STORY HIGHLIGHTSFrida Ghitis: As secretary of state, Clinton made equality for gays a foreign policy valueShe says treatment of LGBT citizens is a microcosm of a nation's human rights approachShe says Clinton used U.S. sway to advance LGBT rights as global standardGhitis: Clinton gave a boost to human rights for all and nudge to process of freedomEditor's note: Frida Ghitis is a world affairs columnist...
Sony bills coming PS4 console as future of gaming
Labels: Technology NEW YORK: Sony unveiled a new-generation PlayStation 4 (PS4) system on Wednesday and laid out its vision for the "future of gaming" in a world rich with mobile gadgets and play streamed from the Internet cloud.At a press event in New York, computer entertainment unit chief Andrew House said PS4 "represents a significant shift from thinking of PlayStation as a box or console to thinking...
Woman's corpse found in LA hotel's water tank
Labels: LifestyleBy Alan Duke, CNNupdated 6:53 PM EST, Wed February 20, 2013STORY HIGHLIGHTSElisa Lam disappeared from the hotel on January 31Canadian's body was found in a Cecil Hotel water tank TuesdayPolice investigating deathLos Angeles (CNN) -- Tourists staying at a Los Angeles hotel bathed, brushed teeth and drank with water from a tank in which a young woman's body was likely decomposing for more than two weeks,...
Library of Congress works to save priceless recordings
Labels: Health (CBS News) CULPEPER, Va. -- Cameras and microphones are virtually everywhere these days, and it seems just about everything that happens is preserved forever on the internet. Of course, it wasn't always that way. The Library of Congress has just reported that 80 percent of motion pictures filmed before 1930 -- and countless audio recordings from that era -- are gone. But the library has a plan...
Armstrong Snubs Offer From Anti-Doping Officials
Labels: Business Lance Armstrong has turned down what may be his last chance at reducing his lifetime sporting ban. Armstrong has already admitted in an interview with Oprah Winfrey to a career fueled by doping and deceit. But to get a break from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, all he had to do was tell his story to those who police sports doping. The deadline was today, and Armstrong now says he...
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How can U.S. deal with cyber war?
Labels: WorldMichael Hayden says lack of domestic agreement is driving U.S. to take the offense on cyber attacks.STORY HIGHLIGHTSObama administration beefing up effort to counter cyberattacksMichael Hayden says emphasis is on striking first, as the U.S. does with drone attacksEx-CIA director says drone policy reflects lack of consensus on handling prisonersHayden: Is killing terrorists preferred because of division...
Japan logs worst January trade deficit of $17.4 bn
Labels: Technology TOKYO: Japan logged its worst ever trade deficit for January due mainly to heavier fuel import bills, official data showed Wednesday.Finance ministry figures showed the economy suffered a shortfall of 1.63 trillion yen, the worst deficit on record for the month. Comparable data began in 1979.Economists had expected an average shortfall of 1.3 trillion yen.Exports increased 6.4 percent...
Georgia inmate granted last-minute stay of execution
Labels: LifestyleBy CNN Staffupdated 7:53 PM EST, Tue February 19, 2013Warren Lee Hill's defenders say he should not be executed because he is mentally impaired.STORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the Georgia Court of Appeals grant the stays NEW: Warren Lee Hill's attorney says they came within a half hour of the scheduled executionHill's defenders say he's mentally disabledHill was convicted...
New details bring into focus Newtown shooter's motive
Labels: Health (CBS News) Monday night, CBS News broke the story that Adam Lanza, the killer at Sandy Hook Elementary School, had an obsession with a mass murder that occurred the year before. The Hartford Courant newspaper added to that, reporting that investigators found clippings about the earlier killing in Lanza's home. Newtown shooter motivated by Norway massacre, sources sayA look back at the Norway massacreNewtown...
Report Fingers Chinese Military Unit in US Hacks
Labels: Business A Virginia-based cyber security firm has released a new report alleging a specific Chinese military unit is likely behind one of the largest cyber espionage and attack campaigns aimed at American infrastructure and corporations.In the report, released today by Mandiant, China's Unit 61398 is blamed for stealing "hundreds of terabytes of data from at least 141 organizations" since...
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