The gig: Andrew Wiederhorn is the chairman and chief executive of Fatburger Inc., a fast-food restaurant chain based in Beverly...
Jan
25
Security boosted for Orange County gun show
Label: World As the nation debates the idea of new gun laws, the decades-old Crossroads of the West Gun Show at the Orange County Fairgrounds...
New PlayStation 4 details emerge: 8-core AMD ‘Bulldozer’ CPU, redesigned controller and more
Label: Technology2013 is a huge year for gamers. Nintendo (NTDOY) just launched the Wii U ahead of the holidays and both Sony (SNE) and Microsoft (MSFT) are expected to issue next-generation consoles before the year is through. We’ve seen plenty of rumors about both systems over the past few months, and the latest comes from Kotaku and focuses on Sony’s PlayStation 4.[More from BGR: BlackBerry 10 said to be overhyped,...
Damon 'hijacks' Kimmel's ABC show
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Matt Damon had his revenge.The butt of a long-running joke on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," the actor opened Thursday night's show as a kidnapper who tied Kimmel to a chair with duct tape and gagged him with his own tie."There's a new host in town and his initials are M.D.," Damon said. "That's right, the doctor is in."For years, Kimmel has joked at the end of his show that he ran out...
HCA Must Pay Kansas City Foundation $162 Million
Label: HealthHCA, the nation’s largest profit-making hospital chain, was ordered on Thursday to pay $162 million after a judge in Missouri ruled that it had failed to abide by an agreement to make improvements to dilapidated hospitals that it bought in the Kansas City area several years ago. The judge also ordered a court-appointed accountant to determine whether HCA had actually provided the levels of...
Lawmaker questions Disney's plan for wristband data
Label: Business A congressman from Massachusetts raised questions Thursday about how Walt Disney Co. will use information it collects when it...
Jan
24
Former LAUSD teacher accused of molesting 20 children
Label: World A former Los Angeles Unified School District teacher was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of committing lewd acts and sexually...
Google Wants to Own the Airwaves, Now
Label: TechnologyAs if Google‘s launching a free Wi-Fi network in New York City earlier this month wasn’t curious enough, now the search giant is asking the Federal Communications Commission for a license to create an “experimental radio service.” What’s an experimental radio service, you ask? Well, Google won’t say exactly what its doing with the air above its Mountain View, California headquarters, but the details...
Artist Christo takes small steps on Colo. project
Label: LifestyleDENVER (AP) — Construction of the proposed "Over the River" project in Colorado is on hold pending legal challenges, but artist Christo said Wednesday his team is doing other work so he can one day suspend nearly six miles worth of silvery fabric in sections over the Arkansas River.Railroad tracks are being cleared along the project route that traces U.S. 50 between Canon City and Salida, and work...
Well: Long Term Effects on Life Expectancy From Smoking
Label: HealthIt is often said that smoking takes years off your life, and now a new study shows just how many: Longtime smokers can expect to lose about 10 years of life expectancy.But amid those grim findings was some good news for former smokers. Those who quit before they turn 35 can gain most if not all of that decade back, and even those who wait until middle age to kick the habit can add about five years...
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