The House today passed a bill approving more than $9 billion in aid for regions impacted by superstorm Sandy, the first of two Sandy relief measures making their way through Congress between now and the end of the month. The measure, which allows FEMA to temporarily increase the National Flood Insurance program's borrowing limit by $9.7 billion, needed two thirds support to pass through the House....
Cleaners Blamed in Deadly Meningitis Outbreak
Labels: Business Jan 4, 2013 11:41am Credit: Minnesota Department of Health/AP PhotoThe pharmacy at the heart of the fungal meningitis outbreak says a cleaning company it hired should share the blame for the tainted steroid injections that caused more than 600 illnesses in 19 states, killing 39 people.Click here to read about the road to recovery for fungal meningitis victims.The...
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Syria rebels in push to capture air base
Labels: WorldAZAZ, Syria (Reuters) - Rebels battled on Thursday to seize an air base in northern Syria, part of a campaign to fight back against the air power that has given President Bashar al-Assad's forces free rein to bomb rebel-held towns. More than 60,000 people have been killed in the 21-month-old uprising and civil war, the United Nations said this week, sharply raising the death toll estimate...
US auto sales roared in 2012 despite cliff worries
Labels: Technology CHICAGO: US auto sales roared ahead in 2012, with Chrysler once again outpacing its American rivals with double-digit gains as General Motors and Ford posted modest growth on Thursday.All three posted strong sales last month, with Ford registering its best December in six years, and GM and Chrysler scoring their best December in five years.For the year GM sold nearly 2.6 million vehicles...
Pinterest acquires recipe sharing Punchfork
Labels: LifestylePinterest announced its first acquisition today and it's one for the foodies -- Punchfork, a visual bookmarking site focused on sharing recipes.Punchfork's CEO Jeff Miller said he's joining the engineering team at Pinterest and shutting down the Punchfork site and apps soon."Initially, support for Punchfork will continue, but we will soon be retiring the Punchfork site, API and mobile apps," Miller...
200 arrested in international child porn investigation
Labels: Health WASHINGTON U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says more than 200 adults have been arrested in a five-week, international investigation of child pornography. ICE Director John Morton says 123 child victims were identified in the investigation, which ended in early December. It found 110 victims in 19 U.S. states. The others were living in six countries. Morton says the investigation is part...
Sandy Hook Parents Cope With Students' Return
Labels: Business Sandy Hook parents put their children on school buses this morning and waved goodbye as the yellow bus rolled away, but this first day back since the pre-Christmas massacre is anything but normal for the families of Sandy Hook Elementary School.Erin Milgram, the mother of a first grader and a fourth grader at Sandy Hook, told "Good Morning America" that she was going to drive...
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U.N. lifts Syria death toll to "truly shocking" 60,000
Labels: WorldAMMAN/GENEVA (Reuters) - More than 60,000 people have died in Syria's uprising and civil war, the United Nations said on Wednesday, dramatically raising the death toll in a struggle that shows no sign of ending. In the latest violence, dozens were killed in a rebellious Damascus suburb when a government air strike turned a petrol station into an inferno, incinerating drivers who had rushed...
New Jersey town's schools get armed cops
Labels: Technology NEW YORK: Amid a national debate on how to stop gun massacres in public places, one town in New Jersey began posting armed police at every school on the restart of the academic year Wednesday.The new policy was the town of Marlboro's response to anguished questions over security in the wake of December's massacre in which a gunman shot 20 young children and six staff dead at an elementary...
Facebook conquers Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia and Vietnam
Labels: LifestyleFacebook continues to make progress in its colonization of planet earth. With more than 1 billion active users, Facebook is the leading social network in 127 countries, according to Alexa data compiled by Vincenzo Cosenza. Much of the recent growth has come from higher penetration in Asia. In recent months, Facebook has become the leading social network in Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia and Vietnam,...
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