NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks opened slightly higher on Wednesday after Alcoa got the earnings season under way with better-than-expected revenue and an encouraging outlook for the year. The Dow Jones industrial average <.dji> gained 36.93 points, or 0.28 percent, to 13,365.78. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.spx> rose 2.64 points, or 0.18 percent, to 1,459.79. The Nasdaq...
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Tunisia frees man held over attack on U.S. consulate in Libya
Label: WorldTunis (Reuters) - Tunisia has freed, for lack of evidence, a Tunisian man who had been suspected of involvement in an Islamist militant attack in Libya last year in which the U.S. ambassador was killed, his lawyer said on Tuesday. Ali Harzi was one of two Tunisians named in October by the Daily Beast website as having been detained in Turkey over the violence in which Christopher Stevens,...
Conn. lawmaker apologizes over Facebook post
Label: TechnologyHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut lawmaker has apologized after saying in a Facebook post that shooting victim and former Arizona U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords should “stay out of my towns.”Giffords last week visited Newtown, Conn., where a gunman killed 20 young children and six adults at an elementary school last month. The Democrat, who met with families of the victims, was critically wounded...
Miranda Lambert Is 'Protective' Over Time With Husband Blake Shelton
Label: Lifestyle By Maggie Coughlan 01/08/2013 at 09:45 AM EST Despite countless awards, hit records and a doting husband, Miranda Lambert isn't always so confident. "I"m insecure about tons of things!" she says in Redbook's February issue – available on newsstands Tuesday.
"I cry onstage once a week, singing 'The House That...
Report: Death rates from cancer still inching down
Label: HealthWASHINGTON (AP) — Death rates from cancer are continuing to inch down, researchers reported Monday.Now the question is how to hold onto those gains, and do even better, even as the population gets older and fatter, both risks for developing cancer."There has been clear progress," said Dr. Otis Brawley of the American Cancer Society, which compiled the annual cancer report with government and cancer...
Wall Street dips as earnings season begins
Label: BusinessA $20,000 diamond ring found in a tanning salon in St. Charles, Mo., appears to be at the center of a legal dispute over "finders keepers." The St. Louis Post-Dispatch attempts to explain murky statutes revolving around found property versus stealing. After Bonnie Land found the expensive ring and agreed to return it weeks later, she was arrested. She subsequently sued the ring's owner for $66,500...
Jan
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Five accused of rape in India appear in court for charges
Label: WorldNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Five men accused of the rape and murder of an Indian student appeared in court on Monday to hear charges against them after two of them offered evidence possibly in return for a lighter sentence in the case that has provoked widespread anger. The five men, along with a teenager, are accused of raping the 23-year-old physiotherapy student after she boarded their bus...
Alcatel One Touch readies U.S. invasion with world’s thinnest smartphone and a colorful 5-inch phablet
Label: TechnologyTCL Communication’s (2618) Alcatel One Touch brand is ostensibly unknown in the United States, but the company is looking to make a name for itself at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show. Alcatel One Touch has a number of new devices debuting at CES 2013 and to start things off, the China-based firm has unveiled a trio of intriguing new Android phones.[More from BGR: ‘iPhone 5S’ to reportedly...
Downton Abbey: 5 Best Moments from Season 3 Premiere
Label: Lifestyle TV Watch TV News By Aaron Parsley 01/07/2013 at 09:35 AM EST Dame Maggie Smith and Shirley Maclaine on the set of Downton Abbey Nick Briggs Downton Abbey is back! Sunday's two-hour premiere was full of developments – upstairs, downstairs and outside of the Crawleys'...
Your medical chart could include exercise minutes
Label: HealthCHICAGO (AP) — Roll up a sleeve for the blood pressure cuff. Stick out a wrist for the pulse-taking. Lift your tongue for the thermometer. Report how many minutes you are active or getting exercise.Wait, what?If the last item isn't part of the usual drill at your doctor's office, a movement is afoot to change that. One recent national survey indicated only a third of Americans said their doctors asked...
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