PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Everything about Brandt Snedeker moves at warp speed, including his rapid rise into golf's elite.He talks so fast that he always seems to be a few words short of a complete sentence. He plays fast, giving his hips a quick swivel to set his position before pulling the trigger. Even his putts go into the hole quickly, most of them struck with purpose instead of hope.But when...
What heals traumatized kids? Answers are lacking
Label: HealthCHICAGO (AP) — Shootings and other traumatic events involving children are not rare events, but there's a startling lack of scientific evidence on the best ways to help young survivors and witnesses heal, a government-funded analysis found.School-based counseling treatments showed the most promise, but there's no hard proof that anxiety drugs or other medication work and far more research is needed...
Grammy audience down, still 2nd highest since 1993
Label: EntertainmentNEW YORK (AP) — It's back down to earth for the Grammy Awards in the television ratings.The Nielsen company said Monday that music's annual awards show was seen by 28.1 million people on CBS on Sunday night. That's the second-largest audience for the program since 1993.It was way down from last year, when just under 40 million people tuned in during extraordinary circumstances. The 2012 show came...
Dozens of airline fees rose, changed in 2012
Label: Business Airline travel fees — including charges to check a bag and to board early — have become so prevalent that travelers almost need...
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Inmate accused of seeking to kill girl, 11, her sister and mother
Label: World A man jailed on charges of having sex with an 11-year-old girl tried to hire someone to kill the girl, her 16-year-old sister...
Insight: Apple and Samsung, frenemies for life
Label: TechnologySAN FRANCISCO/SEOUL (Reuters) - It was the late Steve Jobs' worst nightmare. A powerful Asian manufacturer, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, uses Google Inc's Android software to create smartphones and tablets that closely resemble the iPhone and the iPad. Samsung starts gaining market share, hurting Apple Inc's margins and stock price and threatening its reign as the king of cool in consumer...
Paternos issue report, challenge Freeh's findings
Label: SportsSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — A report commissioned by Joe Paterno's family says the late coach did nothing wrong in his handling of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal and portrays the late Hall of Fame coach as the victim of a "rush to injustice" created by former FBI director Louis Freeh's investigation of the case for Penn State.The family's critique, released Sunday, argues that the findings...
After early start, worst of flu season may be over
Label: HealthNEW YORK (AP) — The worst of the flu season appears to be over.The number of states reporting intense or widespread illnesses dropped again last week, and in a few states there was very little flu going around, U.S. health officials said Friday.The season started earlier than normal, first in the Southeast and then spreading. But now, by some measures, flu activity has been ebbing for at least four...
All eyes on Frank Ocean as Grammy Awards approach
Label: EntertainmentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Everybody's thinkin' about Frank Ocean.Ocean is a cause celebre and the man with the momentum as Sunday's Grammy Awards approach. One of six top nominees with six nominations apiece, the 25-year-old R&B singer turned cultural talking point will have the music world's attention.It remains to be seen if it will be the "Thinkin Bout You" singer's night, but there's no question...
The fine line between legitimate businesses and pyramid schemes
Label: Business Controversy is again casting a shadow over the multilevel marketing industry, as nutritional supplement company Herbalife Inc.,...
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