One of the reasons the Bengals could move on from Carson Palmer was the immediate success of Andy Dalton. A rookie second-round pick, Dalton has put up better statistics than Palmer did through his first six games as an NFL starter. Dalton has a higher completion percentage, more passing yards, more touchdowns and fewer [...]
Penguin, 369 pages, $17.50THIS Twilight Zone-like novel, by a hotshot American blogger turned author, fashions a throwback sci-fi riff with a single manoeuvre.In 2019, we find a society with an illegal, simple medical procedure that halts aging.The trick is that this can bestow immortality but it cannot, alas, ensure it. Only aging is permanently forestalled. [...]
For Apple fans juggling iPads, iPhones and Macbooks, Apple’s iCloud, which launched Wednesday, offers the chance to simplify their digital lives by linking email, calendars, music and photos from multiple devices.But while iCloud promises convenience, experts say it raises potential security and privacy concerns inherent in storing data in the cloud: If one account is [...]
Herman Cain on Monday defended comments about racism he’d made over the weekend.”I don’t have a lot of patience for people who want to blame racism on the fact that some people don’t make in America,” he said on ‘The Sean Hannity Show’. The GOP candidate claimed that his business and academic achievements were “walking [...]
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Phillies banked their season on baseball’s most timeless adage: good pitching stops good hitting. It led them to 102 victories, the most in the history of the franchise. It would, they hoped, carry them to their second championship in four seasons. But now the Phillies are finished, because the St. Louis [...]