Drugmaker Amgen Inc. of Thousand Oaks reached a settlement Tuesday in a federal investigation of its sales and marketing...
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...
RIM begins BlackBerry 10 tests with business, government clients
Label: TechnologyTORONTO (Reuters) – Research In Motion Ltd said on Monday that it had begun a “beta testing” program that allows 120 companies and government departments to try out its new BlackBerry 10 smartphones before their global launch on January 30.The Canadian company, which is trying to reverse a sharp decline in market share for the BlackBerry, said the program would enable so-called enterprise customers...
Beck looks for new connection with 'Song Reader'
Label: LifestyleNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Beck Hansen wants you to think about the way music has changed over the last century and what that means about how human beings engage each other these days.Laboring over the intricate and ornate details of his new "Song Reader" sheet music project, he was struck by how social music used to be — something we've lost in the age of ear buds."You watch an old film and see how...
The New Old Age Blog: In the Middle: Why Elderly Couples Fight
Label: HealthGeorge and Gracie (let’s call them that because using their real names would make them even unhappier than they already appear to be) are in their 80s and have been married for more than 65 years. Until recently they seemed to ride the waves that are inevitable in any marriage that spans nearly seven decades; through good and bad, they were partners and best friends.But lately — ever since her hospitalization...
Santa Ana-based Edison Mission Energy files for bankruptcy
Label: Business Edison Mission Energy, an unregulated power-generating unit of Rosemead-based Edison International, said Monday that it had...
Dec
16
Speculation over autism, but shooter's 'why' has no easy answer
Label: World Among the details to emerge in the aftermath of the Connecticut elementary school massacre was the possibility that the gunman...
Leaked BlackBerry Handset Appears to Emulate iPhone’s Design
Label: TechnologyPhotos of RIM’s first handset that will run BlackBerry 10 — the company’s next operating system, which is scheduled for release in early 2013 — landed on a Vietnamese forum this week. If the 18 photos of the device on tinhte.vn are to be believed, the L-Series, codenamed BlackBerry London, looks quite similar to Apple‘s iPhone 5.The BlackBerry-branded device in the photos has a rectangular touchscreen...
'The Hobbit' tops box office with $84.8 million
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" led the box office with an opening of $84.8 million, a start better than the three previous "Lord of the Rings" films.Studio estimates Sunday had the Warner Bros. 3-D epic as the biggest December opening ever, surpassing Will Smith's "I Am Legend," which opened with $77.2 million in 2007.Despite generally poor reviews, the adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's...
Dr. William F. House, Inventor of Cochlear Implant, Dies
Label: HealthDr. William F. House, a medical researcher who braved skepticism to invent the cochlear implant, an electronic device considered to be the first to restore a human sense, died on Dec. 7 at his home in Aurora, Ore. He was 89. The cause was metastatic melanoma, his daughter, Karen House, said. Dr. House pushed against conventional thinking throughout his career. Over the objections of...
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