WASHINGTON – Congress returned in a lame duck session with no signs of quick compromise to prevent a tax hike for most Americans...
Pentagon: A Human Will Always Decide When a Robot Kills You
Label: Technology The Pentagon wants to make perfectly clear that every time one of its flying robots releases its lethal payload, it’s the result of a decision made by an accountable human being in a lawful chain of command. Human rights groups and nervous citizens fear that technological advances in autonomy will slowly lead to the day when robots make that critical decision for themselves. But according...
Actor: CBS comedy ‘Two and a Half Men’ is ‘filth’
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — The teenage actor who plays the half in the hit CBS comedy “Two and a Half Men” says it’s “filth” and through a video posted by a Christian church has urged viewers not to watch it.Nineteen-year-old Angus T. Jones has been on the show since he was 10 but says he doesn’t want to be on it. He says, “Please stop watching it. Please stop filling your head with filth.”The video was posted...
Amid Hurricane Sandy, a Race to Get a Liver Transplant
Label: HealthIt was the best possible news, at the worst possible time. The phone call from the hospital brought the message that Dolores and Vin Dreeland had long hoped for, ever since their daughter Natalia, 4, had been put on the waiting list for a liver transplant. The time had come. They bundled her into the car for the 50-mile trip from their home in Long Valley, N.J., to NewYork-Presbyterian...
DealBook: Mortgage Interest Deduction Is Now Seen as Vulnerable
Label: BusinessA tax break that has long been untouchable could soon be in for some serious scrutiny.Many home buyers deduct their mortgage interest when assessing their tax bill, a perk that has helped bolster the income of millions of families — and the broader housing market.But as President Obama and Congress try to hash out a deal to reduce the budget deficit, the mortgage interest deduction will likely be...
Hybrid 3-D Printer Used to Create Cartilage Implants
Label: Technology Scientists at the Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine have pioneered an approach to replace damaged cartilage, combining two low-cost techniques.That’s right. We have the ability to 3-D print human cartilage.The research team’s breakthrough mixes electrospinning, a method of creating synthetic, polymer-based nanoscale-fibrous materials used for implants and wound dressing,...
Singer Bjork’s vocal cord surgery successful
Label: LifestyleLONDON (AP) — Icelandic singer Bjork says she has had successful surgery to remove a vocal cord polyp.The eccentric 47-year-old singer says on her official website that she had been trying to tackle the problem with exercises and diets since doctors first discovered the polyp, a benign growth on either one or both of the vocal cords, several years ago.Bjork said that she decided to undergo laser surgery...
M.I.T. Lab Hatches Ideas, and Companies, by the Dozens
Label: HealthHOW do you take particles in a test tube, or components in a tiny chip, and turn them into a $100 million company? Dr. Robert Langer, 64, knows how. Since the 1980s, his Langer Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has spun out companies whose products treat cancer, diabetes, heart disease and schizophrenia, among other diseases, and even thicken hair. The Langer Lab is...
Legal Consensus of Warrantless Cellphone Searches Is Elusive
Label: BusinessJudges and lawmakers across the country are wrangling over whether and when law enforcement authorities can peer into suspects’ cellphones, and the cornucopia of evidence they provide. Peter DaSilva for The New York TimesOrganizations like the Electronic Frontier Foundation, where Hanni Fakhoury is a lawyer, have lobbied for legislation that would require authorities to obtain a warrant...
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