ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast security officials are torturing dozens of detainees by administering electric shocks and other forms of abuse, Amnesty International alleged Friday.The victims include people charged with endangering state security in the wake of a recent spate of attacks targeting military installations. Since early August, unknown gunmen have...
Rolling Stones play $20 surprise gig in Paris
Label: Lifestyle PARIS (Reuters) – The Rolling Stones performed an energetic warm-up gig in Paris on Thursday for a few hundred fans after announcing on Twitter that tickets would go on sale for 15 euros ($ 19.45) just hours in advance.“I can’t believe we’re all still standing up, you’d think by now one or two of us would be sitting down, but we’re not,” lead singer Mick Jagger, 69,...
Star Silicon Valley analyst felled by Facebook IPO fallout
Label: Technology SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The firing of Citigroup stock analyst Mark Mahaney on Friday in the regulatory fallout from Facebook Inc’s initial public offering was greeted with shock and dismay in Silicon Valley, where Mahaney was a well-known and well-liked figure.“Pretty shocked,” was the reaction of Jacob Funds Chief Executive Ryan Jacob, who described Mahaney as one...
Trans fats raise cholesterol, not blood sugar
Label: Health NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Although trans fats raise your levels of “bad” cholesterol, they don’t appear to have lasting impacts on your blood sugar, according to a new review of the medical evidence.Researchers found that both blood sugar and insulin, the hormone that keeps blood sugar levels in check, were similar regardless of how much trans fat people ate. The...
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Consumers seen lifting GDP despite business caution
Label: Business WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. economic growth likely picked up a bit in the third quarter as a last minute burst in consumer spending offset cutbacks in investment by cautious businesses.The stronger pace of expansion, however, is still expected to fall short of what is needed to make much of a dent in unemployment, and will offer little cheer for the White House ahead...
Lull in fighting between Israel, Gaza militants
Label: World JERUSALEM (AP) — A flare-up in fighting between Israel and militants from Gaza’s ruling Hamas movement has subsided.Both sides say the government in Egypt helped to restore calm. Israeli defense official Amos Gilad told Army Radio on Thursday that Egyptian security forces have “a very impressive ability” to convey to the militants that it...
Cultural historian, author Jacques Barzun dies
Label: Lifestyle Jacques Barzun, a pioneering cultural historian, reigning public intellectual and longtime Ivy League professor who became a best-selling author in his 90s with the acclaimed “From Dawn to Decadence,” has died. He was 104.Barzun, who taught for nearly 50 years at Columbia University, passed away Thursday evening in San Antonio, where he had lived in recent years, his...
Apple iPad sales disappoint, Street eyes the holidays
Label: Technology SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc delivered a second straight quarter of disappointing results and iPad sales fell well short of Wall Street’s targets, marring its record of consistently blowing past investors’ expectations.Shares in the world’s most valuable technology company briefly dipped to levels not seen since the start of August, after it delivered a 27 percent...
China passes law to curb abuse of mental hospitals
Label: Health BEIJING (AP) — China‘s legislature on Friday passed a long-awaited mental health law that aims to prevent people from being involuntarily held and unnecessarily treated in psychiatric facilities — abuses that have been used against government critics and triggered public outrage.The law standardizes mental health care services, requiring general hospitals to set up...
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