_ylt=Aqiz6bDe9XsSUW3yNFN42ZqGXMZ_;_ylu=X3oDMTRybGhydnM2BGFzc2V0A3libG9nX3RoZWxvb2tvdXQvMjAxMTAzMjQvZm9ybWVyLXRvcC13aGl0ZS1ob3VzZS1lY29ub21pYy1haWRlLXdlLW5lZWQtdG8tZG8tbW9yZS1vbi1qb2JzLWNyaXNpcwRwb3MDMjgEc2VjA3luX2V4dGVuZGVkX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDZm9ybWVydG9wd2hp">worries about the United States' growing deficit problem, there's mounting evidence the government is failing to collect taxes from wealthy individuals and corporations. A piece inoutlines how G.E. skirted paying any taxes on $5.1 billion in profits in 2010--in addition to claiming a $3.2 billion tax credit.The main reason G.E. is so adept at avoiding…

Yet another performer in the trouble-plagued Broadway musical "Spider-man Turn Off the Dark" has been sidelined by an injury suffered on stage, a spokesman for the show said on Tuesday.Actress T.V. Carpio, who replaced Natalie Mendoza in the role of Arachne when Mendoza was felled by a concussion, was injured on Wednesday last week during…

NEW YORK – Apple is selling more portable computers than any other manufacturer.Including the iPad, Apple Inc. sold 17.2 percent of mobile computers worldwide in the October-December quarter, according to a report published Wednesday by research group DisplaySearch. That's even more than Hewlett-Packard Co., the world's top PC maker.Apple has sold nearly 15 million iPads…

The law firm of DeMent Askew announces that Criminal Law Attorney John K. Fanney has joined its Raleigh, N.C., office.Raleigh, NC (Vocus/PRWEB) February 15, 2011 The law firm of DeMent Askew announces that Criminal Law Attorney John K. Fanney has joined its Raleigh, N.C., office. has nearly 21 years of experience and is admitted to…

PASADENA, Calif. – A NASA spacecraft zipped past a comet half the size of Manhattan in a Valentine's Day rendezvous that scientists hope will shed light on these icy solar system bodies.Speeding at 24,000 mph, Stardust zoomed by comet Tempel 1 on Monday night, snapping six dozen high-resolution pictures along the way. At nearest approach,…

Ever since Carole and Michael Middleton's eldest daughter, Kate, became engaged to Prince William, the family business has seen an enormous increase. Maybe it's because of curiosity or they are fulfilling a popular need for those in the U.K. Kate Middleton's family owns a mail order catalog and online business called, appropriately enough, Party Pieces.…

It's a big year for fans of heroic fantasy. Peter Jackson is finally starting production on "The Hobbit." George R.R. Martin's beloved "A Game of Thrones" is coming to HBO. And two of video-gaming's most popular epics are returning with fresh chapters: BioWare's "Dragon Age II" and Bethesda Softworks' "Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim."Such fantasy worlds…

SCVNGR's location-based mobile game will be automatically preloaded on LG Optimus V handsets beginning later this month, thanks to a new partnership with Sprint announced Tuesday.Theapp will sit alongside the YouTube application on the homescreen (as pictured), and will be incorporated into LG Optimus V device packaging. "This is the first handset in what will…

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – Acerbic British music judge and entrepreneur Simon Cowell said on Monday that the winner of the first U.S. version of the television singing competition, "The X Factor," will receive a $5 million record deal.The new talent show on Fox television will start auditions for solo artists and vocal groups aged…

ROME (AFP) – Champions Inter Milan and Roma face a crucial clash at the San Siro this weekend as both sides try to stay in the scudetto hunt.Inter pipped Roma to the title by two points last year as they finished as the top two for the fourth time in five years -- with Inter…