India Ink: Tibetans' Self Immolation Nears 100

A Tibetan man doused himself with gasoline and set his body alight on Wednesday in Katmandu, the capital of Nepal, Jim Yardley wrote in The New York Times.This incident takes the number of self immolations by Tibetan exiles protesting China’s rule in their home country just one shy of 100. “The flames of fire raging in Tibet have consumed the lives of 98 Tibetans,” a white paper published last month...

Read More..

Robin Roberts Describes Her Brave Fight for Life

People Exclusive By Sharon Cotliar 02/13/2013 at 07:00 AM EST In an exclusive interview, Good Morning America's Robin Roberts reveals for the first time that there was a point after her September bone marrow transplant, "where I felt like I was dying."It was a few days after Roberts, 52, underwent the transplant...

Read More..

Study questions kidney cancer treatment in elderly

In a stunning example of when treatment might be worse than the disease, a large review of Medicare records finds that older people with small kidney tumors were much less likely to die over the next five years if doctors monitored them instead of operating right away.Even though nearly all of these tumors turned out to be cancer, they rarely proved fatal. And surgery roughly doubled patients' risk...

Read More..

Stock index futures point to slightly higher start

LONDON (Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a slightly higher open on Wall Street on Wednesday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 up 0.1-0.2 percent at 0958 GMT (4.58 a.m EST). European shares were slightly lower, although they remained near the top of a six-day trading range. French bank Societe Generale sank 3.7 percent after it unveiled a bigger-than-expected...

Read More..

Mobile phone maker Nokia expands budget Asha line-up

HELSINKI (Reuters) – Mobile phone maker Nokia expanded its line of low-end smartphones on Tuesday with the Asha 310, which comes with dual-SIM and wi-fi access, aiming to bolster its market share in developing markets.Nokia has been losing market share to Samsung and Apple in the high-end smartphone market and is also struggling at the low end against growing competition from Chinese manufacturers.The...

Read More..

India Ink: Lost and Found at the Kumbh Mela

ALLAHABAD, Uttar Pradesh— Most people know the heart-sinking feeling of losing someone in a crowded place. Imagine the feeling of being lost at the largest gathering of humanity in the world, the Kumbh Mela.It’s a scene so dramatic, and so common, that it’s a theme in many Bollywood movies — families who attend the Kumbh are separated and then reunited decades later.Pranmati Pandey, a middle-aged...

Read More..

Bethenny Frankel & Daughter's Happy Playtime in Beverly Hills

Caught in the Act 02/12/2013 at 06:00 AM EST Bethenny Frankel and Bryn Ramey Bethenny Frankel and daughter Bryn enjoyed some mommy and me time in Beverly Hills on Saturday.Frankel looked happy as the duo played at the Beverly Canon Gardens outside the Montage...

Read More..

Yen steady, euro dips after G7 urges against FX war

LONDON (Reuters) - The yen hovered near three-year lows against the dollar and the euro fell on Tuesday after the G7 nations urged countries to refrain from competitive devaluations and a U.S. official backed Japan's new anti-deflation policies. The Group of Seven industrialized nations published a statement saying it remained committed to "market-determined" exchange rates, reacting...

Read More..

Tim Cook reportedly opposed suing Samsung but was overruled by Steve Jobs in 2011

...

Read More..

Pope Benedict XVI Says He Will Resign, Cites Ill Health

Samantha Zucchi Insidefoto/European Pressphoto AgencyPope Benedict XVI blessing members of the Order of the Knights of Malta at the Vatican on Saturday. ROME — Pope Benedict XVI, the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger who took office in 2005 following the death of his predecessor, said on Monday that he will resign on Feb. 28, the first pope to do so in six centuries. Regarded as a doctrinal...

Read More..