In the aftermath of Friday's Newtown school shooting, we've heard tales mostly horrifying and occasionally heroic, from surviving witnesses and mourning citizens alike, but this one lies somewhere in between, all the more unshakeable. One six-year-old Sandy Hook student played dead in her first-grade classroom, her family pastor said late Sunday, with the kind of quick thinking that ended up saving...
A&M's Johnny Football is AP's Player of the Year
Label: TechnologyJohnny Manziel ran for almost 1,700 yards and 30 touchdowns as a dual-threat quarterback his senior year of high school at Kerrville Tivy.Who would have thought he'd be even more impressive at Texas A&M when pitted against the defenses of the Southeastern Conference?On Tuesday, Manziel picked up another major award for his spectacular debut season. He was voted The Associated Press Player of the...
On gun control, two places to start
Label: LifestyleReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown...
HBO making “Game of Thrones”-themed beer
Label: HealthLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Winter is coming – and so is a new line of beers based on HBO‘s fantasy drama “Game of Thrones.” Presumably, all will boast a full, robust head, perhaps resting on top of a spike.HBO is teaming with Cooperstown, N.Y. brewery Ommegang for a line of brews centered around the series, the New York Times reports. The first beer, Iron Throne Blonde Ale, is slated to go on sale...
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£12 bill rise for energy upgrade
Label: Business17 December 2012 Last updated at 06:49 ETThe energy regulator will permit firms running the UK’s electricity and gas grids to add an average £12 to annual energy bills for the next eight years to pay for upgrades and maintenance.Ofgem said it had cut £7bn from the total cost of work on UK transmission networks planned by energy firms.The biggest of these firms by far – National Grid – said it was...
Stocks head higher as budget talks progress
Label: WorldNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are moving higher on Wall Street following signs of progress in the budget talks in Washington.Indexes opened higher following news that House Speaker John Boehner made an offer to raise taxes on people making more than $ 1 million a year and to extend the government’s borrowing cap.The gains increased in late morning trading after Boehner went to the White House to meet with...
S&P 500 rises more than 1 percent
Label: WorldNEW YORK (Reuters) - The S&P 500 rose more than 1 percent on Monday as stocks added to gains after President Barack Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner met for talks on averting the "fiscal cliff". The Dow Jones industrial average <.dji> was up 82.30 points, or 0.63 percent, at 13,217.31. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.spx> was up 13.60 points, or 0.96...
49ers withstand comeback, top Patriots 41-34
Label: TechnologyFOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — LaMichael James awaited the kickoff, determined to regain the momentum for the 49ers after they quickly lost all of a 28-point lead."We need a boost," he said. "That's what I was thinking. I was thinking I got to take it to the house."He didn't get all the way there, but close enough to set up the decisive touchdown — going 62 yards before Colin Kaepernick's 38-yard pass to...
U.S. must honor victims with action
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Beck looks for new connection with ‘Song Reader’
Label: HealthNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Beck Hansen wants you to think about the way music has changed over the last century and what that means about how human beings engage each other these days.Laboring over the intricate and ornate details of his new “Song Reader” sheet music project, he was struck by how social music used to be — something we’ve lost in the age of ear buds.“You watch an old film and see how...
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