RICHMOND, Va. — Jeffrey M. Lacker, the Federal Reserve’s most persistent internal critic, does not much resemble a firebrand. He is personally cheerful, professionally inclined to see both sides of an issue and quick to acknowledge he may not be right. He says he would rather be wrong. Steve Ruark for The New York TimesJeffrey M. Lacker questions the Fed's tack. ...
Jan
08
Banks, regulators reach mortgage settlements
Label: World In two of the biggest civil settlements since the financial crisis, the nation's biggest banks agreed Monday to cough up nearly...
Live at CES: Day 3
Label: TechnologyThe Great Late-Night CES Pizza Hunt It’s late. I’m tired. My feet hurt. But damn, I could really go for some pizza. Dragging Nate with me. Here we go… 12:15am: there’s supposed to be pizza at the mall across the street. It looks closed.12:17am: Yeah it’s closed. Moving forward for pizza.12:24am: $18 for a personal pizza? Hahahahahaha, no.12:45am: Just hit the wall. So tired. To hell with...
Matt Dallas comes out as gay
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Matt Dallas appeared to come out of the closet on Sunday night. The star of the former ABC Family series “Kyle XY” (2006-2009) said on his Twitteraccount that he was engaged to marry his boyfriend musician Blue Hamilton.In addition to a picture of Hamilton lounging on a couch with a dog, Dallas tweeted the following: “Starting off the year with a new fiancé, @bluehamilton....
Vital Signs: Perceptions: Babies Seem to Pick Up Language in Utero
Label: HealthA new study suggests that babies learn bits of their native languages even before they are born.A baby develops the ability to hear by about 30 weeks’ gestation, so he can make out his mother’s voice for the last two months of pregnancy. Researchers tested 40 American and 40 Swedish newborns to see if they could distinguish between English and Swedish vowel sounds. The study is scheduled for future...
Japan’s Cleanup After a Nuclear Accident Is Denounced
Label: BusinessKo Sasaki for The New York TimesBags of contaminated soil outside the Naraha-Minami school near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. NARAHA, Japan — The decontamination crews at a deserted elementary school here are at the forefront of what Japan says is the most ambitious radiological cleanup the world has seen, one that promised to draw on cutting-edge technology from across the globe. ...
Jan
07
From gang member to team player
Label: World SAN FRANCISCO — Luis Aroche learned about violence at Leonard R. Flynn Elementary School, across from the projects where his...
A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Jan. 7
Label: Technology Our good friends at Google run a daily puzzle challenge and asked us to help get them out to the geeky masses. Each day’s puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to Google mastery. Each morning at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time you’ll see a new puzzle posted here.SPOILER WARNING:We leave the comments on so people can work together to find the answer....
Calvin Harris returns to top of British album chart
Label: LifestyleLONDON (Reuters) – Scottish producer and singer Calvin Harris returned to the top of the British album charts with “18 Months” in the first week of 2013, the Official Charts Company said on Sunday.The release, his third studio album, had hit the number one spot on its debut in November, and climbed from seventh place to regain the best sellers’ crown.Singer Emeli Sandé slipped one notch to number...
Alarm in Albuquerque Over Plan to End Methadone for Inmates
Label: HealthMark Holm for The New York TimesOfficials at New Mexico’s largest jail want to end its methadone program. Addicts like Penny Strayer hope otherwise. ALBUQUERQUE — It has been almost four decades since Betty Jo Lopez started using heroin. Her face gray and wizened well beyond her 59 years, Ms. Lopez would almost certainly still be addicted, if not for the fact that she is locked away in jail,...
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