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'Avatar' director Cameron accused over screenplay
Labels: Technology LOS ANGELES: A US judge ordered director James Cameron to hand over drafts of the screenplay for "Avatar" Wednesday, to lawyers for a man claiming he wrote the script on which the 3D blockbuster was based.Eric Ryder is seeking compensation from Cameron and his production company Lightstorm Entertainment, claiming that the 2009 Oscar-nominated film is based on a story he wrote called "K.R.Z....
Clinton angrily rejects GOP criticism on Benghazi
Labels: LifestyleSTORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: Secretary of state completes more than five hours of sometimes contentious hearingsLibya wanted to provide security, but lacked the capacity, Clinton said"I take responsibility," Clinton tells Senate committeeClinton's appearance before Congress was delayed due to health issuesWashington (CNN) -- At times angry and choked with emotion, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday...
Women now equal men in lung cancer deaths
Labels: Health U.S. women who smoke today have a much greater risk of dying from lung cancer than they did decades ago, partly because they are starting younger and smoking more - that is, they are lighting up like men, new research shows. Men who smoke have long had higher lung cancer death rates, but now women have caught up in their risk of dying from smoking-related illnesses. Lung cancer risk leveled off in...
Pentagon to Allow Women in Combat
Labels: Business Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will lift a longstanding ban on women serving in combat, according to senior defense officials.The services have until this May to come up with a plan to implement the change, according to a Defense Department official.That means the changes could come into effect as early as May. The services will have until January 2016 to complete the implementation...
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Defterios: What keeps Davos relevant
Labels: WorldSTORY HIGHLIGHTSSince the late 20th Century, the ski resort of Davos has been synonymous with the World Economic ForumDefterios: I first came to Davos as a relatively junior correspondent, two months after the Berlin Wall fellFall of Communism, China's opening, removal of apartheid in South Africa unfolded in the 90sIt's the inter-play between geo-politics and business is what keeps the forum relevantDavos...
Marines beat a retreat in Beyonce lip-sync flap
Labels: Technology WASHINGTON: The US Marine Corps beat a hasty retreat Tuesday from a furore over whether Beyonce lip-synched "The Star-Spangled Banner" at President Barack Obama's public inauguration ceremony.First, the New York Times quoted a US Marine Band spokeswoman as saying that, just before Beyonce took the stage Monday, the musicians learned a version of the national anthem it had pre-recorded...
Israeli election could halt rightward swing
Labels: LifestyleSTORY HIGHLIGHTSNetanyahu's party wins but the centrists do well, exit polls sayWill the new government be more centrist or move right?Yesh Atid comes in second, Labor third, exit polling saysThe far-right Jewish Home gets 12 seatsJerusalem (CNN) -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's party got the most votes in Israel's national election Tuesday, but a respectable showing by centrists could slow...
Evidence shows bold L.A. priest abuse cover-up
Labels: Health (CBS News) LOS ANGELES - There is new evidence that leaders of the Catholic Church in Los Angeles maneuvered secretly to shield priests accused of sexually abusing children. Documents just released indicate they never told parishioners -- or the police -- what they knew. "What we're seeing in these files is but a glimpse into a very, very dark, and endless tunnel of secrecy, of abuse, of silence,"...
Left Turn? Obama Speech Invigorates Progressives
Labels: Business A presidential campaign that was largely about jobs and the economy gave way during Monday's inaugural ceremonies to a sweeping affirmation of progressivism and call for "collective action." Now, liberal allies of President Obama say they're closely watching to see whether the second-term president follows through on issues with which he has struggled before.Obama's groundbreaking...
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