GAZA (Reuters) - A Hamas rocket killed three Israelis north of the Gaza Strip on Thursday, drawing the first blood from Israel as the Palestinian death toll rose to 15 in a military showdown lurching closer to all-out war and an invasion of the enclave. On the second day of an assault Israel said might last many days and culminate in a ground attack, its warplanes bombed targets in and...
Texas Instruments cuts 1,700 jobs, winds down tablet chips
Label: Technology
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Texas Instruments is eliminating 1,700 jobs, as it winds down its mobile processor business to focus on chips for more profitable markets like cars and home appliances.Texas Instruments said in September it would halt costly investments in the increasingly competitive smartphone and tablet chip business, leading Wall...
Guy Fieri Defends Restaurant After New York Times Attack
Label: Lifestyle By Stephen M. Silverman 11/15/2012 at 08:15 AM EST After being fricasseed by The New York Times in a blistering restaurant review that a chef wouldn't wish upon his worst enemy, Guy Fieri says he's not canceling his subscription to the paper.But the Food Network's Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives host – the 10th...
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Ireland probes death of ill abortion-seeker
Label: HealthDUBLIN (AP) — The debate over legalizing abortion in Ireland flared Wednesday after the government confirmed a miscarrying woman suffering from blood poisoning was refused a quick termination of her pregnancy and died in an Irish hospital.Prime Minister Enda Kenny said he was awaiting findings from three investigations into the death of Savita Halappanavar, an Indian living in Galway since 2008 who...
Cisco leads Wall Street higher at open
Label: BusinessNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks climbed on Wednesday, lifted by strong earnings from technology bellwether Cisco, but equities struggled to hold onto solid gains after a series of weak sessions. The S&P 500 has fallen 3.8 percent over the previous five trading days, with most of the losses driven by uncertainty over the looming U.S. "fiscal cliff" and concerns about Europe's economic...
France recognizes new Syria opposition, U.S. hangs back
Label: WorldBEIRUT (Reuters) - France became the first Western power to recognize a fledgling Syrian opposition coalition fully, stepping out beyond the United States, which said on Wednesday the body must first show its clout inside Syria. Six Gulf Arab states recognized the Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces on Monday and France followed suit the next day, unlike...
Microsoft and Google financials could surface at trial
Label: Technology
(Reuters) – Microsoft and Google‘s Motorola Mobility unit squared off on Tuesday at a trial with strategic implications for the smartphone patent wars and which could reveal financial information the two companies usually keep under wraps.The proceeding in a Seattle federal court will determine how much of a royalty Microsoft Corp should pay Google Inc...
James Van Der Beek Exposes What It's Like to Ride a Horse Bottomless
Label: Lifestyle By Andrea Billups 11/14/2012 at 09:50 AM EST The horse didn't seem to mind, but for the actor, climbing aboard and posing naked was a bit awkward."I’m not going to lie. I’ve never ridden bareback on a horse, let alone without pants, so that was new," James Van Der Beek – referring to Tuesday's special Sexiest Man Alive episode of his ABC...
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British medical journal slams Roche on Tamiflu
Label: HealthLONDON (AP) — A leading British medical journal is asking the drug maker Roche to release all its data on Tamiflu, claiming there is no evidence the drug can actually stop the flu.The drug has been stockpiled by dozens of governments worldwide in case of a global flu outbreak and was widely used during the 2009 swine flu pandemic.On Monday, one of the researchers linked to the BMJ journal called for...
Wall Street pares early losses on Home Depot
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