CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago rapper Chief Keef has been taken into custody after a juvenile court judge decided a video of him firing a semiautomatic rifle at a New York gun range was a violation of probation.The artist, real name Keith Cozart, was sentenced last year to 18 months' probation after his conviction on aggravated unlawful use of a weapon charges for pointing a gun at police officers.The Chicago...
Breaking Link of Violence and Mental Illness
Label: HealthNo one but a deeply disturbed individual marches into an elementary school or a movie theater and guns down random, innocent people. That hard fact drives the public longing for a mental health system that produces clear warning signals and can somehow stop the violence. And it is now fueling a surge in legislative activity, in Washington and New York. But these proposed changes and...
Facebook introduces new search tool
Label: Business MENLO PARK, Calif. — Facebook Inc. has begun rolling out a new search feature that will eventually let 1 billion-plus users...
Jan
14
Saving this dinosaur took a skeleton crew
Label: World The urgent message went well beyond Robert Painter's usual areas of legal expertise — personal injury, commercial disputes,...
TSX off 10-month high, energy weakness offsets RIM jump
Label: TechnologyTORONTO (Reuters) – Canada‘s main stock index finished short of a 10-month high on Monday as investor optimism for Research In Motion Ltd shares over the upcoming launch of its BlackBerry 10 devices was offset by falling energy shares.Weakness in the materials sector, which includes mining stocks, also added pressure, while volatile oil prices were a drag on the energy sector. The two heavyweight...
AP source: Armstrong tells Oprah Winfrey he doped
Label: LifestyleAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — After a decade of denial, Lance Armstrong has finally come clean: He used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France.The disgraced cyclist made the confession to Oprah Winfrey during an interview taped Monday, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the interview is to be broadcast Thursday on...
Personal Best: Training Insights From Star Athletes
Label: HealthOf course elite athletes are naturally gifted. And of course they train hard and may have a phalanx of support staff — coaches, nutritionists, psychologists.But they often have something else that gives them an edge: an insight, or even an epiphany, that vaults them from the middle of the pack to the podium.I asked several star athletes about the single realization that made the difference for them....
Jan
13
'Les Miz,' 'Argo' win big at Golden Globes, but Jodie Foster is talk of show
Label: World Who needs an Oscar nomination anyway? Ben Affleck reigned over the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night as “Argo” won for best...
Iowa man, sister reunite thanks to Facebook, boy
Label: TechnologyDAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man has been reunited with his sister 65 years after the siblings were separated in foster care thanks to a 7-year-old friend who searched Facebook.Clifford Boyson of Davenport met his sister, Betty Billadeau, in person on Saturday. Billadeau drove up from her home in Florissant, Mo., with her daughter and granddaughter for the reunion at a hotel in Davenport.Boyson,...
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