A 62-year-old man was medically evacuated from a diving vessel by a Coast Guard rescue crew Saturday in the vicinity of Key West.Coast Guard Sector Key West received a report that a crewmember aboard the diving vessel Dare suffered a severe hand injury and needed urgent medical attention.Sector Key West issued a urgent marine information broadcast and launched a rescue boat...
America’s national parks weigh solitude against cellular access
Label: TechnologySALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – As cell phones, iPods and laptops creep steadily into every corner of modern life, America’s national parks have stayed largely off the digital grid, among the last remaining outposts of ringtone-free human solitude.For better or worse, that may soon change.Under pressure from telecommunications companies and a growing number of park visitors who feel adrift without mobile-phone...
Michelle Obama on Inauguration President Barack Obama
Label: LifestyleET's Rocsi Diaz sat down first with First Lady Michelle Obama at the Kids' Inaugural Concert to discuss a variety of topics from her new hairstyle and birthday celebration to Lance Armstrong.
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Mrs. Obama debuted her shoulder-length bob with eye-level bangs via Twitter on her birthday, Thursday, January 17, and she told Rocsi that Dr. Jill Biden may have had...
Feds fine 9/11 coin scammer $75,000
Label: Health A company that sold Sept. 11 commemorative coins supposedly containing silver from ground zero has agreed to pay $750,000 to settle charges that it deceived consumers.The Federal Trade Commission says Port Chester, N.Y.-based National Collector's Mint charged customers for items they never ordered and failed to identify its wares as imitations.A law passed...
Investors await word from Apple
Label: Business No company today elicits such devotion and dedication among its customers and shareholders like Apple. The fervor felt by Apple fans for its products, its leaders and its business underscore the company’s technological eco-centric strategy. While that loyalty has made for rich rewards over the long term, it will mean very little to a myopic stock market when Apple reports...
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King’s son brings message to South Florida
Label: World The past few days have kept the eldest son of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. busy. He’s been to at least three states to carry on his father’s message: ending violence and learning from historical wrongs.In a Fort Lauderdale Baptist church early Friday, he delivered another directive:“A nation is judged on how we treat our most prized possession,” Martin Luther King III said....
Exclusive: Japan’s Sharp cuts iPad screen output
Label: TechnologyTOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) – Sharp Corp has nearly halted production of 9.7-inch screens for Apple Inc’s iPad, two sources said, possibly as demand shifts to its smaller iPad mini.Sharp’s iPad screen production line at its Kameyama plant in central Japan has fallen to the minimal level to keep the line running this month after a gradual slowdown began at the end of 2012 as Apple manages its inventory,...
Golden Globes Red Carpet Moments You Didn't See
Label: LifestyleFrom Jessica Chastain and Jennifer Lawrence's awkward exchange on our platform to Ben Affleck and Jeremy Renner's adorable buddy-buddy moment, ET has your rare, behind-the-scenes look beyond the camera's scope on the Golden Globes red carpet.Pics: Candid Shots from the 2013 Golden Globes Ceremony
Watch the video above for an inside look at the wild sce...
Exec in child-custody fight after girlfriend's suicide — because anonymous sperm donor is the 'biological father'
Label: Health A wealthy Pfizer exec is waging an “unbearable” battle to get custody of his girlfriend’s 6-month-old son, after the child was taken into state custody in the wake of her suicide on New Years Day, according to court documents. Child welfare officials took little Lincoln, from Jonathan Sporn — even though he and the mom were raising the boy as his own —...
Norwegian Cruise Line launches strong IPO
Label: Business Miami-based Norwegian Cruise Line joined its larger local competitors on Wall Street Friday in a strong debut.Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. raised nearly $447 million in an initial public offering of about 23.5 million shares and saw stocks sail 30 percent in trading. Shares closed Friday afternoon at $24.79, up $5.79 from the $19 offering price set late Thursday night....
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