Police news for Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012
5 February 2012, 12:08 am
Police news for Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012

Fox news Projects Romney Winner of Nevada Caucuses
4 February 2012, 9:19 pm
URGENT: Fox news projects Romney winner of the Nevada caucuses in first back-to-back win of 2012 GOP race, as Paul, Gingrich battle for second and Santorum vies for strong showing. VIDEO: Fox news Projects Mitt Romney Wins Nevada Caucuses Gingrich: 'I Need Your Prayers' Santorum: 'I Want to Endanger Newt' VIDEO: Paul Talks Nevada OPINION: The Ron Paul Phenomenon Track the Nevada Caucuses

news of the Weird:
4 February 2012, 4:00 am
Your Government Knows Best: A 2007 federal energy- independence law required companies that supply motor fuel in the U.S. to blend in a certain cellulose-based ingredient starting in 2011 -- even though (as the Environmental Protection Agency well knows) the ingredient simply does not now exist. A New York Times reporter checked with the EPA in January and found that the companies will still ...

Forbes Earnings Preview: news Corp.
3 February 2012, 1:25 pm
Wall Street is expecting higher profit for news Corp. (NWSA) when the company reports its second quarter results on Wednesday, February 8, 2012. The consensus estimate is calling for profit of 34 cents a share, a rise from 29 cents per share a year ago.

Can The Huffington Post Reinvent Cable news?
3 February 2012, 6:31 am
The Huffington Post Media Group revealed more details about its upcoming online news channel, the Huffington Post Streaming Network.

Hudson news chain founder Robert Cohen dies at 86
2 February 2012, 9:02 pm
Magazine distributor Robert B. Cohen, who built the Hudson news chain of newsstands from one store at LaGuardia Airport and changed the way travelers spend their downtime, has died at age 86. Cohen was already a giant in the magazine and newspaper distribution business when he decided to launch a retail chain in 1987.

news Corp taps Bloomberg executive to lead Dow Jones
2 February 2012, 5:06 pm
(Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's news Corp on Thursday named Bloomberg LP executive Lex Fenwick as chief executive officer of its Dow Jones & Co unit which houses its Wall Street Journal newspaper. Fenwick, a 25-year Bloomberg veteran, will join Dow Jones on February 13 and report to news Corp President Chase Carey. He replaces Les Hinton, a 52-year news Corp veteran, who left the company last July ...

news Corp names ex-Bloomberg exec as Dow Jones CEO
2 February 2012, 4:26 pm
news Corp. said Thursday that Lex Fenwick, a Bloomberg LP executive, is the new CEO of Dow Jones & Co., the news Corp. subsidiary that publishes The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones newswires.

Yahoo news hires Virginia Heffernan as national correspondent
2 February 2012, 3:10 pm
More exciting personnel news from the purple mothership: Yahoo news has hired Virginia Heffernan, a veteran of the New York Times, as national correspondent. Heffernan will cover "culture and politics from a digital perspective," the company said in a release. Heffernan will be based in Yahoo's New York offices, reporting to managing editor Hillary Frey. [...]

news Corp.’s Times newspaper in U.K. Computer-Hacking Probe
2 February 2012, 7:43 am
news Corp.’s Times newspaper in Britain is being investigated by police over possible computer hacking by a reporter, spreading the company’s media scandal to a third Rupert Murdoch paper in the U.K.

7 Syrian embassies around world attacked following reports of government killing 200 in Homs - Sun Sentinel
5 February 2012, 2:34 am
The Kuwait news agency said a number of security personnel were hurt in scuffles. Some 300 Syrian exiles and Libyan supporters also occupied the Syrian Embassy in Tripoli and hung the Syrian opposition's flag on the gate. There were also protesters at ...

Rockland People in the news: Shelter has support groups for women; Rally for Life march; more - LoHud.com
5 February 2012, 1:23 am
AIRMONT – Fitness expert Rob Fletcher, founder of USA Karate and Fitness, is featured in the February issue of Shape magazine. He offers tips on self-defense for women and a self-defense workout. Fletcher said, “It is my sincere desire not ...

Herald news: Komen reverses - NorthJersey.com
5 February 2012, 1:01 am
IF THE Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer charity thought its move to stop funding Planned Parenthood was going to pass unnoticed, it learned an important lesson. Opposition to Komen's decision was so intense that after three days of defending ...

Apple overtakes LG as third-largest phone maker [Computer news Middle East] - TMCnet
5 February 2012, 12:32 am
(Computer news Middle East Via Acquire Media newsEdge) Apple is now the world's third-largest phone maker by shipments and market share, according to a study from the International Data Corporation (IDC). Only behind Nokia and Samsung, Apple ...

AP news in Brief at 11:58 p.m. EST - AP - msnbc.com
4 February 2012, 10:59 pm
Two in a row for Romney: GOP front-runner cruises to easy win in Nevada presidential caucuses LAS VEGAS (AP) — Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to a decisive victory in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night, notching a second ...

TRADE news: Agilent Technologies Introduces Precision Waveform Analyzer Module with Industry-Best Performance - Yahoo Finance
4 February 2012, 9:09 am
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today introduced a precision waveform analyzer for engineers involved in design verification and validation of high-speed electrical communications systems and components.

Should news Come With a Warning Label? - New York Times Blogs
3 February 2012, 8:52 pm
We’re told that anger is good for you. Getting it all out and all that. But we’re also told the opposite is true. That worry, stress and gut-grinding anger produce and lay down in the body injurious plaques and acids and biles that can and ...

Josh Hamilton holds news conference to address alcohol relapse - Los Angeles Times
3 February 2012, 8:37 pm
Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton said Friday that he had a relapse and had “three or four” drinks Monday at a bar in Dallas, calling it a “weak moment” and that he is taking steps to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

Hudson news chain founder Robert Cohen dies at 86 - msnbc.com
2 February 2012, 9:14 pm
NEW YORK — Magazine distributor Robert B. Cohen, who built the Hudson news chain of newsstands from one store at LaGuardia Airport and changed the way travelers spend their downtime, has died at age 86. Cohen was already a giant in the ...

Fox news: A decade on top - Yahoo Finance
31 January 2012, 9:10 pm
REUTERS - Shepard Smith, the 48-year-old Fox news anchor, admits that he was happy hardly anyone watched the network at first. "We really needed the practice," said Smith, the Holly Springs, Mississippi, native who has been with Fox news since ...