Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg marries longtime girlfriend, Priscilla Chan

May 20, 2012 No Comments

  PALO ALTO, Calif. — Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg updated his status to “married” on Saturday. Zuckerberg and 27-year-old Priscilla Chan tied the knot at a small ceremony at his Palo Alto, Calif., home, capping a busy week for the couple, according to a guest authorized to speak for the couple. The person spoke only on the ...

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Trial Vaccine Made Some More Vulnerable to H.I.V., Study Confirms

May 19, 2012 No Comments

  One in three adults suffers from high blood pressure, and if your parents have the disease, your risk of developing it is higher. But new research published in the American Heart Association’s journal Hypertension found that you can reduce your risk if you increase your cardiovascular fitness with moderate exercise. Researchers studied more than 6,000 highly ...

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Chelsea win Champions League after penalty shoot out drama in Munich

May 19, 2012 No Comments

CNN) – Didier Drogba scored the winner in a dramatic penalty shootout as Chelsea beat Bayern Munich Saturday to win the European Champions League for the first time. The Ivorian striker coolly slotted home his kick to spark frenzied celebrations among his teammates and the Chelsea fans in Bayern’s Allianz Arena. Manuel Neuer had saved Juan Mata’s first ...

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Catholics call for Lady Gaga ban

May 18, 2012 No Comments

MANILA, Philippines — Scores of Christian youths in the Philippines chanted “Stop the Lady Gaga concerts” at a rally Friday calling for the pop diva’s shows here to be canceled despite assurances from authorities that they won’t allow nudity and lewd acts. Sold-out crowds and angry protests followed Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” Asian tour. Fans ...

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Larry King Says Show to Resume This Summer

May 18, 2012 No Comments

Larry King said Thursday that his talk show will resume this summer on the new digital network Ora.TV, earlier than he or the network had anticipated. The show “Larry King Now” will mark the startup of the network financed by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim. Executives had originally intended to launch in the fall. But King said he ...

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Exclusive: Drugmakers weigh emergency supply plan for Greece

May 18, 2012 No Comments

(Reuters) – International drugmakers are working with European authorities on emergency plans to keep medicines flowing into Greeceif the country crashes out of the euro. Discussions have intensified in recent days, according to industry sources, and manufacturers are looking closely at the experience of Argentina’s collapse in 2002, when some firms agreed to continue to supply ...

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Verizon customers, say goodbye to grandfathered unlimited data plans if you want to upgrade

May 17, 2012 No Comments

Verizon Wireless will no longer be allowing customers on a grandfathered unlimited data plan to upgrade to a 4G LTE smartphone when the carrier launches its tiered data share plans in mid-summer. Executive Vice President and CFO Fran Shammo announced the news during an investors conference this morning. “LTE is our anchor point for data ...

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Let Sleeping Germans Lie

May 17, 2012 No Comments

The newly elected French Socialist president, Francois Hollande, is warning Germany that Mediterranean ideas of “growth,” not Germanic “austerity,” should be the new European creed. No surprise there — reckless debtors often blame their own past imprudence on greedy creditors, especially if the latter are supposed to be guilt-ridden over causing two world wars. All over ...

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Insight: Greek exit could cost eurozone 100s of billions of euros

May 17, 2012 No Comments

(Reuters) – A Greek exit from the euro zone could expose the European Central Bank and the currency bloc it seeks to protect to hundreds of billions of euros in losses, landing Germany and its partners with a crippling bill. A Greek departure would take Europe into uncharted legal waters. The size of the burden other ...

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Virgin Atlantic allows passengers to make cell phone calls 35,000 feet in the sky

May 15, 2012 No Comments

Passengers will be able to send text messages, make a call or access email on mobile devices NEW YORK — The phrase “Can you hear me now” has entered the jet age. Passengers on certain Virgin Atlantic flights are now able to use their cell phones to make and receive phone calls at 35,000 feet, the airline ...

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Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg marries longtime girlfriend, Priscilla Chan

  PALO ALTO, Calif. — Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg updated his status to “married” on Saturday. Zuckerberg and 27-year-old Priscilla Chan...

Trial Vaccine Made Some More Vulnerable to H.I.V., Study Confirms

  One in three adults suffers from high blood pressure, and if your parents have the disease, your risk of...

Chelsea win Champions League after penalty shoot out drama in Munich

CNN) – Didier Drogba scored the winner in a dramatic penalty shootout as Chelsea beat Bayern Munich Saturday to win...

Catholics call for Lady Gaga ban

MANILA, Philippines — Scores of Christian youths in the Philippines chanted “Stop the Lady Gaga concerts” at a rally...