NEW YORK (Reuters) – The members of Green Day said on Monday they will return to the road in March after the punk rock band canceled its fall club tour and postponed later dates as frontman Billie Joe Armstrong underwent treatment for substance abuse.“We want to thank everyone for hanging in with us for the last few months,” the band members said in a statement on their website. “We are very excited...
Naloxone reverses overdoses without hefty price tag
Label: HealthNEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Distributing a drug that reverses drug overdoses in heroin users would save lives and be cost-effective, according to a new analysis.U.S. researchers, who published their findings in the Annals of Internal Medicine on Monday, calculated that one death may be prevented for every 164 naloxone injection kits they distribute to heroin users.That, the researchers say, works...
UK must stay in Europe, says CBI
Label: Business31 December 2012 Last updated at 02:54 ETThe CBI says the UK needs to keep its place within the European Union to push for freer trade for its businesses.The business lobby group says the UK should use the EU to help rebalance the economy towards exports and create new trade deals.It is pushing for a new free trade deal between Europe and the US.The CBI says although the EU and US have relatively...
Pope marks end of difficult year, notes God’s good
Label: WorldVATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI marked the end of a difficult year Monday by saying that despite all the death and injustice in the world, goodness prevails.Benedict celebrated New Year’s Eve with a vespers service in St. Peter’s Basilica to give thanks for 2012 and look ahead to 2013. He appeared tired during the service and used a cane afterward — an indication that the busy Christmas season...
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Autonomy’s Lynch defends record as HP confirms Federal probe
Label: TechnologyLONDON (Reuters) – Mike Lynch, the founder of the software firm sold to Hewlett-Packard last year in a deal tainted by accusations of accounting fraud, said he would defend the company’s accounts to U.S. Federal investigators.HP confirmed in a filing late on Thursday that the U.S. Department of Justice was investigating Autonomy‘s books.The PC and printer maker bought the British company for $ 11...
Democrats, Republicans apart on key “fiscal cliff” issues: Reid
Label: HealthWASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Sunday that Democrats and Republicans still had key differences in talks to avert a looming year-end “fiscal cliff,” and he had not been able to make a counteroffer to the latest Republican proposal.“I’ve had a number of conversations with the president and at this stage we’re not able to make a counteroffer,” Reid said on the Senate...
From IPads to Crocs, New Patent Law Protects Design
Label: BusinessOne of Apple’s key weapons in its legal battle against competitors is a special type of patent that protects the visual appearance of a product. Critics have denounced these patents as a way to own “rounded rectangles”, but we may have to get used to seeing a lot more of them. Last week President Obama signed a law that will increase the term and scope of so-called design patents. The law could offer...
Pakistan militants kill 41 in mass execution, attack on Shi’ites
Label: WorldPESHWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani militants, who have escalated attacks in recent weeks, killed at least 41 people in two separate incidents, officials said on Sunday, challenging assertions that military offensives have broken the back of hardline Islamist groups.The United States has long pressured nuclear-armed ally Pakistan to crack down harder on both homegrown militants groups such as...
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NORAD Santa trackers draw record number of phone calls, social media followers
Label: TechnologyPETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – NORAD says it drew a record number of phone calls and social media followers during its NORAD Tracks Santa operation on Christmas Eve.The North American Aerospace Defence Command said Friday volunteers answered more than 114,000 calls, up 12,000 from 2011.NORAD’s Santa Facebook page had more than 1.2 million followers, up from about 1 million last year. More than 129,000...
Matt Damon tackles “fracking” issue in the “Promised Land”
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The hot-button topic of “fracking” has finally made its way to Hollywood in the new movie “Promised Land,” out in U.S. theaters on Friday, with actors Matt Damon and John Krasinski teaming up to further the debate on the energy drilling technique.The film explores the social impact of hydraulic fracturing drilling technique, or “fracking,” which has sparked nation-wide environmental...
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