Why the high dudgeon? After all, the glitch in question, found in the company’s prized Pentium chips, is mind-bogglingly rare. It involves only the repeated division of numbers with five or more digits, and, by Intel’s reckoning, might occur in only one of every 9 billion calculations. Most people would encounter a problem only once every 27,000 years. Such long odds might normally be shrugged off, but the difference here is that Intel is Intel....
Edie Pope of Lydiate, Merseyside, England, built the “scarecrow cop” with a high-visibility coat, brown pageboy wig and tights filled with straw. Dubbed Speedo, she “patrols” Lydiate’s busy Southport Road. Pope, 71, is a parish councillor in Lydiate and has made speeding one of her main causes. She was successful in reducing the speed limit in the area from 60mph to 40mph. Unfortunately, motorists aren’t obeying the new limit....
That’s the latest hot offseason debate after Yahoo Sports reported the format is preferred if the CFP does indeed expand in the future. A jump from four to 12 teams is a bold move for a sport that has wrestled with the proper playoff model since the inception of the Bowl Championship Series in 1998. There is no doubt this is the most-inclusive proposal to date, but college football is an exclusive enterprise geared toward the traditional brands....
United appeared to be in control until the 25th minute when Phil Jones was forced off with an injury, and Victor Lindelof replaced him in what proved to be a crucial moment in the match. Everton 14/5 to beat Arsenal Aaron Mooy put the Terriers ahead three minutes later and Laurent Depoitre made it 2-0 shortly after that, punishing a woeful Lindelof error, as the Swede let Jonas Lossl’s long ball go over him....
The ad is just one stir in a hot new front for the coffee wars. Beantown (nicknamed, of course, for a different bean) is pretty hip when it comes to java. It’s home base to the 22-store chain Coffee Connection, which dominates local outlets of other national companies such as Gloria Jean’s and Canada’s Timothy’s. But this week Starbucks, the Seattle-based coffee-bar company that has rolled out more than 270 stores since 1971, UPS the ante by announcing the April opening of its first Boston store....
The perception is that all Internet companies are sprinting, trying to capture a little bit of the magic that start-ups like eToys harnessed last holiday season. The Santa Monica, Calif.-based toy seller came out of 1998 with $23 million in sales and lots of momentum, which led to a gangbuster IPO in May. Following its example, companies like Send.com, which sells premium gift packages, are going full steam ahead with their ad blitzes....
Andy, 31, and Mau, 27,who did not want to give their full names, are not alone. Citing a 1996 law that mandates automatic deportations for aliens convicted of a felony, the United States plans to deport about 1,400 more Cambodians who have been convicted of such crimes, as well as aliens from other countries. The decision to begin large-scale deportations, made only with Phnom Penh’s acquiescence last March, seem to be part of a general stiffening of U....
“American Life” would be a concept album if weren’t for the incongruous James Bond theme “Die Another Day.” The basic premise appears to be that we’ve all got to choose love over illusion and intimacy over power–and that Madonna can show us how because she’s done so much more yoga than us. On the title track, which has nothing to do with war despite the flap over the accompanying video, the singer breaks into a rap about the gilded cage: “I got a lawyer and a manager / An agent and a chef / Three nannies, an assistant / And a driver and a jet / A trainer and a butler / And a bodyguard or five / A gardener and a stylist / Do you think I’m satisfied?...
Dole left the NBC studio fuming – and his fellow Republicans puzzling over his performance. He seemed testy, the ““mean’’ hatchet man of old. He looked out of touch, quarreling with the medical consensus that nicotine is addictive. He came across as a politician in the pocket of Big Tobacco. At best, Dole appeared a throwback to an earlier era, when World War II soldiers lived for their next Lucky Strike....
The confession detailed Wuornos’s unusual life. Despite hoping to become a nun, she said she had sex with 250,000 men. Wuornos reportedly confessed to clear the name of Tyria Moore, whom she claimed was her lesbian lover. Moore, reportedly a onetime suspect, is now the state’s star witness. Meantime, a Florida couple adopted Wuornos-denying they’ll benefit from a movie about her.
I want to tell you how much I enjoyed your article about the “sports entertainment” industry, “Inside Wrestling Inc.” (SOCIETY, Feb. 7). I have to admit to being one of the millions of people who tune in, turn on and enjoy watching the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) on virtually a daily basis. I never miss Monday night’s “Raw Is War,” Sunday night’s “Heat” or Thursday night’s “SmackDown!” Of course, there are also the Saturday and Sunday recaps (just in case), and with on-line access, I am able to find out what is happening every day behind the scenes....
The CIA has generally denied involvement. But a dispute has erupted with the Justice Department over whether the agency has cooperated fully with Justice’s investigation of the BNL case. The CIA “refuses to get into a cat fight” with Justice, said spokesman Peter Earnest. “We won’t discuss our intelligence sources in public or to Congress.” CIA chief Robert Gates plans to retire in January. Earnest said the decision was not connected to BNL....
They weren’t winning games, but some good things happened, especially late in the month. Nikola Pekovic and Kevin Martin returned from injury in the same week, adding firepower and making life easier for Andrew Wiggins, who will likely receive another Rookie of the Month trophy for January. MORE: Saunders angry over anti-Love video | Fans boo Love in return | Minnesota shopping Budinger, others To end the month, the Wolves hosted the Cavaliers....
To know what Jerusalem means to the three great monotheisms is to realize that politics alone can bring only a provisional kind of peace. Jews have the oldest identification with the city–and the Bible, which mentions Jerusalem 667 times, for their witness. In the background is God’s promise of land and progeny to Abraham, His obedient servant. In the Book of Exodus, that promise takes the specific form of Canaan–the Holy Land–for the wandering tribes of Israel....
Meanwhile, an hour later Bob House, a 36-year-old high-school teacher from Georgia, successfully conquered this million-dollar question from Regis: a) Albert Einsteinb) Niels Bohrc) Isaac Newtond) Enrico Fermi The right man, in both cases, is pictured above. That’s your second hint, and that’s all you get: C’mon, we can’t just give you the answer.
Alexander decided to do something about that. In 1979, with a $20,000 federal grant, she opened the Black Fashion Museum in the heart of Harlem. In a renovated brownstone adjacent to the fashion school she runs with her husband, Alexander, 74, puts together small exhibitions from her current collection of 5,500 outfits by black designers. Here is a copy of the purple-and-ecru lace ball dress made for Mary Todd Lincoln by Elizabeth Keckley (1820-1907)....
The initial crossing to Mars will be made for a great number of reasons, some of them solid (to see if there really are fossil bacteria there), some of them not (to look for Elvis). Most of the reasons will be scientific and practical: the more we know about the solar system’s other planets, the better we will understand Earth, and the safer we will be. It’s not heroic but it makes sense, and it is important....
The app, Slice, is looking for a team of pizza lovers to join its P.I.E. Society—which stands for Promotion of Independents Everywhere—as their state’s Resident Head of Pizza. The foodies will receive $1,300 over the course of 12 months to eat cheese and pepperoni to their heart’s content, while they’ll even get an extra $500 on top to help with travel expenses. Slice works with thousands of independent pizzerias across the country, and the head of pizza will need to bring the food, but also the venues to life....
The Match has brought some of sports’ greatest personalities to the links, all for a good cause. And the tradition is set to continue this week with the seventh iteration of competition taking place. This one will pit PGA Tour veterans Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy against a pair of their peers in Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth. This represents Woods’ third-ever foray into the competition — he’s hoping to improve his record to 2-1 with a win on Saturday....
