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Cell phones on planes: Time to rethink?: Time to rethink?
Written on 29 May, 2010 at 18:06 in Travel | viewed 150 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
(Tribune Media Services) — How do you know that the rules restricting electronics on planes are impractical? When you see a crewmember openly texting at 36,000 feet. That’s what Peter Zapalo says he saw on a recent Southwest Airlines flight from... (Continue reading)
As Sprint Tops S&P 500, Where’s the Buy?
Written on 29 May, 2010 at 11:26 in World | viewed 112 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Sprint Nextel [S 5.13 -0.06 (-1.16%) ] shares jumped more than 20 percent since April, the most of any other stock in the S&P 500 [.SPX 1089.41 -13.65 (-1.24%) ] in May, a month where the... (Continue reading)
Financial adviser to celebrities charged in $30 million Ponzi scheme
Written on 29 May, 2010 at 11:05 in World | viewed 75 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
A financial adviser to celebrities was arrested on Thursday on charges he carried out a $30 million Ponzi scheme on some of his clients, according to the U.S. attorney’s office. Kenneth Starr, 66, was charged with money laundering, investment adviser fraud... (Continue reading)
FIFA looks to mobile TV as Africans stay away from World Cup
Written on 29 May, 2010 at 10:49 in Money | viewed 130 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
With most Africans unlikely to take part in the continent’s first World Cup, soccer’s governing body FIFA is hoping that mobile-phone television coverage can extend the showpiece tournament’s audience. Fewer than 40,000 of the total three million tickets available have been... (Continue reading)
More training needed after civilian deaths in Afghanistan, U.S. says
Written on 29 May, 2010 at 10:26 in World | viewed 50 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
The U.S. military said an investigation into a February airstrike in which dozens of Afghan civilians were killed concluded that more training is needed. Also four officers, including senior leaders at the battalion and brigade level, were reprimanded, the military said. The... (Continue reading)
Thai prime minister lifts curfew
Written on 29 May, 2010 at 10:22 in World | viewed 125 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Thailand’s prime minister said Saturday that the curfew imposed during anti-government protests has been lifted. Emergency law was still in place in 24 of Thailand’s 76 provinces, including Bangkok, said Maj. Gen. Prawut Thavornsiri of the police. Officials imposed the curfew last... (Continue reading)
Most of us Google ourselves, survey finds
Written on 29 May, 2010 at 10:20 in USA | viewed 610 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Web search engines make our lives easier: They connect us with what we’re searching for in a matter of seconds, and sometimes they bring us to places we didn’t even know we were looking for. But they can also teach us... (Continue reading)
Long-lost poem reveals soldier’s torment
Written on 29 May, 2010 at 10:14 in USA | viewed 395 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
What does it feel like to kill a man? James Lenihan of Brooklyn, New York, knew. He fought in Europe in World War II and he killed a German soldier during a battle in Holland. He described how it felt in... (Continue reading)
Hamptons beach tops best beaches list
Written on 29 May, 2010 at 10:11 in USA | viewed 280 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
A sandy stretch in the tony Hamptons topped 2010’s best beaches list, compiled each year by a coastal scholar known as Dr. Beach. Coopers Beach, the main beach in the village of Southampton on the east end of Long Island, New... (Continue reading)
Federer questions French Open move
Written on 29 May, 2010 at 10:06 in Sports | viewed 88 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
World number one Roger Federer has expressed concern over plans to move the French Open from Roland Garros to the suburbs of Paris. Officals are looking into the possibility of shifting the clay court grand slam to one of three possible... (Continue reading)