and last week, he signed bipartisan bills trimming $11.2 billion from the massive deficit. Of that sum, nearly $6 billion is from health and social programs that serve the poor, the sick, the elderly and children. The University of California is taking a $500 million hit as is the massive 23-campus California State University system.But…

div class="yn-story-content">, Yahoo! Contributor NetworkThe way Greg Method sees it, if Alice Cooper was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on March 14, "Weird Al" Yankovic can get in there, too."Weird Al is rock and roll's foremost satirist," Method says, speaking of the singer whose spoofs include "Eat It" and "Like a…

MIDDLETOWN, Pa., March 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Jackpot-winning Cash 5 tickets worth more than $250,000 each from the March 25 drawing were sold at Rita's, 1901 Rhawn St., Philadelphia, and Slickville Deli, 154 Main St., Slickville, Westmoreland County.Both tickets correctly matched all five balls, 11-14-17-18-21, to split a jackpot of $536,710 and win individual prizes…

New Series of Learning Teaches Beginners How to Make a WebsiteScottsdale, AZ (Vocus/PRWEB) February 07, 2011 Act Now Domains, one of the leading sellers of websites on the internet, recently announced a "Series of Learning" to teach beginnersthrough a video learning experience.The first user instructional guide in this development series shows visitors how to create…

ROME (AFP) – Doctors treating Polish Formula One driver Robert Kubica, who was seriously injured in a high-speed rally crash at the weekend, said it would take at least six days to ascertain how permanent is the damage to his right hand.The 26-year-old Lotus Renault driver was at the wheel of a Skoda Fabia, taking…

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Japanese shares rose on Friday, lifted by news of a mega merger in the steel sector, while a rebounding dollar put a slight dent in a commodities rally that saw copper hit a record $10,000 a tonne in the previous session.While there are signs that the global economy is gaining momentum,…

NEW YORK – Mark Zuckerberg's father said in a radio interview Friday that an early exposure to computers inspired his son's interest in technology, and he encouraged parents to support their children's strengths and passions with a balance of "work and play.""My kids all grew up around the office and were all exposed to computers,"…

MONDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) -- X-rays, CT scans and MRIs may be routinely ordered for people with low back pain, but often these tests are unnecessary, suggests new guidance from the American College of Physicians. What's more, these imaging tests have the potential to cause harm by exposing people to unnecessary radiation and by…

WELLINGTON (AFP) – For decades, New Zealand has campaigned for museums to repatriate the mummified and heavily-tattooed heads of Maori warriors held in collections worldwide -- now it must decide what to do with the gruesome but culturally valuable relics. New Zealand's national museum Te Papa has more than 100 of the heads, known as…

RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil is building 8,000 new, free homes for survivors of the deadly mudslides that ripped away mountainsides near Rio de Janeiro, President Dilma Rousseff announced Thursday.The president said the housing initiative is a partnership between private companies, the federal government and Rio de Janeiro state, where floods and slides killed more…