VIDEO: Oscar nominees gather for lunch

VIDEO: Oscar nominees gather for lunch

VIDEO: Oscar nominees gather for lunch

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 11:11 PM PST

The traditional Academy Awards Nominees luncheon has been held in Hollywood, with more than 160 Oscar contenders including Ben Affleck, Jessica Chastain and 9-year-old Quvenzhane Wallis.

Bangladesh official gets life for war crimes

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 11:36 PM PST

Abdul Kader Mullah, senior Jamaat-e-Islami party leader, jailed for life for crimes against humanity during 1971 war.

'The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt' Bigger Than Skyrim, 30 Times The Size Of 'The Witcher 2'

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 10:53 PM PST

'The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt' has been revealed, and while details are scant, CD Projekt RED's next-gen RPG already looks amazing.

Mexico: gas leak caused state oil company blast

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 10:17 PM PST

An employee culls through debris searching for office documents amid the rubble left from an office building explosion, in Mexico City, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013. A Thursday blast collapsed the lower floors of the Mexican state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, headquarters, crushing at least 33 people beneath tons of rubble and injuring 121. A Pemex spokesman said the floors hit by the explosion housed administrative offices. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)MEXICO CITY (AP) — A gas buildup ignited by an electrical spark or other heat source caused the blast that killed 37 people and wounded dozens of others last week at the state oil company's headquarters, Mexico's attorney general said.

Iran arrests former Tehran prosecutor

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 11:31 PM PST

Saeed Mortazavi's arrest "possibly" in connection with allegations of torture, semi-official Fars agency reports.

VIDEO: Boy rescued as US kidnapper dies

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 08:09 PM PST

A kidnapper in the US state of Alabama has died after police raided his bunker, saving a five-year-old boy held captive inside for six days.

'Al-Qaeda fighters' arrested in northern Mali

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 10:42 PM PST

Malian forces capture eight suspected al-Qaeda-linked fighters, as French jets target fuel depots near Algerian border.

Strike over war crimes trial hits Bangladesh

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 09:57 PM PST

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The verdict against a top leader of Bangladesh's largest Islamic party was being read Tuesday as the group enforced a general strike to protest his prosecution and others on charges of crimes against humanity during the nation's 1971 independence war.

What Would Happen If America Got Free, 'Nationwide' WiFi? Google Wins, Carriers Lose

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 09:51 PM PST

If you're seeking an example of economic disruption, look no further than the Federal Trade Commission's designs for Wi-Fi networks that cover large swathes of the United States. A proposal pending before an FCC panel aims to make access to the Internet and phone calls free and easy for millions of people across the United States. There's a big if here. Having already run the political gauntlet for years, the proposal would face a logistical nightmare if approved.

Pro-Ahmadinejad former Iranian prosecutor arrested

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 11:25 PM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - A former Iranian prosecutor linked to the deaths of anti-government protesters and at the center of a power struggle between the country's president and parliamentary speaker has been arrested, the Tehran prosecutor's office said. No reason was given for the arrest of Saeed Mortazavi, who has played a central role in stamping out dissent following the disputed reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2009, and been described by Human Rights Watch as a "serial human rights abuser". ...

Pro-Ahmadinejad former Iranian prosecutor arrested

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 11:25 PM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - A former Iranian prosecutor linked to the deaths of anti-government protesters and at the center of a power struggle between the country's president and parliamentary speaker has been arrested, the Tehran prosecutor's office said.

Golf's Hottest Club of 2013 - Now On Sale

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 08:59 PM PST

When Dustin Johnson kicked off the 2013 PGA Tour season by winning its first event in Hawaii last month, he was using the hottest driver in the game. Now you can too.

How to Guestimate Housing Direct Contribution to GDP Growth

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 08:55 PM PST

I am still seeing a lot of arguments similar to the one implicit in this chart That is, since housing has declined as a percentage of GDP, it is no longer a strong contributor to GDP growth. I am sure most readers can tick off all of the knock-on effects to a stronger housing, from higher truck sales to larger Mortgage Equity Withdrawal. However, the point I want to make is purely mathematical. A sector's fraction of GDP does not give you a lot of immediate insight into the  contribution it makes to GDP growth. What matters is the absolute change in the size of the sector. In 2011 housing was 2.5% of GDP. If it doubled in absolute size over the next year it would directly contribute just under 2.5 percentage points to GDP growth. If growth from the rest of the economy added up to a disappointing 2%, then the direct contribution from housing would put growth for the entire year at a strong 4.5%. That's without any knock-on effects, multipliers, etc. So what does the absolute change in housing look like now? We can do a rough and ready similar to what the BEA does in its advanced GDP report and look at the absolute change in starts quarter-over-quarter. By that measure housing direct contribution is higher than its been anytime since roughly 2003 and indeed significantly higher than in 2005. That's because even though housing was a much larger fraction of GDP in 2005, it wasn't growing strongly, and of course a sector has to grow in order to contribute to economic growth. As the data continue to come, the BEA switches to value put in place. That gives a milder reading and a more elevated reading at the very begining of 2005. This is due to inertia both in the way the data is estimated and in the actual construction process. However, even here the contribution is strong growing, and given current starts, likely to eclipse the peak set during the first half of the 2000s.

5-Star Linebacker Reuben Foster Verbally Commits to Alabama -- After Getting Auburn Tattoo

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 08:55 PM PST

High school athletes give a verbal promise to attend a college and then back out for another school time and time again. It's almost a given that head coaches can't breathe a sigh of relief until they have a promise in ink from their future players.

The 20 Youngest Power African Women

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 08:54 PM PST

Microsoft And China's Huawei Want To Power One Million New African Businesses By 2016

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 08:54 PM PST

Microsoft and Huawei are introducing the Huawei 4Afrika, a full-functionality Windows Phone 8, preloaded with select applications designed for Africa.

Playing To Win: How Strategy Really Works

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 08:54 PM PST

Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works (Harvard Business Review Press, 2013) is a new book co-authored by management legend, A.G. Lafley, former CEO of Procter & Gamble [PG] and Roger Martin, Dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. The book uses P&G as full-length case study on strategy. I talked with Roger recently about his new book.

Two killed, four injured in Ecuador pro-government rally

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 09:42 PM PST

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa greets indigneous Indian supporters during a political rally in ZumbahuaQUITO (Reuters) - Two supporters of Ecuador's president Rafael Correa were killed on Monday and four more suffered stab wounds during a campaign rally almost two weeks before a presidential election that the leftist leader is expected to win comfortably. "Crazy person stabs seven AP people while they were waiting for the President. Two have been killed," Correa said in his Twitter account, referring to supporters of the ruling Alianza Pais political movement, known as AP. ...

Official: Gas leak caused Mexico oil company blast

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 08:57 PM PST

An employee culls through debris searching for office documents amid the rubble left from an office building explosion, in Mexico City, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013. A Thursday blast collapsed the lower floors of the Mexican state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, headquarters, crushing at least 33 people beneath tons of rubble and injuring 121. A Pemex spokesman said the floors hit by the explosion housed administrative offices. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)MEXICO CITY (AP) — A gas buildup under a building in the headquarters of Mexico's state oil company caused a blast that killed 37 people and wounded dozens, the attorney-general said Monday, ending days of near-total silence by authorities about the petroleum giant's worst disaster in more than a decade.

The World in 2033: Big Thinkers And Futurists Share Their Thoughts

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 08:36 PM PST

Put yourself back in 1993.  Could you have predicted the success of the web, tablets and smartphones, privatized space travel, the rise of terrorism, or the myriad of small changes that impact how you live today? To do that going forward and to predict our world in 2033, you need the voices of the smartest minds on the planet to spot trends in their areas of discipline and give us insight into where we are heading.  Interviewed, and quoted directly for this piece are just such a group of visionaries, leaders, and big thinkers like: Ray Kurzweil on Technology Robert Kaplan on Global Conflict Khan Academy on Education Virgin Galactic on Space Travel Oliver Bussmann on The Global Workforce John Allen on Religion Dr. Gene Robinson on Global Climate, and Bonus insights from an aspiring leader Whether you just read your favorite author, research your area of interest, download the supplemental deck, or view them all together, you will see that these visionaries agree on two things: there will be change - sometime dramatic change - in our future, and there is  . . . hope. On Technology: Ray Kurzweil "20 years from now, biotechnology – reprogramming biology as an information process – will be in a mature phase.  We will routinely turn off genes that promote disease and aging such as the fat insulin receptor gene that tells the fat cells to hold onto excess fat.  We will be able to add genes that protect us from diseases such as cancer and heart disease.  Major killers such as these will be under control.  We will be growing new organs from stem cells that are created from our own skin cells.  We will be able to rejuvenate our organs in place by gradually replacing aging cells that contain genetic errors and short telomeres with cells containing our own DNA but without errors and with extended telomeres.  Overall we will be adding more than a year every year to your own remaining life expectancy, which will represent a turning point in life extension.

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