With the nation in the grip of a severe influenza outbreak that has seen deaths reach epidemic levels, New York State declared a public health emergency on Saturday, making access to vaccines more easily available.There have been nearly 20,000 cases of flu reported across the state so far this season, officials said. Last season, 4,400 positive laboratory tests were reported.“We are experiencing...
Illinois' 'fracking' future fractured
Label: Business Thousands of landowners downstate have sold their rights to drill for oil and natural gas for upfront fees ranging from $50...
Women pry open door to video game industry’s boys’ club
Label: TechnologySAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – When video game developer Brenda Brathwaite Romero started her career in the 1980s, she could count the number of female developers in the industry on one hand.Today, many “Women in Games” roundtables she attends are filled to capacity with new faces. The 46-year-old, sometimes referred to as the longest-serving woman in the video game arena, jokes that these days one can...
Jan
12
Aaron Swartz, Internet activist and programmer, dead at 26
Label: World Internet activist and computer prodigy Aaron Swartz, who helped create an early version of the Web feed system RSS and was facing...
Sony Pictures executive: “Zero Dark Thirty” “does not advocate torture”
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Sony Pictures executive Amy Pascal lashed out on Friday at a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) who accused Osama bin Laden film “Zero Dark Thirty” of promoting torture and urged fellow Academy members not to vote for it in the Oscars race.In a strongly worded statement, Pascal said the “attempt to censure one of the great films of our time should...
City Room: Cuomo Declares Public Health Emergency Over Flu Outbreak
Label: HealthWith the nation in the grip of a severe influenza outbreak that has seen deaths reach epidemic levels, New York State declared a public health emergency on Saturday, making access to vaccines more easily available.There have been nearly 20,000 cases of flu reported across the state so far this season, officials said. Last season, 4,400 positive laboratory tests were reported.“We are experiencing...
Microsoft may have exited gadget show prematurely
Label: TechnologyLAS VEGAS (AP) — Microsoft may have relinquished its starring role in America’s gaudiest gadget show a year too early.After 13 straight years in the spotlight, Microsoft’s decision to scale back its presence at this week’s International CES deprived the software maker of a prime opportunity to explain and promote a new generation of redesigned computers running its radically remade Windows operating...
Jan
11
3 teens shot in South Side attacks
Label: World Three teens were shot in two separate South Side attacks this afternoon, authorities said.About 4:05 p.m., a 16-year-old boy...
Evan Rachel Wood expecting first child with actor Jamie Bell
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actress Evan Rachel Wood said on Friday that she and her husband, British actor Jamie Bell, are expecting their first child.“Thanks for all your warm wishes,” Wood, 25, wrote on her Twitter account. “We are very happy. I’m gonna be a mama!”Moments earlier, Wood posted a picture of the pregnancy book “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” on the social media site.It will be...
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