NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Grammy Awards celebrated the diversity of music as six different artists tied for lead nominee — Kanye West, Jay-Z, Frank Ocean, Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys, Mumford & Sons and fun.Auerbach received five nominations as a member of the Keys and also is up for producer of the year, earning a spot with the others at the top of the list as the Grammy’s primetime television...
Researchers say form of Ecstasy may heal combat trauma
Label: HealthCHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – A South Carolina psychiatrist and his wife, a nurse, have taken an uncommon, controversial approach to helping war veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder by treating them with MDMA, a pure form of the party drug known as Ecstasy.Their studies have found that the psychoactive stimulant decreases fear and defensiveness while increasing trust in...
Working families ‘hit by changes’
Label: Business5 December 2012 Last updated at 23:43 ETWorking families from poorer backgrounds will be hit hard by changes to tax and benefits announced in the Autumn Statement, Labour has said.A working family with children on £20,000 a year would lose £279 a year from April, the party said.Meanwhile, the Fitch agency has said the UK’s AAA rating is under threat after the chancellor said the coalition would miss...
Dec
04
WestJet embraces tech to woo business travelers
Label: WorldTORONTO (Reuters) – WestJet Airlines Ltd will use technological innovation, including a new Internet ticket booking system, to help it transform from a no-frills carrier to a lower-cost full-service airline courting lucrative corporate travelers, its chief executive said on Monday.Canada’s second-biggest airline plans to launch a series of technology systems, most notably the new online booking engine,...
WestJet embraces tech to woo business travelers
Label: WorldTORONTO (Reuters) – WestJet Airlines Ltd will use technological innovation, including a new Internet ticket booking system, to help it transform from a no-frills carrier to a lower-cost full-service airline courting lucrative corporate travelers, its chief executive said on Monday.Canada’s second-biggest airline plans to launch a series of technology systems, most notably the new online booking engine,...
Netflix to get Disney films in TV distribution deal
Label: Lifestyle(Reuters) – Walt Disney gave a much needed boost to Netflix, becoming the first major Hollywood studio to use the video service to bypass premium channels like HBO that traditionally controlled the delivery of movies to TV subscribers.News of the deal, which enables Netflix to stream Disney‘s first-run movies to its subscribers, boosted Netflix shares by 14 percent.Liberty Media Corp, whose Starz...
Women can tell a cheating man just by looking at them: study
Label: HealthHONG KONG (Reuters) – Women can tell with some accuracy whether an unfamiliar male is faithful simply by looking at his face, but men seem to lack the same ability when checking out women, according to an Australian study published on Wednesday.In a paper that appeared in the journal Biology Letters, the researchers found that women tended to make that judgment based on how masculine-looking the man...
Pentagon opens rocket launches to competition
Label: BusinessWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon has approved a plan that will allow the U.S. Air Force to buy up to 36 rocket launches for government satellites from a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co , while opening up to 14 launches to competition from other companies, the Air Force said on Tuesday.The Pentagon has been moving aggressively to introduce more competition to defense procurement...
Dec
03
Official: Syria moving chemical weapons components
Label: WorldWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. and allied intelligence have detected Syrian movement of chemical weapons components in recent days, a senior U.S. defense official said Monday, as the Obama administration strongly warned the Assad regime against using them.A senior defense official said intelligence officials have detected activity around more than one of Syria‘s chemical weapons sites in the last week. The...
Official: Syria moving chemical weapons components
Label: WorldWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. and allied intelligence have detected Syrian movement of chemical weapons components in recent days, a senior U.S. defense official said Monday, as the Obama administration strongly warned the Assad regime against using them.A senior defense official said intelligence officials have detected activity around more than one of Syria‘s chemical weapons sites in the last week. The...
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