As 15 million people in the United States head to airports this holiday season — slightly fewer than last year — some travelers will find welcome changes to security screening procedures. Michael Reynolds/European Pressphoto AgencyTravelers on Thanksgiving eve at Reagan National; quicker screening under PreCheck has been expanded. The Transportation Security...
Dec
17
Advocacy groups coming hat in hand to a less-strapped Sacramento
Label: World SACRAMENTO — Now that California faces a dramatically smaller deficit, advocacy groups and other interests are queuing up with...
Auction of Greta Garbo’s dresses, caps fetches $1.6 million
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A two-day sale of clothing, jewelry and other memorabilia belonging to reclusive movie star Greta Garbo fetched $ 1.6 million, more than three times the original estimate, according to Julien’s Auctions.Garbo’s Louis Vuitton streamer trunk, which sold for $ 37,500, was among the top sellers in the auction of 800 items which began on Friday, along with three leather driving...
The New Old Age Blog: In the Middle: Why Elderly Couples Fight
Label: HealthGeorge and Gracie (let’s call them that because using their real names would make them even unhappier than they already appear to be) are in their 80s and married for more than 65 years. Until recently they seemed to ride the waves that are inevitable in any marriage that spans nearly seven decades; through good and bad, they were partners and best friends.But lately — ever since her hospitalization...
In Spain, Having a Job No Longer Guarantees a Paycheck
Label: BusinessSamuel Aranda for The New York TimesRaul, a truck driver in Castellón, Spain, hoped last month to be paid from a government fund. Courts are jammed with requests. VALENCIA, Spain — Over the past two years, Ana María Molina Cuevas, 36, has worked five shifts a week in a ceramics factory on the outskirts of this city, hand-rolling paint onto tiles. But at the end of the month, she often went unpaid....
Dec
16
In Connecticut, a mother coped silently with a troubled son
Label: World NEWTOWN, Conn. — On the outside, Nancy Lanza was the picture of contented motherhood: volunteering at her sons' school, gardening,...
Tumblr Users Flock to Mashable Comment Thread
Label: TechnologyTumblr Is DownWhen Tumblr went down Wednesday evening, users flocked to Mashable to express their rage and disbelief.Click here to view this gallery.[More from Mashable: Mysterious Package Addressed to Indiana Jones Arrives at UChicago]Where were you the day that Tumblr went down? Whether you were at home, at work or on the move, it’s possible that you somehow ended up on Mashable. That was the case...
Greta Garbo’s dresses, caps fetch high prices at auction
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An auction of film legend Greta Garbo‘s belongings got off to a roaring start on Friday, with her clothing, jewelry and other memorabilia fetching more than ten times pre-sale estimates in many cases.Bidding was brisk and high as more than 800 items belonging to the reclusive Swedish actress, including the bed she slept in, went up for sale over two days at Julien’s Auctions...
Dr. William F. House, Inventor of Cochlear Implant, Dies
Label: HealthDr. William F. House, a medical researcher who braved skepticism to invent the cochlear implant, an electronic device considered to be the first to restore a human sense, died on Dec. 7 at his home in Aurora, Ore. He was 89. The cause was metastatic melanoma, his daughter, Karen House, said. Dr. House pushed against conventional thinking throughout his career. Over the objections of...
As Gold Is Spirited Out of Afghanistan, Officials Wonder Why
Label: BusinessZalmai for The New York TimesA Kabul jewelry shop. Officials are concerned about gold being flown out of Afghanistan. KABUL, Afghanistan — Packed into hand luggage and tucked into jacket pockets, roughly hewed bars of gold are being flown out of Kabul with increasing regularity, confounding Afghan and American officials who fear money launderers have found a new way to spirit funds from the country....
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