NEW YORK (AP) — While an official has said that the 20-year-old gunman in the Connecticut school shooting had Asperger's syndrome, experts say there is no connection between the disorder and violence.Asperger's is a mild form of autism often characterized by social awkwardness."There really is no clear association between Asperger's and violent behavior," said psychologist Elizabeth Laugeson, an assistant...
S&P 500 rises more than 1 percent
Label: BusinessIn the aftermath of Friday's Newtown school shooting, we've heard tales mostly horrifying and occasionally heroic, from surviving witnesses and mourning citizens alike, but this one lies somewhere in between, all the more unshakeable. One six-year-old Sandy Hook student played dead in her first-grade classroom, her family pastor said late Sunday, with the kind of quick thinking that ended up saving...
Blast Kills 10 Girls in Eastern Afghanistan; Car Bomber Targets Kabul
Label: WorldParwiz/ReutersAfghan villagers gathered around the bodies of girls who were killed by an explosion on Monday. KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber driving a car packed with explosives targeted the compound of a private military contractor on the eastern outskirts of Kabul on Monday, killing at least one person and injuring at least 15 others, including foreigners, the police said. In a separate...
Massachusetts fines Morgan Stanley over Facebook research
Label: TechnologyBOSTON (Reuters) – Morgan Stanley, the lead underwriter for Facebook Inc’s initial public offering, will pay a $ 5 million fine to Massachusetts to settle charges that its bankers improperly influenced its research analysts when the Internet company went public.Massachusetts’ top securities regulator, William Galvin, charged that Morgan Stanley improperly helped Facebook disclose sensitive financial...
Stephen Fishbach Blogs: How Denise Stapley Won Survivor
Label: Lifestyle TV Watch Survivor By Stephen Fishbach 12/17/2012 at 02:30 PM EST Stephen Fishbach and Denise Stapley Rob Kim/Landov; Startraks Stephen Fishbach was the runner-up on Survivor: Tocantins and has been blogging about Survivor strategy for PEOPLE.com since 2009. Follow...
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Experts: No link between Asperger's, violence
Label: HealthNEW YORK (AP) — While an official has said that the 20-year-old gunman in the Connecticut school shooting had Asperger's syndrome, experts say there is no connection between the disorder and violence.Asperger's is a mild form of autism often characterized by social awkwardness."There really is no clear association between Asperger's and violent behavior," said psychologist Elizabeth Laugeson, an assistant...
Wall Street Week Ahead: Holiday "on standby" as clock ticks on cliff
Label: BusinessNEW YORK (Reuters) - The last two weeks of December are traditionally quiet for stocks, but traders accustomed to a bit of time off are staying close to their mobile devices, thanks to the "fiscal cliff." Last-minute negotiations in Washington on the so-called fiscal cliff - nearly $600 billion of tax increases and spending cuts set to take effect in January that could cause a sharp slowdown...
Liberal Democratic Party Returns to Power in Japan
Label: WorldChristopher Jue/European Pressphoto AgencyJapanese poll workers counted ballots at a polling station in Tokyo during parliamentary elections on Sunday. TOKYO — Japan’s voters handed a landslide victory to the Liberal Democratic Party in parliamentary elections on Sunday, giving power back to the conservative party that had governed Japan for decades until a historic defeat three years ago. ...
Viral Justice: Domestic Abuse Victim Calls Out Attacker on Facebook
Label: TechnologyAmber Taylor had been living in a Missouri motel with her boyfriend, Austin “Wildboi” McCauley, until this week, when he reportedly beat her unconscious with a baseball bat.Two days later, the 23-year-old took a picture of herself recovering from her injuries and posted it to McCauley’s public Facebook page, calling him out for his abuse and prompting his arrest.Since its posting online, the photo...
Kat Von D Engaged to Deadmau5 - Who Proposed on Twitter!
Label: Lifestyle By Mike Fleeman 12/16/2012 at 01:15 PM EST How, uh, romantic?Electronic music star Deadmau5 took to Twitter to pose this question of girlfriend Kat Von D: "I can't wait for Christmas so ... Katherine Von Drachenberg, will you marry me?"
Deadmau5, whose real name is Joel Thomas Zimmerman, included a photo of...
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