MIAMI (AP) — Anxious to avoid an Orange Bowl shocker, the Florida State Seminoles kept getting tricked.An onside kick fooled them, as did a fake punt, and a pooch punt by Northern Illinois' star quarterback.But the final score was no surprise. Florida State had too much speed and depth for the Huskies and pulled away for a 31-10 victory Tuesday night.Senior fullback Lonnie Pryor, voted the game's...
Ground Zero Volunteers Face Obstacles to Compensation
Label: HealthOn the day the terrorists flew into the World Trade Center, the Wu-Tang Clan canceled its meeting with a record mixer named Richard Oliver, so Mr. Oliver rushed downtown from his Hell’s Kitchen apartment to help out. He said he spent three sleepless days at ground zero, tossing body bags. “Then I went home, ate, crashed, woke up,” he said. He had left his Dr. Martens boots on the landing...
Used to Hardship, Latvia Accepts Austerity, and Its Pain Eases
Label: BusinessRIGA, Latvia — When a credit-fueled economic boom turned to bust in this tiny Baltic nation in 2008, Didzis Krumins, who ran a small architectural company, fired his staff one by one and then shut down the business. He watched in dismay as Latvia’s misery deepened under a harsh austerity drive that scythed wages, jobs and state financing for schools and hospitals. But instead of taking to...
Dec
31
Clemson edges LSU 25-24 on last-second FG
Label: LifestyleATLANTA (AP) — Chandler Catanzaro kicked a 37-yard field goal as time expired to give No. 14 Clemson a wild 25-24 win over No. 9 Louisiana State in the Chick-fil-A Bowl on Monday night.Trailing 24-22, Clemson (11-2) took possession on its 20 with 1:39 remaining. Tajh Boyd completed a pass for 26 yards to DeAndre Hopkins on a fourth-and-16 play during the decisive 10-play drive.Catanzaro's kick set...
U.S. Birthrate Dips, Especially for Hispanics
Label: HealthORLANDO, Fla. — Hispanic women in the United States, who have generally had the highest fertility rates in the country, are choosing to have fewer children. Both immigrant and native-born Latinas had steeper birthrate declines from 2007 to 2010 than other groups, including non-Hispanic whites, blacks and Asians, a drop some demographers and sociologists attribute to changes in the views of many Hispanic...
Big in 2012, but the Future Is Hazy for Bonds
Label: BusinessThe big story in the markets this year was not about stocks. Stephanie Diani for The New York TimesWhile many see bonds fading in 2013, William Gross of Pimco, one of the biggest bond investors, is taking the opposite stance. Americans sold off their stock mutual funds, the most popular way to invest in American companies, at the fastest clip since 2008,...
Dec
30
Afghan Army Deaths on the Rise
Label: WorldKABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan government has hit a grim record in its quest to take over the country’s security from coalition forces: more than 1,000 soldiers died in 2012, a roughly 20 percent increase from 2011. Though the Afghan Army’s death rates have outstripped those for international forces in recent years, the new figures show the widest margin yet, as more and more Afghan units...
14 Solutions to Your New Year’s Midnight Kiss
Label: TechnologyFind a BabyThere’s got to be one crawling around somewhere. What’s cuter than kissing a baby’s fat cheek? Photo by Win McNamee/Getty ImagesClick here to view this gallery.[More from Mashable: Here’s a Depressing Look at Man’s Impact on Earth]Do you find yourself in a panic every New Year’s Eve because everyone’s counting down and Billy Crystal has yet to explain all of the reasons why he’s madly in...
Redskins beat Cowboys 28-18 to win NFC East
Label: LifestyleLANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Robert Griffin III and Alfred Morris needed only four months to put the Washington Redskins in a place they haven't been this millennium — on top of the NFC East.Led by a pair of rookies serenaded loudly and lovingly as "R-G-3!" and "Al-fred Mor-ris!," the Redskins claimed their first division title since 1999, beating the archrival Dallas Cowboys 28-18 Sunday night in a winner-take-all...
Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini, a Revolutionary in the Study of the Brain, Dies at 103
Label: HealthFabio Campana/European Pressphoto AgencyDr. Rita Levi-Montalcini in 2007. She discovered chemical tools the body uses to direct cell growth and build nerve networks. Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini, a Nobel Prize-winning neurologist who discovered critical chemical tools that the body uses to direct cell growth and build nerve networks, opening the way for the study of how those processes can go wrong in...
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