The Australian radio station that employed the DJs who prank-called the London hospital where Kate Middleton was being treated has cancelled their show and will donate at least $500,000 to the grieving husband and children of the nurse who took the call and later apparently killed herself.Australia's 2Day FM released a statement today saying it hopes to "help [Jacintha] Saldanha's...
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Egypt army gets temporary power to arrest civilians
Labels: WorldCAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's government has temporarily given the military the authority to arrest civilians to help safeguard a constitutional referendum planned for Saturday, the official gazette said. The order, gazetted late on Sunday, said the military would support police and liaise with them to protect "vital institutions" until the referendum result is declared. The...
US, UK shareholders 'now to pay if bank fails'
Labels: Technology LONDON: British and US banking regulators proposed on Monday a joint strategy to ensure that the bankruptcy of big banks won't spark a chain reaction of contagion throughout markets.The two bodies, acting on behalf of the two largest financial centres in the world, stressed that under the proposals, shareholders and not taxpayers would bear the full costs, and top managers would be sacked.At...
Samsung video hints at big release at CES
Labels: LifestyleSamsung's Galaxy S3(Credit:Josh Miller/CNET)A teasing post on Samsung's site suggests a new product will be revealed atCES 2013. In a blog post and video, the electronics giant says that its customers should "get ready" for January 8 to 11 -- the dates of the Consumer Electronics show -- and should stay tuned to learn more. The video doesn't give much away. But the phrase "the world is waiting" may...
N. Korea extends rocket launch window a week
Labels: Health SEOUL, South Korea North Korea on Monday extended the launch period for a controversial long-range rocket by another week, until Dec. 29, citing technical problems. An unidentified spokesman for the North's Korean Committee of Space Technology told state media scientists found a "technical deficiency in the first-stage control engine module of the rocket." The statement didn't elaborate, but said...
Royal Hoax: DJs 'Shattered' After Nurse's Suicide
Labels: Business The two Australian radio DJs who prank-called the London hospital where Kate Middleton was being treated last week said they were "shattered" and "gutted" after the nurse who answered their call apparently killed herself.Shock jocks Mel Greig, 30, and Michael Christian, 25, cried as they spoke to Australia's Channel 9 overnight in their first public interview since Jacintha...
Dec
09
Egypt's Mursi scraps decree, fails to appease opponents
Labels: WorldCAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's president scrapped a decree that gave him extra powers and ignited violent protests, but irate opponents said on Sunday he had deepened the conflict by pressing on with a vote on a constitution shaped by Islamists. President Mohamed Mursi and his Islamist partisans have insisted the referendum go ahead on December 15 to seal a democratic transition that began...
Mandela "comfortable" after night in hospital
Labels: Technology JOHANNESBURG: Nelson Mandela is comfortable, after a restful night in hospital for tests, the South African government said Sunday as the former president spent his second day in hospital.President Jacob Zuma visited the country's first black president and said he had found him "comfortable, and in good care."It was the second time the 94-year-old and increasingly frail Mandela had been...
Square launches gift cards
Labels: LifestyleTwitter and Square founder Jack Dorsey at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco in September.(Credit:Daniel Terdiman/CNET)Square, a leader in mobile payments, today launched a gift card service tied to its Square Wallet program and that could be aimed at attracting some would-be Apple Passbook users.The new service appears designed to let anyone purchase a gift card for friends or family at any of the...
Authors exercise their "write" to self-publish
Labels: Health (CBS News) Even John Lennon - a Beatle - needed a publisher for his first book, "In His Own Write," back in 1964. Today authors nobody ever heard of can publish their OWN work all by themselves . . . IN THEIR OWN WRITE, as it were. Our Cover Story is reported now by Rita Braver: Richard Paul Evans went from a 700-square-foot Salt Lake City house to a much larger one, all because of a little tale...
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