Seven Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies have been notified that the department intends to fire them for belonging to a secret...
Microsoft Teases Future Surface Pro Accessories With Extra Battery Power
Label: Technology Days before Surface Pro’s release date, Microsoft is already teasing the types of accessories we’ll see for the device. In a Reddit AMA hosted on Wednesday, members of the Surface Team responded to user questions, and suggested that a Surface Pro cover that would double as an extra battery pack is in the works. Good thing, too, since we found that the Surface Pro could barely get around four...
Well: Think Like a Doctor: A Confused and Terrified Patient
Label: HealthThe Challenge: Can you solve the mystery of a middle-aged man recovering from a serious illness who suddenly becomes frightened and confused?Every month the Diagnosis column of The New York Times Magazine asks Well readers to sift through a difficult case and solve a diagnostic riddle. Below you will find a summary of a case involving a 55-year-old man well on his way to recovering from a series of...
Profound Weight of Layoffs Seen in Survey
Label: BusinessLayoffs have touched nearly every American household in some fashion over the last few years, according to new survey data to be released Thursday by the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University. Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesLissette Marquez, center, and Amiel Ali looked for jobs last week in Miami with the help of a South Florida Workforce customer service representative,...
Feb
05
Child porn suspect indicted by federal grand jury
Label: World A North Hills woman whom authorities allege plied a young girl with crack cocaine and photographed her being sexually abused...
Don't Call It a Tablet
Label: Technology The Surface Pro looks like a tablet, but it’s not a mobile device. It’s a portable device. Sure, put the Surface Pro next to the Surface RT and it’s hard to spot many differences. One’s a little thicker, but their shapes are otherwise identical. Both have the same matte-black, magnesium-based casing. They both can be used with snap-in keyboards and they’re both propped up into typing position...
Well: Getting Into Your Exercise Groove
Label: HealthPhys EdGretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness.This isn’t meant as an insult, but you are physiologically lazy. So am I. So are we all. Using treadmill testing, scientists have definitively established that, like other animals, humans naturally aim to use as little energy as possible during most movement. So when we walk or run, our bodies tend to choose a particular cadence, a combination of...
Economic Scene: Immigration Reform Issue: The Effect on the Budget
Label: BusinessThe stars could hardly have shone brighter on the prospects for immigration reform than in the early months of 2007. The coalition pushing for change included the oddest of bedfellows — roping together business groups like the United States Chamber of Commerce with the Service Employees International Union, the fastest-growing union in the country. It had an impeccable bipartisan pedigree,...
Feb
04
Tour bus had poor safety record before fatal crash
Label: World Federal inspectors over the last year found faulty axles and brakes and other safety violations on the tour bus that careened...
Navy's Next-Gen Binoculars Will Recognize Your Face
Label: Technology Take a close look, because the next generation of military binoculars could be doing more than just letting sailors and soldiers see from far away. The Navy now wants binoculars that can scan and recognize your face from 650 feet away.That’s according to a Jan. 16 contract announcement from the Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, which is seeking a “Wireless 3D Binocular Face Recognition...
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