TOKYO (Reuters) - The yen fell to a 20-month low against the dollar on Wednesday, buoying the benchmark Nikkei stock average, as Japan ushers in a new prime minister eager to pursue drastic stimulus steps to drive the country's economy out of deflation. Asian shares and other assets were capped in thin holiday trade, with investors focusing on the fate of U.S. negotiations to avert a budget...
Dec
24
Jack Klugman dies at 90; star of TV's 'The Odd Couple,' 'Quincy'
Label: World Jack Klugman, the three-time Emmy Award-winning actor best known for his portrayals of slovenly sportswriter Oscar Madison on TV's “The Odd Couple” and the title role...
Army Goes Goth With 'Super-Black' Materials
Label: Technology Get ready to break out the eyeliner and the candelabras, because the Army is going goth.In its latest round of solicitations for small businesses, the Army is asking for proposals for super-black material. That is, material so black that it absorbs 99 percent of all light. But it isn’t really black paint, exactly. The plan is to use either an “antireflective coating or surface treatment process...
Reaction to the death of actor Jack Klugman
Label: LifestyleCelebrities on Monday reacted to the death of “Odd Couple” star Jack Klugman, who died Monday at age 90. Here are samples of sentiments expressed on Twitter:___“R.I.P. Jack Klugman, Oscar, Quincy a man whose career spanned almost 50 years. I first saw him on the Twilight Zone. Cool guy wonderful actor.” — Whoopi Goldberg.___“You made my whole family laugh together.” — Actor Jon Favreau, of “Swingers,”...
Gifts That Keep Giving (if Not Exploding)
Label: HealthGregory Tobias/Chemical Heritage Foundation CollectionsA Chemcraft set from the mid-1950s. More Photos »Ask scientists of a certain age about their childhood memories, and odds are they’ll start yarning about the stink bombs and gunpowder they concocted with their chemistry sets. Dangerous? Yes, but fun. “Admittedly, I have blown some things up in my time,” said William L. Whittaker, 64,...
Dec
23
Raging fire guts Kabul market
Label: World KABUL, Afghanistan -- Firefighters battled through the night to contain a raging fire that swept through a market in the Afghan...
Wired Science Space Photo of the Day: Hourglass Nebula
Label: Technology This Hubble telescope snapshot of MyCn18, a young planetary nebula, reveals that the object has an hourglass shape with an intricate pattern of "etchings" in its walls. A planetary nebula is the glowing relic of a dying, Sun-like star.The results are of great interest because they shed new light on the poorly understood ejection of stellar matter that accompanies the...
Reality TV star Bethenny Frankel and husband to separate
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (Reuters) – Reality TV star Bethenny Frankel and her husband Jason Hoppy are separating, Frankel announced on Sunday.“It brings me great sadness to say that Jason and I are separating. This was an extremely difficult decision that, as a woman and a mother, I have to accept as the best choice for our family,” Frankel said in a statement confirmed by her representative.“We have love and respect...
N.Y.U. and Others Offer Shorter Courses Through Medical School
Label: HealthTraining to become a doctor takes so long that just the time invested has become, to many, emblematic of the gravity and prestige of the profession. But now one of the nation’s premier medical schools, New York University, and a few others around the United States are challenging that equation by offering a small percentage of students the chance to finish early, in three years instead of...
Dec
22
Richard Adams dies at 65; gay marriage pioneer
Label: World Thirty-seven years ago, Richard Adams made history when he and his partner of four years, Anthony Sullivan, became one of the...
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