STORY HIGHLIGHTSGene Seymour: Spike Lee, Quentin Tarantino spatting over "Django Unchained"Seymour says film, which upends slavery narrative, is classic comic-book TarantinoHe says debate is over whether white artists have right to tell any part of black American storySeymour notes James Baldwin's sound advice: "If you don't like their alternative, write yours" Editor's note: Gene Seymour is a film...
USADA head: I got death threats during Armstrong probe
Labels: Health (CBS News) Travis Tygart is the head of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, which polices U.S. Olympic sports. Lance Armstrong won the world's most grueling event, the Tour de France, seven times. But after Tygart's investigation, Armstrong lost all of his titles. In his first interview, Tygart spoke with us for the premier of a new program, "60 Minutes Sports" on Showtime. Tygart says Armstrong was doping...
Menu Calorie Counts: How Accurate Are They?
Labels: Business They are supposed to help America's obesity problem: calorie counts boldly displayed on restaurant menus across the country and important information, considering Americans now eat one-third of their meals outside the home.Two states and nine counties require them today, and by the middle of next year, a federal law is expected to force chain restaurants, convenience stores...
Jan
07
World's oldest pills treated sore eyes
Labels: World In ancient Rome, physicians treated sore eyes with the same active ingredients as today. So suggests an analysis of pills found on the Relitto del Pozzino, a cargo ship wrecked off the Italian coast in around 140 BC. "To our knowledge,...
"17 billion" Earth-sized planets in Milky Way: study
Labels: Technology WASHINGTON: The Milky Way contains at least 17 billion planets the size of Earth, and likely many more, according to a study out Monday that raises the chances of discovering a sister planet to ours.Astronomers using NASA's Kepler spacecraft found that about 17 per cent of stars in our galaxy have a planet about the size of Earth in a close orbit.The Milky Way is known to host about 100...
Marijuana use is too risky a choice
Labels: LifestyleSTORY HIGHLIGHTSDavid Frum: Casual use of marijuana shouldn't be a reason to lock people upHe says there are serious risks to brain development, mental health in using marijuanaFrum says it's better to send simple message that marijuana is illegalHe says too often social rules become so complex many people can't navigate themEditor's note: David Frum, a CNN contributor, is a contributing editor at...
Millions of foreclosure abuse victims to get checks
Labels: Health (CBS News) LOS ANGELES - Since the real estate implosion five years ago, major banks have been accused of fraudulent tactics to foreclose on thousands of Americans. On Monday, the U.S. government reached a settlement with 10 banks who will pay $8.5 billion. About four million homeowners who lost their homes to foreclosure will be getting some compensation. About 200 people showed up to a workshop...
Colo. Suspect Bought Ticket 12 Days Before Shooting
Labels: Business Accused Aurora movie theater gunman James Holmes bought his movie ticket 12 days before the shooting, it was revealed in court today during the emotional first day of a preliminary hearing.Aurora Police Department homicide detective Matthew Ingui testified that there is no video surveillance of the actual shooting, but there are several photos of Holmes checking into the theater...
Jan
06
Silent Skype calls can hide secret messages
Labels: World Got a secret message to send? Say it with silence. A new technique can embed secret data during a phone call on Skype. "There are concerns that Skype calls can be intercepted and analysed," says Wojciech Mazurczyk at the Institute of Telecommunications in Warsaw, Poland. So his team's SkypeHide system lets users...
British tourist plunges to death off Australia waterfall
Labels: Technology SYDNEY: Police on Monday were attempting to retrieve the body of a British tourist who slipped over the edge of a waterfall in Australia's Blue Mountains and plunged to his death.The 20-year-old man was walking with friends at Wentworth Falls, west of Sydney, on Sunday afternoon when he lost his footing and fell some 80 metres (260 feet).Police said a friend summoned help and while paramedics...
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