Broadcaster Al Jazeera has bought its way into the American market, but network brass might not find an oasis of viewers wanting to tune in.
Plump people face lower death risk: study
Plump people may have a lower risk of dying than folks of “normal†weight, according to a report by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers.
Giuliani: I like MTA Chairman Lhota for mayor
Expect MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota to announce by Christmas whether he will leave his post to run for mayor, his old boss says.
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CIA sex scandal coming to Capitol Hill
The CIA sex scandal is coming to Capitol Hill, with four-star philanderer David Petraeus due Friday for a grilling on affairs — his own and those of national security.
Going into the mind of accused ‘cannibal cop’
In September Gilberto Valle’s estranged wife contacts the FBI after discovering “alarming†information on his home computer. She flees to her out-of-state family. The FBI and NYPD seize the computer and begin examining its contents, particularly focusing on Facebook postings and instant messages dating back to January. What they find is an alarming trove of evidence that takes them deep into the mind of a sick man.
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Nurse kills patient by injecting coffee drip
A student nurse who mistakenly injected coffee into the veins of an 80-year-old patient who died hours later has defended herself by saying ‘anyone can get confused’.
Rejane Moreira Telles, 23, said she had just three days of work experience in the Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, clinic when she mixed up administering a drip to Palmerina Pires Ribeiro.
Sacha Baron Cohen’s next film: ‘The Lesbian’
Sacha Baron Cohen has already decided on his next project: A film based on the story of a high-flying Hong Kong billionaire offering $65 million to the man who could win over his lesbian daughter with a marriage proposal.
Subway grind pervert may dodge justice
A subway pervert who became a poster boy for law enforcement’s inability to keep underground “grinders†in jail may get off clean because prosecutors aren’t ready to pull the trigger on a trial.
Shake Shack to post calorie counts Â
Restaurateur Danny Meyer opened his 15th Shake Shack last week in New Haven, Conn. That means the menu at each New York City outlet must now include calorie information.
Romney says big business is ‘doing fine’
Creating a potential headache for his campaign, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said big businesses in the U.S. were “doing fine” in part because they get advantages from offshore tax havens. His comments echoed similar assertions about the state of big business by President Barack Obama which Romney has criticized. They’re also a reminder that the GOP candidate has kept some of his personal fortune in low tax foreign accounts.