LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Prosecutors charged a 12-year-old boy on Thursday with making a false emergency call that sent police swarming to the home of actor Ashton Kutcher in a “swatting” prank.The name of the boy, who was arrested by Los Angeles police in December, was withheld due to his age. He was scheduled to be arraigned in a juvenile court in Los Angeles on Friday.The trend toward placing false...
Feb
07
California boy to be arraigned in “swatting” prank on actor Kutcher
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Peter Hauri, Psychologist Who Focused on Insomnia, Dies at 79
Label: HealthPeter Hauri, a psychologist who was among the first researchers to study the mysterious mechanics of a good night’s sleep, and who established widely used guidelines for avoiding insomnia without drugs, died on Jan. 31 in Rochester, Minn., where he had been director of the Mayo Sleep Disorders Center until he retired in 2000. He was 79. The cause was complications of a brain injury sustained...
Chinese Imports and Exports Soar in January
Label: BusinessHONG KONG — January trade data from China on Friday showed a surge in exports and imports from a year earlier — a phenomenon that was largely due to the timing of the Lunar New Year holiday, but that also supported the view that the Chinese economy is firming. Economic data from China are often severely distorted by the holiday, the highlight of the Chinese calendar, when many factories...
Feb
06
L.A. County Sheriff's Department intends to fire seven deputies
Label: World Seven Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies have been notified that the department intends to fire them for belonging to a secret...
Microsoft Teases Future Surface Pro Accessories With Extra Battery Power
Label: Technology Days before Surface Pro’s release date, Microsoft is already teasing the types of accessories we’ll see for the device. In a Reddit AMA hosted on Wednesday, members of the Surface Team responded to user questions, and suggested that a Surface Pro cover that would double as an extra battery pack is in the works. Good thing, too, since we found that the Surface Pro could barely get around four...
How Ang Lee Took a Tiger by the Tail to Create ‘Life of Pi’
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – It would have been foolish to predict what “Life of Pi” – has become: a box-office phenomenon that has swept one country after another, a game changer in its use of 3D and computer graphics and a critical darling with 11 Oscar nominations including best picture, director, screenplay, cinematography and two for composer Mychael Danna.“It still comes as a surprise,” director...
Daniel Doctoroff Enlists Bloomberg in A.L.S. Research
Label: HealthNicole Bengiveno/The New York TimesDaniel L. Doctoroff, second from right, chief executive of Bloomberg L.P., at Columbia University’s Motor Neuron Center. Daniel L. Doctoroff watched in pain as his father developed a limp one day, was found to have Lou Gehrig’s disease, and died within two years. Then an uncle also developed symptoms of the same disease, and died soon after. Now Mr. Doctoroff,...
DealBook: R.B.S. to Pay $612 Million Over Rate Rigging
Label: BusinessA campaign to root out financial fraud secured a victory on Wednesday, as authorities took aim at the Royal Bank of Scotland for its role in an interest rate manipulation scheme that has emboldened prosecutors and consumed the banking industry.American and British authorities struck a combined $612 million settlement with the bank, the latest case to emerge from the global investigation into rate-rigging....
Feb
05
Child porn suspect indicted by federal grand jury
Label: World A North Hills woman whom authorities allege plied a young girl with crack cocaine and photographed her being sexually abused...
Don't Call It a Tablet
Label: Technology The Surface Pro looks like a tablet, but it’s not a mobile device. It’s a portable device. Sure, put the Surface Pro next to the Surface RT and it’s hard to spot many differences. One’s a little thicker, but their shapes are otherwise identical. Both have the same matte-black, magnesium-based casing. They both can be used with snap-in keyboards and they’re both propped up into typing position...
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