Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Vatican issues global questionnaire on modern families
The Vatican on Tuesday launched an unprecedented worldwide consultation on the new realities of family life including gay marriage as part of Pope Francis's efforts to reform the Catholic Church. A questionnaire has been sent to bishops around the world asking them for detailed information about…
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Now you've got even more good reason to eat a heart-healthy Mediterranean diet. Researchers from Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston evaluated the diets and medical records of 10,670 women who were in their late 50s or early 60s between 1984 and 1986. After tracking…
AFP Relax NewsAmateur rope-jumping in Russia (9 photos)
Members of the "Exit Point," an amateur rope-jumping group jump from a 44-metre high water-pipe bridge in Russia. Fans of rope-jumping , a kind of extreme sport involving a jump from a high point using an advanced leverage system combining mountaineering and rope safety equipment, marked the end of…
Yahoo NewsCleveland kidnap victim says was hung on the wall like ornament
By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - One of the three Cleveland women who survived years of imprisonment after being kidnapped by Ariel Castro gave details about her ordeal in a television interview on Monday including being tied up and hung on the wall like an ornament. That's the only way I can…
ReutersJennifer Nettles talks new solo album, motherhood
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jennifer Nettles has finished the music, chosen a cover photo and now she has a release date for her debut solo album — Jan. 14.
Associated PressExtinct 'Godzilla' platypus found in Australia
A giant extinct species of the platypus with powerful teeth has been discovered in Australia, with a scientist on Tuesday describing the duck-billed water animal as a "Godzilla" like monster. The new species, named Obdurodon tharalkooschild, was identified by a single but highly distinctive tooth…
AFPObama fights to recapture health care initiative
President Barack Obama’s efforts to save his signature health care law are taking on an aggressive, campaign-style tone.
Yahoo NewsTempest in a toilet costs New York restaurant workers their jobs
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Restroom attendants at Balthazar, the trend-setting French-style bistro in New York City, will soon be relieved of their duties watching others relieve themselves after a customer wrote on his influential business news website that it is a demeaning job. …
Reuters23 mins agoRather not invited to join CBS Kennedy coverage
NEW YORK (AP) — The 50th-anniversary coverage of the Kennedy assassination on CBS News won't include the recollections of its longtime anchor Dan Rather, further proof of the lingering bitterness following Rather's messy exit and subsequent lawsuit against the network.
Associated PressN.Korea 'making progress' on ballistic missile that could strike US
Seoul (AFP) - North Korea is making progress on an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of delivering a first-generation nuclear warhead to the continental United States, a leading US think-tank said Tuesday.
AFPIran, Israel attended Middle East nuclear meeting: diplomats
Iran, Israel and Arab states took part in a meeting two weeks ago about prospects for an international conference on banning nuclear weapons in the Middle East, diplomats said on Tuesday, a rare such gathering of regional adversaries. An Israeli official said various envoys set out their national…
Reuters36 mins agoElection Day: Will is be Joe Lhota or Bill de Blasio?
Lisa Colagrossi reports on the candidates vying to be New York City's next mayor
WABC – NYWhat is Google building out in San Francisco Bay?
San Francisco's mayor says he doesn't know what it is. Police say it's not their jurisdiction. And government inspectors are sworn to secrecy.
Associated Press25 mins agoIndian mission to Mars blasts off
India's first mission to Mars blasted off successfully on Tuesday, completing the first stage of an 11-month journey that could see New Delhi's low-cost space programme win Asia's race to the Red Planet. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K. Radhakrishnan allowed himself a smile,…
AFP49 mins agoMississippi Family Vanishes After Car Wreck: 'We Have No Idea Where These People Are'
Family's Whereabouts Unknown After Smoldering, Overturned Car Found
Good Morning AmericaKids With High Self-Esteem Are Unlikely To Be Bullied
DEAR ABBY: I was picked on and bullied as a child. I was very insecure and dealt with low self-esteem. DEAR MAMA BEAR: Children with high self-esteem are less likely to be the targets of bullies. More often it's the child whose self-esteem is fragile to begin with who becomes the victim.
Dear Abby5 reasons Republicans oppose the new anti-gay discrimination law
On Monday, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which bans workplace discrimination against gays and lesbians, cleared a major procedural hurdle in the Senate, all but guaranteeing that the bill will pass the upper chamber later this week. Polls show that a majority of Americans support…
The WeekToyota to unveil concept fuel-cell car at Tokyo Motor Show
Toyota said Tuesday it plans to unveil its latest fuel-cell concept car at the Tokyo Motor show, with an expected commercial rollout two years away. The four-seater sedan has a range of 500 kilometres (310 miles) -- longer than previous versions -- and can be recharged in just three minutes…
AFP Relax NewsNJ mall shooting (17 photos)
A 20-year-old man suspected of firing multiple shots and causing a lockdown at New Jersey's largest shopping mall has been found dead of a self-inflicted wound, authorities said Tuesday. Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli said the body of Richard Shoop, 20, of Teaneck was found in a back area…
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