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Cyprus bailout - as it happened: March 18, 2013

Telegraph.co.uk - ‎10 minutes ago‎
... Comments. • Cyprus banks to stay closed until Thursday • Eurogroup to hold emergency meeting at 6.30pm • Cyprus parliamentary vote delayed to Tuesday 4pm • Germany applauds Cyprus bailout deal • Russia's Putin attacks Cyprus bailout plan ...
Eurozone says ditch Cyprus tax grab on smallest accounts
Levy plan 'bleak day for banking union'
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Clearer Picture of Art Heist

Wall Street Journal - ‎22 minutes ago‎
BOSTON—It has endured as one of the most perplexing mysteries in Boston and the wider art world: Who pulled off the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist, stealing 13 artworks worth an estimated $500 million, including rare paintings by Rembrandt, just ...
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Judge's advice to Lindsay Lohan: 'Don't drive'

Los Angeles Times - ‎33 minutes ago‎
That was the advice to Lindsay Lohan from a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge as he sentenced the actress Monday to 90 days in a locked rehabilitation facility for reckless driving and lying about driving a Porsche that crashed on Pacific Coast ...
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Congo 'Terminator' turns himself in to US embassy

ABC Online - ‎57 minutes ago‎
A fugitive Congolese warlord dubbed 'The Terminator' has handed himself in at the US embassy in Rwanda. Bosco Ntaganda said he wanted to be transferred to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, where he faces war crimes charges racked up ...
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UPDATE 2-Venezuelan leader Maduro has big poll lead over Capriles

Reuters - ‎20 minutes ago‎
Mon Mar 18, 2013 6:01pm EDT. * Maduro leads by 14 percentage points over Capriles -poll. * Opposition attacks Maduro, but not deceased Chavez (Recasts with poll).
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Six held for Swiss woman's rape

Times of India - ‎2 hours ago‎
BHOPAL: Six persons, allegedly involved in the gang rape and robbing of a 39-year-old Swiss tourist in Datia district on March 15, were remanded in police custody on Monday for a day by the court of chief judicial magistrate R P Yadav for recovering more ...
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Justices appear divided on Arizona voting law

Washington Post - ‎18 minutes ago‎
Supreme Court justices seemed split Monday on whether a federal law intended to streamline voter registration procedures means that states may not attach additional requirements, such as proof of citizenship.
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Tennessee fire destroys 65 structures; state of emergency declared

Los Angeles Times - ‎4 hours ago‎
A late winter forest fire that broke out Sunday near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was still raging northwest of the Tennessee park Monday, damaging or destroying 65 structures, most of them rental cabins.
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Turmoil at Electronic Arts as CEO John Riccitiello Resigns

Businessweek - ‎23 minutes ago‎
Earlier this month, Electronic Arts (EA), the nation's second-largest video-game manufacturer, released a hit title called Dead Space 3. It's the story of Isaac and John Carver, an adventurous pair that must escape from a devastated planet known as Tau ...
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Washington Post to begin charging regular website, mobile app. users for digital ...

Washington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
WASHINGTON - The Washington Post says it will begin selling digital subscriptions this summer, asking frequent visitors to its website and mobile apps to pay a fee supporting the company's journalism.

Ryan Seacrest teases Draw Something game sequel

CNET
44 minutes ago
Written by
Donna Tam
The TV host leaks an image from Draw Something 2 on Twitter. Zynga VP Dan Potter confirms. Donna Tam. by Donna Tam. March 18, 2013 3:46 PM PDT Follow @DonnaYTam.
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AT&T iPad Email Breach Hacker Heading To Jail

CRN - ‎1 hour ago‎
A former Arkansas man who claimed to be a member of a hacktivist group called Goatse Security was sentenced to three years in prison for his role in a data security breach at AT&T in 2010 in which email addresses and other data were stolen from ...
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Google 'Keep' App Outed: Beware Evernote?

InformationWeek
4 hours ago
Written by
Thomas Claburn
Screenshots of an unreleased Google service called Keep suggest that the company will return to providing users with a note taking app.
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Nobody wants to buy Steve Wozniak's old house

CNET
48 minutes ago
Written by
Josh Lowensohn
The former house of Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is on the market yet again after another price cut. Josh Lowensohn. by Josh Lowensohn.
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Lil Wayne's Seizures Not Drug-Related, Birdman Says

MTV.com - ‎51 minutes ago‎
With so many questions about Lil Wayne and his health, Birdman took it upon himself to clear up a lot of the rumors surrounding the Young Money champ's recent hospitalization.
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'Skyfall' and 'The Hobbit' Drive MGM's 2012 Revenue to $1.38 Billion

Hollywood Reporter - ‎3 hours ago‎
Driven by the one-two punch of Skyfall and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, MGM saw its 2012 revenue surge to $1.38 billion, up 97 percent over the previous year.
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Trip down memory lane with Tiger

FOXSports.com - ‎53 minutes ago‎
And so, Tiger Woods is dating again. American skiier Lindsey Vonn is the lucky gal. And the new power couple's robust international travel schedules will certainly pose a challenge to Ole Tiger's fidelity.
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NFC West lessons from Robert Kraft rant

ESPN (blog) - ‎9 minutes ago‎
Wes Welker AP Photo/Elise Amendola Robert Kraft's insight on how the Wes Welker deal fell apart has implications for the entire league.
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Garnett out tonight as Celts meet Heat

Boston Herald - ‎11 minutes ago‎
Kevin Garnett has been felled by a one-two punch and will not play tonight against the Heat. "We're going to put him on punishment, so he's not going to play tonight," cracked Doc Rivers, beginning his pregame media chat a moment ago.
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Goodell: No Expanded Playoffs for 2013

ABC News - ‎52 minutes ago‎
The NFL won't be adding playoff teams for 2013, and the champions of last season, the Baltimore Ravens, could open on the road because of a conflict with the Orioles.
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First Antarctic whale skeleton turns up nine new deep-sea species

Los Angeles Times
3 hours ago
Written by
Amina Khan
A robotic ocean explorer has found the first Antarctic whale fall marine scientists have ever studied - and discovered nine new deep-sea species among the critters living off the enormous skeleton, according to British researchers.
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Cock-a-doodle-doo! Scientists wonder why the rooster crows

Los Angeles Times
6 hours ago
Written by
Eryn Brown
Roosters, famously, crow in the early morn -- but scientists don't fully understand why they unleash their voices when they do.

Inbreeding Common in Early Humans, Deformed Skull Suggests

LiveScience.com - ‎2 hours ago‎
The evidence comes from fragments of an approximately 100,000-year-old human skull unearthed at a site called Xujiayao, located in the Nihewan Basin of northern China.
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New York mayor wants to ban stores from displaying cigarettes

Reuters - ‎45 minutes ago‎
By Jonathan Allen. NEW YORK | Mon Mar 18, 2013 6:51pm EDT. NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday proposed requiring that cigarettes be hidden from view in retail stores as a means to reduce smoking in what he said ...
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Psych Effects Linger After False Positive Mammograms

ABC News - ‎31 minutes ago‎
Mammograms can detect breast cancer early, and save lives. But they can also lead to false alarms that take a heavy psychological toll, a new study found.
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