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Los Angeles Times - Fri Dec 11, 9:43 pm ET
The season's best gifts in fashion, jewelry, accessories and more. The season's best gifts in fashion, jewelry, accessories and more.
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Provo Daily Herald - Fri Dec 11, 8:15 pm ET
Louis Pope of U.S. Synthetic Corp., one of five Utah entrepreneurs honored on Thursday for his innovation and philanthropic work, is retiring after 31 years of managing his drill bit manufacturing bus
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redOrbit - Fri Dec 11, 5:18 pm ET
Researchers propose carbon payments in rangelands, improved feeds to encourage poor farmers to produce more food with fewer emissionsIn the face of reports about the ills livestock generate for the climate, environment and health, a new study published in the December issue of the journal Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability emphasizes that livestock production in developing and ...
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 11, 4:17 pm ET
Samoa survived a late New Zealand surge to triumph 24-22 Friday after the first major clash in the South Africa leg of the IRB Sevens World Series.
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Salon.com - Fri Dec 11, 4:09 pm ET
We’ve previously covered web-based labor and outsourcing services — notably Shorttask and Amazon’s Mechanical Turk — that match-make workers and tasks, and I’ve been critical of the unsustainable payment levels for most of the tasks on offer, often at compensation levels lower than minimum wage.
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San Francisco Chronicle - Fri Dec 11, 3:45 pm ET
1 India: Israel's Counter-Terrorism Bureau advised Israelis to avoid synagogues and Chabad centers in India, based on the possibility of attacks similar to those in Mumbai in November 2008. FBI agents investigating two Chicago men said to be involved in... Mumbai - India - Federal Bureau of Investigation - Chicago - Warfare and Conflict
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MSNBC - Fri Dec 11, 3:27 pm ET
Somali Islamist insurgents have imported terrorist tactics and technology used with deadly results in Iraq and Afghanistan, threatening the African country's beleaguered government.
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AP via Yahoo! Sports - Fri Dec 11, 3:12 pm ET
Only Samoa, Fiji and England carried spotless records through the first day of the South Africa Sevens, where the host and defending champion drew with Kenya 12-12 in the last seconds on Friday. Kenya led 12-0 at halftime then lost tryscorer Innocent Simiyu to the sinbin and South Africa began its rally.
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Science Daily - Fri Dec 11, 3:09 pm ET
Anthropologists have established a conceptual framework for measuring the health as well as the social impacts of violence in northern Kenya. The study has worldwide implications, as violent conflict is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality.
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US News & World Report - Fri Dec 11, 2:37 pm ET
Critics say the president's youth played a role in his drawn-out assessment of Afghanistan.
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Fox News - Fri Dec 11, 2:15 pm ET
Somali Islamist insurgents have imported terrorist tactics and technology used with deadly results in Iraq and Afghanistan, threatening the African country's beleaguered government and causing alarm as far as Washington.
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U.S. Department of State - Fri Dec 11, 2:12 pm ET
Remarks at the First Diplomacy Briefing Series Meeting, Focused on the Issues and Challenges of U.S. Relations With Latin America Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC December 11, 2009 MR. CROWLEY: A woman who truly needs no introduction, the 67 th Secretary of State and our global rock star, Hillary Rodham Clinton. (Laughter.) SECRETARY CLINTON: Just don’t ask me to sing ...
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AP via Yahoo! Sports - Fri Dec 11, 2:12 pm ET
GEORGE, South Africa (AP) -- Results Friday from the South Africa Sevens, the second stop in the IRB world series: Pool A South Africa 38, France 14 Kenya 50, Zimbabwe 0 South Africa 29, Zimbabwe 5 Kenya 33, France 7 Zimbabwe 31, France 5 South Africa 12, Kenya 12 Pool B Fiji 50, Portugal 7 Australia 14, Russia 14 Fiji 31, Russia 12 Australia 21, Portugal 5 Portugal 21, Russia 12 Fiji 31 ...
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The St. Helena Star - Fri Dec 11, 1:33 pm ET
Sunday, Dec. 13 will be an unusual evening along Main Street in downtown St. Helena.
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AFP/File via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 11, 1:29 pm ET
A Czech zoo is to transfer four endangered Northern White rhinos to a Kenyan reserve in a last-ditch attempt to ensure the survival of the species.