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Dec

Greener planet is goal for 3 startups

Label: Business

If the glut of companies billing themselves as "solutions" providers is any indication, the world has no shortage of problems.Green...

Dec

Man kills 26 at Conn. school

Label: World

A man opened fire Friday inside two classrooms at the Connecticut...

Singer-songwriter Carole King to receive U.S. Gershwin prize

Label: Lifestyle

(Reuters) – American singer-songwriter Carole King will be awarded the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, the U.S. national library said on Thursday.The multiple Grammy Award winner co-wrote her first No. 1 hit at age 17 with then-husband Gerry Goffin and was the first female solo artist to sell more than 10 million copies of a single album, with her 1971 release “Tapestry.”The prize...

Life Expectancy Rises Around World, Study Finds

Label: Health

A sharp decline in deaths from malnutrition and infectious diseases like measles and tuberculosis has caused a shift in global mortality patterns over the past 20 years, according to a report published on Thursday, with far more of the world’s population now living into old age and dying from diseases mostly associated with rich countries, like cancer and heart disease. Tony Karumba/Agence...

Push for minimum wage hike intensifies

Label: Business

NEW YORK — Before the recession, Amie Crawford was an interior designer, earning $50,000 a year patterning baths and cabinets...

Dec

Smokestack victim: 'Everything he did, he had fun doing it'

Label: World

The man, 23, was trying to take a photo from the top of the Intercontinental Hotel on Michigan Avenue. (Posted Dec. 13th, 2012) ...

A Minute With: Director Peter Jackson on shooting “The Hobbit”

Label: Lifestyle

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – After bringing J.R.R. Tolkien‘s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy to life, filmmaker Peter Jackson is back in the world of Middle Earth with the author’s prequel, “The Hobbit.”The three-film series is due to open in U.S. theaters on Friday with “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.”The Oscar-winning director, 51, told Reuters about the 3D film, including the 48 frames per second...

World’s Population Living Longer, New Report Suggests

Label: Health

A sharp decline in deaths from malnutrition and diseases like measles and tuberculosis has caused a shift in global mortality patterns over the past 20 years, according to a new report, with far more of the world’s population now living into old age and dying from diseases more associated with rich countries, like cancer and heart disease. The shift reflects improvements in sanitation, medical...