ROME (AP) ? Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will renew their rivalry in the Italian Open final Sunday ? exactly a week before the French Open starts. In Saturday's semifinals at the Foro Italico, Federer held off a stiff challenge from Frenchman Benoit Paire 7-6 (5), 6-4. Six-time Rome champion... Continue reading

One of the unfortunate benefits of growing older is lower back pain and it can be because of an injury, or just the result of years of lifting children, groceries, or bending over constantly cleaning the house, or doing dishes. While there can be a lot of different causes you... Continue reading

Earlier today, Yahoo sent press invites to a "product-related" event in New York City Monday afternoon and there are already two separate rumors about the company's plans. The first, from Bloomberg, concerns the event specifically and cites a "person familiar with the matter" reporting we'll hear about new updates for... Continue reading

Posted on | May 17, 2013 | Comments Pity the poor lawmakers of the state of Washington. This is what life looks like this week: In this April 20, 2013 file photo, employees of The Healing Leaf collective in Lake Stevens show some of their product during ?Studio 4/20,? a... Continue reading

Most will adore riding in limousines. It will barely be surprising since such vehicles could really provide convenience, comfort, and luxury for people. One could opt to rent one for bridal showers, weddings, and birthdays. One could get them for proms, airport transfers, and special meetings too. One will acquire... Continue reading

Cooking at home can save you a lot of money, but you can also rack up a huge grocery bill learning to make certain dishes that don't always turn out better than their cheaper counterparts. What are your favorite inexpensive, home-cooked meals? Personal finance blog Wise Bread shares a number... Continue reading

After being strapped onto the front of a 15-story controlled explosion and launched clear out of the atmosphere to live in an experimental laboratory orbiting around the Earth at thousands of miles an hour, the least NASA can do is give you a good meal. Feeding the crew of the... Continue reading

Yahoo has a problem: it has no idea what it's doing, or how it's going to do it (outside of teenage dream hires). Some people who claim intimate knowledge say the company is going to do it by throwing a serious Hail Mary in its quest for cool: buying Tumblr... Continue reading

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NEW YORK (AP) ? Encouraging news about the U.S. economy extended the stock market's rally Friday. A gauge of future economic activity rose more than analysts had expected, as did a measure of consumer confidence, adding to evidence that the economy is steadily recovering. Stocks are on track to close... Continue reading

We give you what you need to know about the family-friendliness of this week's new releases. This week, it's time for you and your family to set phasers to fun! (Sorry -- we couldn't help ourselves.) Star Trek Into Darkness soars into theaters, but is it safe for your entire... Continue reading

CAIRO (AP) ? Suspected militants in Egypt's Sinai abducted six security personnel as they headed to Cairo for holidays early Thursday, security officials said, the first such kidnapping of security forces in the increasingly lawless peninsula. The officials said masked gunmen ambushed two taxis at gunpoint outside the city of... Continue reading

Abuja ? The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday in Abuja approved a medium term debt management strategy to address the structure and level of the nation?s domestic and foreign debts. Dr Yerima Ngama, the Minister of State for Finance, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents on the outcome... Continue reading

NEW YORK (AP) ? Global health officials say a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS has apparently spread from patients to two health care workers in eastern Saudi Arabia. They say the virus has likely already spread person-to-person in some circumstances, including between patients in France. But the confirmed... Continue reading

May 15, 2013 ? A new study by scientists at Duke University and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) finds no evidence of groundwater contamination from shale gas production in Arkansas. "Our results show no discernible impairment of groundwater quality in areas associated with natural gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing in... Continue reading

It's been almost a month since KEF announced its first headphone series, and yesterday we finally got the chance to try out its M500 cans and M200 in-ears at the company's Hong Kong launch event. In fact, it's worth noting that while KEF originated from the UK 52 years ago,... Continue reading

Taking the helm as CIO of Montana is Ron Baldwin, who brings 30 years of experience in both public- and private-sector IT. Appointed by Gov. Steve Bullock, Baldwin, who served as CIO for Montana?s Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) since February 2009, assumed the position as state... Continue reading

If you use Google's prescient assistant service, Google Now -- available for iOS in the Google Search app -- well it's about to get better. At Google IO today they've announced a set of new Cards, including reminders, music, TV, movies, public transit, and messaging. No word yet on when... Continue reading

A fossil that once lined a mule track in Iraq has revealed the surprising survival of a group of ichthyosaurs, marine reptiles that swam the seas more than 66 million years ago. Researchers had previously believed that ichthyosaurs declined throughout the Jurassic Period, which lasted from 199 million to 145... Continue reading

Giant mechs. Intense score. Inspiring speech. That voiceover. Monsters. Check, check, check, check, and check. If you weren't excited about Pacific Rim before, you are now. Read more... Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/gkrC6fFylEs/the-new-pacific-rim-trailer-is-an-orgy-of-everything-yo-507595855 vontaze burfict jimmy kimmel amzn white house correspondents dinner phoenix coyotes bruce irvin charlie st cloud Continue reading

May 15, 2013 ? Death rates associated with patients with refractory angina, or chronic chest pain, are lower than previously considered; therefore, physicians should focus on relieving the chest pain symptoms and improving the quality of life in these patients according to an article published online this week in the... Continue reading

NEW YORK (AP) ? Scientists have finally recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos, a longstanding goal that could lead to new treatments for such illnesses as Parkinson's disease and diabetes. A prominent expert called the work a landmark, but noted that a different, simpler technique now under development may... Continue reading

By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's top telecoms firm Safaricom expects to maintain its almost 40 percent earnings margin this year but "premature taxes" could stifle growth of lucrative mobile phone-based money transfers, its chief executive said on Tuesday. Safaricom, 40-percent owned by Britain's Vodafone, said pretax profit climbed... Continue reading

Solved! A bee-buzzing, honey-licking 2,000-year-old mystery that begins here, with this beehive. Look at the honeycomb in the photo and ask yourself: (I know you've been wondering this all your life, but have been too shy to ask out loud ... ) Why is every cell in this honeycomb a... Continue reading

Body fat hardens arteries after middle age Public release date: 15-May-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Sam Wong sam.wong@imperial.ac.uk 44-207-594-2198 Imperial College London Having too much body fat makes arteries become stiff after middle age, a new study has revealed. In young people, blood vessels appear to be... Continue reading