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| Singapore fights recession with upbeat acronyms
February 9, 2009 at 11:34 pm
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| SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) - Not content with a $13.7 billion financial stimulus package, Singapore has unveiled a raft of economic recovery schemes with titles so perky they are almost "comical," the Straits Times newspaper reported on Tuesday. |
| U.S. judges seek massive California prisoner release
February 9, 2009 at 9:57 pm
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| SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Federal judges on Monday tentatively ordered California to release tens of thousands of inmates, up to a third of all prisoners, in the next three years to stop dangerous overcrowding. |
| Olympic sprinter Maurice Greene swaps spikes for dancing shoes
February 9, 2009 at 9:26 pm
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| RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Maurice Greene's powerful legs still keep him in the spotlight but his ballroom dancing shoes, not sprinter's spikes, pay the bills these days. |
| Do it for Fido: smokers may quit to help a pet
February 9, 2009 at 7:08 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People unwilling to quit smoking to improve their own health may consider giving up cigarettes to spare their pets the harmful effects of second-hand smoke, U.S. researchers said on Monday. |
| Scalping suit filed against Ticketmaster in Canada
February 9, 2009 at 6:58 pm
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| VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc was hit with a C$500 million ($410 million) lawsuit in Canada on Monday, alleging the company broke the law by reselling tickets at inflated prices. |
| "Struggling" octuplets mom looks to God for help
February 9, 2009 at 6:57 pm
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| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The California mother of newborn octuplets said on Monday she was counting on God to help provide for her family but acknowledged that she already was "struggling" financially to raise her first six children. |
| Chaotic clinics hurt minority patients: U.S. study
February 9, 2009 at 6:38 pm
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| CHICAGO (Reuters) - Clinics serving high numbers of minority patients are often chaotic and crowded, contributing to the well-documented disparity in health care between blacks and others, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. |
| UK drugs head apologizes over ecstasy danger quip
February 9, 2009 at 4:25 pm
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| LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The head of Britain's narcotics advisory board has apologized after saying the drug ecstasy was less dangerous than horse riding, the government said on Monday. |
| College friends take fraternity dorm humor to TV
February 9, 2009 at 4:04 pm
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| NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - In the latest example of how a small online video-sharing site has turned into a pop culture hit, a web site featuring American college humor took its fraternity pranks to television this week. |
| Women in Italian right-to-die case dead: report
February 9, 2009 at 2:44 pm
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| ROME (Reuters) - Eluana Englaro, the 38-year-old comatose woman who was at the center of an Italian right-to-die case, died on Monday night, politicians said. |
| Superheroes battle budgets at New York Comic Con
February 9, 2009 at 2:20 pm
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| NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - The big man with little dreadlocks aimed his camera at two Imperial Storm troopers. "Say 'Death Star!'" he ordered. |
| Hedonism gives way to "recession chic" in travel
February 9, 2009 at 2:11 pm
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| NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Hedonism is out in the travel business and "recession chic" is in, according to experts at a travel show in New York where customers were looking for bargains to brighten the gloom. |
| Chile realtors offer nighttime anti-crisis discounts
February 9, 2009 at 1:52 pm
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| SANTIAGO (Reuters) - With home sales plunging as the global financial crisis chokes domestic demand, Chilean real estate companies are offering apartments at what they say are cost prices at night -- and even picking up buyers' air fares as an incentive. |
| Free market under fire in topical new documentary
February 9, 2009 at 11:57 am
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| BERLIN (Reuters) - New film "The Shock Doctrine," based on Naomi Klein's bestseller of the same name, argues that governments the world over exploit natural disasters, economic crises and wars to push through radical free market policies. |
| UK family warn of dog danger after baby death
February 9, 2009 at 10:18 am
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| LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The family of a British baby boy killed by two dogs warned other parents on Monday to take care, saying pets could never be totally trusted. |
| Exotic smell key to greasy chip's success
February 9, 2009 at 10:15 am
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| LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Scientists say they may have found out why the great British chip smells so irresistible: a complex blend of scents that includes butterscotch, cocoa, cheese and flowers. |
| Managing your water can be a bit of a fiddle
February 9, 2009 at 10:10 am
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| LONDON (Reuters Life!) - As water becomes a scarce commodity, some people are doing all they can to conserve -- both by reducing consumption and capturing the rain. |
| Recession eroding British press standards: charity
February 9, 2009 at 9:21 am
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| LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The quality of journalism in British newspapers is declining and more mistakes are being made as editors sacrifice standards to keep up sales during the recession, an independent media charity said on Monday. |
| Afghan king's shrine neglected as city modernizes
February 9, 2009 at 8:26 am
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| JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Jalalabad in east Afghanistan has new asphalt roads, traffic lights and a public park, but some residents say it is at the expense of historical treasures such as the tomb of an Afghan king and national hero. |
| China quake amputees need rehabilitation, funds
February 9, 2009 at 5:22 am
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| HONG KONG (Reuters Life!) - Basketball enthusiast Gong Guilin had both his legs amputated after rescuers freed him from the debris of his school which collapsed in China's devastating earthquake last year, but he considers himself lucky. |
| Blast away bad luck with Taiwan fireworks ritual
February 9, 2009 at 5:16 am
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| TAITUNG, Taiwan (Reuters Life!) - Being burned by fireworks is considered a stroke of bad luck, but for Taiwanese who willingly subject themselves to an explosive barrage, it's all about good fortune. |
| No escaping homework for Singapore computer whiz-kid
February 9, 2009 at 4:33 am
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| SINGAPORE, Feb 9 (Reuters Life) - He's made headlines for his computer programing skills, but nine-year-old Singaporean Lim Ding Wen is only allowed to play with his desktop for just two hours a day, and provided he's finished his homework. |
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