This is how you say hello?
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Samsung/YouTube Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)
Technology and love have a long relationship.
In recent times, the former has played the dominant role.
We now find partners online and one-night stands on our phones.
However, Samsung would like you to know that the best way to meet the woman of your dreams is to pull out your gadget and stalk her a little.
Perhaps this is already your preferred form of seduction. This new Galaxy S4 ad will be, therefore, a touch redundant for you.
For the rest [...]
Stalk your love object with your gadget, says new Galaxy S4 ad
This is how you say hello?
(Credit:
Samsung/YouTube Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)
Technology and love have a long relationship.
In recent times, the former has played the dominant role.
We now find partners online and one-night stands on our phones.
However, Samsung would like you to know that the best way to meet the woman of your dreams is to pull out your gadget and stalk her a little.
Perhaps this is already your preferred form of seduction. This new Galaxy S4 ad will be, therefore, a touch redundant for you.
For the rest [...]
US ‘faith healers’ ‘murdered’ baby
22 May 2013
Last updated at 21:10 ET
Herbert and Catherine Schaible are part of a church said to shun seatbelts and toothpaste
A Philadelphia couple who reject medicine in favour of faith healing have been charged with murder in the death of their infant son.
Herbert and Catherine Schaible withheld medical care from their seven-month-old son, four years after the death of another son in similar circumstances.
Brandon died in April of pneumonia and dehydration, officials said.
After the 2009 death of Kent, two, the couple [...]
LPGA event in Bahamas cut to 54 holes
Paradise Island, Bahamas – The inaugural Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic was cut to 54 holes on Wednesday, a day before the event was to begin.
On Tuesday, the Ocean Club Golf Course at Atlantis took on close to a foot of
rain in an eight-hour period starting at 3 p.m. local time.
According to the LPGA Tour, there was standing water on at least seven holes
with the ninth and 18th fairways completely flooded.
The first and second round pairings will remain the same, but they will be
played on Friday and Saturday.
&# [...]
Merck’s insomnia drug moves a step closer to U.S. approval
By Toni Clarke
WASHINGTON |
Wed May 22, 2013 9:02pm EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Merck Co’s experimental insomnia drug moved a step closer to U.S. approval on Wednesday after a panel of medical experts said it is effective and safe at lower doses.
The advisory panel was convened to help the U.S. Food and Drug Administration decide whether to approve the drug, suvorexant, which would be the first in a new class of sedatives that block chemicals in the brain called orexins that help keep people awake [...]
Immigration vote search moves to full Senate
Getting immigration reform to the Senate floor took hours of negotiations and committee hearings, hundreds of amendments, a careful orchestration of public statements and backroom pressure to hold the Gang of Eight together.
That was the easy part.
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Many of the almost two dozen Republicans identified as possible supporters by the Gang of Eight are demanding changes that would make the bill significantly more conservative. They want stricter border security, tighter control on government benefits [...]
Why the Super Bowl’s location matters: Local ties still bind corporations: Study ...
If you’re a small charity looking for some corporate largesse, pegging your ask to a big morale-boosting event planned for your community may help seal the deal, suggests a new study on corporate giving. The paper found that corporate philanthropy spikes upward during “mega-events” such as the Olympics, the Super Bowl, or even political conventions. The finding goes against previous research that says corporate giving tends to stay stable.
“For non-profit managers, it suggests that one potentially reasonable strate [...]
Now for sale on Craigslist: Google Glass
A Craigslist ad is perhaps not the most subtle of ways to go about doing things, and that includes selling your Google Glass.
A photo from the Craigslist ad. Those sure look like Google Glass…
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One Craigslister, based in San Francisco’s East Bay according to the ad, is selling his or her pair of Google Glass Explorer Edition, something that’s expressly forbidden by the Glass Terms of Sale.
Violating an electronic product’s sale terms is practically a rite of passage, from ripping the saf [...]
In first public acknowledgement, Holder says 4 Americans died in US drone strikes
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Attorney General Eric Holder testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 6.
The Obama administration publicly acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that U.S. drone strikes have killed four American citizens since 2009, including the previously undisclosed death of a North Carolina resident who left the United States for Pakistan and was later indicted on federal terrorism charges.
Attorney General Eric Holder, in a letter to congressional leaders and chairman of key congressional co [...]
Nigeria author Achebe to be buried
22 May 2013
Last updated at 20:25 ET
Chinua Achebe is to be buried in his hometown of Ogidi
Renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, who died in March, is due to be buried in his home town in Anambra state.
Mr Achebe’s body arrived back in Nigeria on Wednesday from the US. The author died in Boston at the age of 82 following a brief illness.
Relatives and officials were at Enugu airport in southern Nigeria as the coffin was lowered from the plane.
Mr Achebe is widely regarded as the founding father of African literat [...]
Charles Woodson appreciates overwhelming support from Raiders fans
ALAMEDA, Calif. – Charles Woodson had gotten word that Oakland fans had mobilized through social media to hold a rally at his free-agent visit to the Raiders.
Even Woodson was blown away by the reception that included more than a hundred fans decked out in Raiders gear and costumes waiting at the team facility for his arrival Tuesday.
“It was overwhelming,” he said Wednesday. “I think that if at any time I’d ever forgotten what the love was like in Oakland, I was definitely reminded yesterday.”
The love fro [...]
American Cancer Society Celebrates 100 Years of Progress
WEDNESDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) — The American Cancer Society, which is celebrating on Wednesday a century of fighting a disease once viewed as a death sentence, is making a pledge to put itself out of business.
Since 1913, the cancer society has played a role in nearly every major cancer research breakthrough. This year alone, the group reported a 20 percent drop in cancer death rates since the 1990s, which amounts to more than one million cancer deaths avoided in that time period.
And two out of three people d [...]
Sugar interests win Senate vote
Helped along by a run of relatively low prices, sugar interests won a Senate farm bill vote Wednesday evening, defeating efforts at reform sought by a coalition of candy-makers, conservative activists and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Next on the Senate agenda Thursday morning will be a vote on whether to allow states like Vermont to pursue new labeling rules for food with genetically modified ingredients. And the Agriculture Committee leadership was hopeful of pulling together a series of crop insurance reform votes before leaving for th [...]