Rapper Flavor Flav Gets Bitter Taste Of IRS Lien

Rapper Flavor Flav Gets Bitter Taste Of IRS Lien

Rapper Flavor Flav Gets Bitter Taste Of IRS Lien

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 04:12 PM PDT

Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife When you read how much some entertainers make, you may wonder where all the money goes. But many will tell you their host of managers, publicists, agents, lawyers, and others getting a cut trim down the entertainer's take considerably. Even routine bills like taxes may [...]


Japan considers non-diplomatic action in South Korea island feud

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 11:14 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan said on Tuesday it was considering taking measures beyond diplomatic action in its feud with South Korea over a group of disputed islands, suggesting Tokyo may take the unusual step of extending the stand-off into the economic arena.

VIDEO: Artists recreate Angkor Wat's lost carvings

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 04:23 AM PDT

A collection of artists including a relative of John Constable have been commissioned to recreate some of the elaborate carvings missing from the temples of Angkor Wat in Cambodia.


Analysis: Afghanistan's peace hopes may rest on Taliban captive

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 11:00 PM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - In the cloistered circles of the Taliban high command, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar had no equal.

Kyrgyz forces kill fugitive border guard after attack

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 10:24 PM PDT

BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyz security forces on Tuesday killed a fugitive border guard suspected of shooting dead five people at a remote frontier post, the border guard service of the former Soviet republic said. Border guards and police found the lone gunman, named as Balbai Kulbarak uulu, in a mountain gorge near the Kyrgyz border with Kazakhstan a day after he fled the scene of the attack in a stolen vehicle. The border guard service said in a statement that Kulbarak uulu was killed after putting up "armed resistance" to arrest. ...


Iran says it has upgraded a short-range missile

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 10:49 PM PDT

Iran's official news agency says the country has upgraded a short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile just weeks after it was test-fired.


Channeling "Lord Heart of the Matter"

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 06:27 PM PDT

Some of us are working longer hours than ever; others are working for Jason Fried. In a piece in Sunday's New York Times, the co-founder and CEO of software provider 37signals detailed how his company switches to 32-hour weeks (from the normal 40) between the months of May and October. "Nearly all of [...]


VIDEO: Artists recreate Angkor Wat's lost carvings

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 04:23 AM PDT

A collection of artists including a relative of John Constable have been commissioned to recreate some of the elaborate carvings missing from the temples of Angkor Wat in Cambodia.


Kyrgyz forces kill fugitive border guard after attack

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 10:24 PM PDT

BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyz security forces on Tuesday killed a fugitive border guard suspected of shooting dead five people at a remote frontier post, the border guard service of the former Soviet republic said.

Ethiopian PM Meles dies from infection: state television

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 10:27 PM PDT

File photo shows Ethiopia's Prime Minister Zenawi attending a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in DavosADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has died from a sudden infection while recovering from an undisclosed illness at a hospital abroad, the African nation's state-run television said on Tuesday. Speculation that Meles, 57, was seriously ill grew after he failed to attend an African Union summit in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa last month. "Prime Minister Zenawi suddenly passed away last night. Meles was recovering in a hospital overseas for the past two months but died of a sudden infection at 11:40," state television said. ...

Exclusive: Iran looks to Armenia to skirt bank sanctions

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 10:02 PM PDT

Armenian President Sargsyan walks with Iran's President Ahmadinejad during a welcoming ceremony in YerevanUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - With international sanctions squeezing Iran, the Islamic Republic is seeking to expand its banking foothold in the Caucasus nation of Armenia to make up for difficulties in countries it used to rely on to do business, according to diplomats and documents. Iran's growing interest in its neighbor Armenia, a mountainous, landlocked country of about 3. ...

Sixteen wounded in clashes in Lebanese port city

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 10:07 PM PDT

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Sixteen people were wounded in overnight clashes between Sunni Muslim and Alawite neighborhoods in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli, local security and medical sources said on Tuesday. Gunmen in the two districts exchanged gunfire and launched rocket-propelled grenades, residents said, in fighting which continued sporadically through the night despite the deployment of troops in the port city. ...


Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi dead at 57

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 10:24 PM PDT

Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia's long-time ruler who held tight control over this East African country but was a major U.S counter-terrorism ally, died of an undisclosed illness after not being seen in public for weeks, Ethiopian state television said Tuesday. He was 57.


Sixteen wounded in clashes in Lebanese port city

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 10:07 PM PDT

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Sixteen people were wounded in overnight clashes between Sunni Muslim and Alawite neighborhoods in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli, local security and medical sources said on Tuesday.

Exclusive: Iran looks to Armenia to skirt bank sanctions

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 10:12 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - With international sanctions squeezing Iran, the Islamic Republic is seeking to expand its banking foothold in the Caucasus nation of Armenia to make up for difficulties in countries it used to rely on to do business, according to diplomats and documents.

What Do Energy Sector Jobs Do For Us?

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 05:51 PM PDT

For jobs, renewables with the exception of hydro, create less jobs per MW for a shorter period and are concentrated in the manufacturing areas. The baseload sources like coal, hydro and nuclear create more jobs per MW and most of these are local as they takes more effort to operate. Gas is intermediate.


Will 100 Paragon Levels And Better Legendary Items Make Diablo 3 The Game It Was Meant To Be?

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 05:37 PM PDT

It's impressive to watch Blizzard implement changes to its still-fledgling Diablo III. Has any developer so rapidly evolved its game in response to fan backlash before? Has any game so rapidly evolved in response to fan feedback? While the company hasn't fixed the number one problem with the game - its [...]


Europe Bank Quashes Bond-Buy Talk

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 08:36 PM PDT

The German government and the European Central Bank both hit back at a weekend report that the ECB was planning to cap the borrowing costs of fiscally strained countries with its unlimited resources.


For China's Gu, Leniency Still a Possibility

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 06:57 PM PDT

Gu Kailai, the wife of deposed party official Bo Xilai, could be released from prison within nine years on medical parole, legal experts say, despite being given a suspended death sentence for the murder of a British businessman.


Tokyo Re-Examines Ties With Seoul

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 07:07 PM PDT

Japan may take steps to roll back an emergency financial lifeline with South Korea in response to a flare-up over contested islands, in what would be a departure from the neighbors' tradition of keeping economic affairs separate .


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