kearney, Neb. The state of Mississippi has also registered a drop, but only among white students. “It’s been nothing but bad news for 30...
Drought and Economic Woes Vex Sheep Farmers
Label: BusinessMatthew Staver for The New York TimesLambs inside pens at the Mountain View Lamb Feeders feedlot in Eaton, Colo. Many ranchers are cutting their flocks and selling at a loss. SEVERANCE, Colo. — Since he was a boy in western Colorado, John Bartmann seemed destined to become a sheep man. He raised lambs with the local 4-H club and sheared them for elderly German farmers. His office is lined with paintings...
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Rise in renewable energy will require more use of fossil fuels
Label: World The Delta Energy Center, a power plant about an hour outside San Francisco, was roaring at nearly full bore one day last month,...
Wired Science Space Photo of the Day: Star Formation in Carina
Label: Technology The spectacular star-forming Carina Nebula has been captured in great detail by the VLT Survey Telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory. This picture was taken with the help of Sebastián Piñera, President of Chile, during his visit to the observatory on 5 June 2012 and released on the occasion of the new telescope’s inauguration in Naples on 6 December 2012.Image: ESO....
Alejandro González Iñárritu to direct “Birdman”
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Alejandro González Iñárritu is set to direct “Birdman” from a script he co-wrote with Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo, a person familiar with the project told TheWrap.Known for more dramatic pieces like “Amores Perros,” “Babel” and “Biutiful,” Iñárritu will be tacking a comedic film for the first time.“Birdman” tells the story of an actor who once...
A Breakthrough Against Leukemia Using Altered T-Cells
Label: HealthPHILIPSBURG, Pa. — Emma Whitehead has been bounding around the house lately, practicing somersaults and rugby-style tumbles that make her parents wince. It is hard to believe, but last spring Emma, then 6, was near death from leukemia. She had relapsed twice after chemotherapy, and doctors had run out of options. Desperate to save her, her parents sought an experimental treatment at...
NBC Rides ‘The Voice’ to First Place
Label: BusinessTyler Golden/NBCBlake Shelton, left, Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green and Adam Levine judging a contestant on "The Voice." Could it still be true that even the worst performing television network is only one hit away from a turnaround? Apparently so, as long as the hit is on for more than 40 hours in four months. NBC has managed that unexpected turnaround from worst to first this fall,...
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