AMSTERDAM — When Patrick Langevoort’s company issued him an electric vehicle two years ago, the first months were filled with misadventure: he found himself far from Amsterdam, with only a 25 percent charge remaining, unable to find the charging point listed on a map. Though the car was supposed to travel 100 miles on a full battery, he discovered that cold weather and fast driving decreased that...
Katy Perry (Sort Of) Steals Spotlight at Bruce Springsteen Pre-Grammy Tribute
Label: Lifestyle By Patrick Gomez and Marisa Laudadio 02/09/2013 at 11:45 AM EST Katy Perry at the MusiCares Person of the Year gala Lester Cohen/WireImage It may have been a tribute to Bruce Springsteen but Katy Perry seemed to be the main attraction for some at Friday's MusiCares Person of the Year tribute...
After early start, worst of flu season may be over
Label: HealthNEW YORK (AP) — The worst of the flu season appears to be over.The number of states reporting intense or widespread illnesses dropped again last week, and in a few states there was very little flu going around, U.S. health officials said Friday.The season started earlier than normal, first in the Southeast and then spreading. But now, by some measures, flu activity has been ebbing for at least four...
State fires contractor on tech project
Label: Business SACRAMENTO – The state has fired the contractor on one of its biggest and most troubled technology projects after deep problems...
Feb
08
IHT Rendezvous: 'Downton Abbey' vs. 'Girls': Who's Happier?
Label: WorldBROOKLYN — Can we have too much freedom?Page TwoPosts written by the IHT’s Page Two columnists.That’s the question behind my latest Currents column, where I discuss what “Downton Abbey” and “Girls,” two wildly popular television shows set 100 years apart, have to tell us about ourselves and our society — especially when it comes to personal freedom and its consequences.What begins on ‘‘Downton’’ as...
Mariska Hargitay Loves Her Curves from Motherhood
Label: Lifestyle By Andrea Billups 02/08/2013 at 11:15 AM EST Mariska Hargitay Courtesy Ladies Home Journal Motherhood and the perspective of age have helped Mariska Hargitay become a more confident – and fulfilled – woman and actress.The longtime Law & Order: Special Victims...
Southern diet, fried foods, may raise stroke risk
Label: HealthDeep-fried foods may be causing trouble in the Deep South. People whose diets are heavy on them and sugary drinks like sweet tea and soda were more likely to suffer a stroke, a new study finds.It's the first big look at diet and strokes, and researchers say it might help explain why blacks in the Southeast — the nation's "stroke belt" — suffer more of them.Blacks were five times more likely than whites...
Bar trivia is more than just fun and games
Label: Business The door to the bar in Palms swung open, and strains of the theme from "Rocky III" burst into the street: "It's the eye of the...
Feb
07
Lens Blog: Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen's Photos of Her Newcastle Neighborhood
Label: World On clear days in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, a small yet bustling working-class city in northeast England, the view from the hills of Byker can be spectacular. That shabby neighborhood’s rows of brick houses and terraced streets overlook a historic city center, the river and sometimes far beyond.Those vistas were rare in 1969, when Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, a 21-year-old Finnish photographer, arrived. The...
Cam Gigandet Welcomes a Son - Rekker Radley
Label: Lifestyle Mom & Babies Celebrity Baby Blog 02/07/2013 at 11:00 AM ET Pacific Coast News It’s a boy!Cam Gigandet and his fiancée Dominique Geisendorff welcomed their second child on Wednesday, Jan. 23, his rep confirms to JustJared.com.Son Rekker Radley Gigandet, who weighed in at 9 lbs. 9 oz., joins the couple’s...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Copyright © News ginkgopsida. All rights reserved.
Design 
And Business Directories
