http://www.mail.com/subjects/126-lifestyle.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/126-lifestyle.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2092546-tornado-ravaged-texas-town-to-start-recovery.html GRANBURY, Texas (AP) — Residents whose homes were torn apart or blown away by a North Texas deadly tornado can soon return to retrieve what belongings may be left and start cleaning up, authorities said Friday. In Granbury, the area hardest hit by Wednesday night's exceptionally strong tornado, workers are trying to restore water service, raise electrical... Sat, 18 May 2013 01:41:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2092546-tornado-ravaged-texas-town-to-start-recovery.html 2013-05-18T01:41:22Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2092548-caribbean-talks-conservation-bransons-island.html NECKER ISLAND, British Virgin Islands (AP) — Surrounded by a turquoise sea and a menagerie of exotic animals on a billionaire's private island, political and business leaders gathered Friday to back an initiative aimed at expanding protection for the Caribbean's imperiled coasts and waters. The "Caribbean Challenge" calls for special protected zones along... Sat, 18 May 2013 01:15:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2092548-caribbean-talks-conservation-bransons-island.html 2013-05-18T01:15:14Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2092486-nyers-furious-photos-taken-through-windows.html NEW YORK (AP) — In one photo, a woman is on all fours, presumably picking something up, her posterior pressed against a glass window. Another photo shows a couple in bathrobes, their feet touching beneath a table. And there is one of a man, in jeans and a T-shirt, lying on his side as he takes a nap. In all the photos, taken by New York City artist Arne S... Fri, 17 May 2013 19:15:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2092486-nyers-furious-photos-taken-through-windows.html 2013-05-17T19:15:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2089912-correction-texas-storms-story.html GRANBURY, Texas (AP) — In a story May 16 about tornadoes that swept through North Texas, The Associated Press misspelled the name of the executive director for Trinity Habitat for Humanity in Fort Worth. He is Gage Yager, not Yeager. A corrected version of the story is below: Texas tornado devastation includes Habitat homes 16 tornadoes wallop North Texas... Fri, 17 May 2013 14:24:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2089912-correction-texas-storms-story.html 2013-05-17T14:24:44Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2092200-paper-wrap-the-office-ends-8-year.html NEW YORK (AP) — That's a wrap! Dunder Mifflin Paper Co. lives on, but "The Office" has closed shop. The NBC workplace comedy, set at the fictional company's Scranton, Pa., branch, aired its finale Thursday to end an eight-year run. As expected, office manager Dwight wed tempestuous co-worker Angela, with whom he prev... Fri, 17 May 2013 03:07:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2092200-paper-wrap-the-office-ends-8-year.html 2013-05-17T03:07:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2090950-house-immigration-group-reaches-deal.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of House members announced a deal Thursday on sweeping immigration legislation, a breakthrough that could boost chances for one of President Barack Obama's top second-term priorities. It came after months of secretive talks among the four Republican and four Democratic House members had seemed to stall in recent days e... Fri, 17 May 2013 00:27:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2090950-house-immigration-group-reaches-deal.html 2013-05-17T00:27:37Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2090242-2-13-small-suvs-well-crash-tests.html DETROIT (AP) — Only two of 13 small SUVs performed well in front-end crash tests done by an insurance industry group, with several popular models faring poorly in the evaluations. Subaru's 2014 Forester was the only vehicle to get the top "good" rating in the results released Thursday. The 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport was rated as "acceptable." But fas... Thu, 16 May 2013 20:25:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2090242-2-13-small-suvs-well-crash-tests.html 2013-05-16T20:25:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2091090-prison-treatment-program-idaho-monkey-killer.html BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man convicted of breaking into a Boise zoo last fall and brutally beating to death one of two Patas monkeys has been ordered to spend up to a year in a treatment program at a state prison. Michael Watkins, 22, of Weiser, was sentenced Thursday for his role in the Nov. 17 crime that caused shock and outrage in Idaho's capitol c... Thu, 16 May 2013 19:48:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2091090-prison-treatment-program-idaho-monkey-killer.html 2013-05-16T19:48:10Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2088612-correction-virus-story.html NEW YORK (AP) — In a story May 15 about a new SARS-like virus spreading from patients to health care workers in Saudi Arabia, The Associated Press reported erroneously the location of the 20 deaths attributed to the virus. There have been no deaths reported in France and Qatar, only in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Germany and Britain. The story also said that th... Thu, 16 May 2013 19:05:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2088612-correction-virus-story.html 2013-05-16T19:05:31Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2091310-coppolas-bling-ring-decadent-cannes.html CANNES, France (AP) — Sofia Coppola was just 8 years old when she first came to the Cannes Film Festival. Her father, Francis Ford Coppola, was there to premiere a work-in-progress cut of a film he had spent years wrestling with: "Apocalypse Now." "I have nice memories of Cannes," Coppola said in an interview Thursday on the roof of the Palais, the festiv... Thu, 16 May 2013 18:50:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2091310-coppolas-bling-ring-decadent-cannes.html 2013-05-16T18:50:14Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2089572-influence-game-tech-labor-spar-immigration.html WASHINGTON (AP) — To the U.S. technology industry, there's a dramatic shortfall in the number of Americans skilled in computer programming and engineering that is hampering business. To unions and some Democrats, it's more sinister: The push by Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg to expand the number of visas for high-tech foreign workers is an attempt to dilute a lucrative job marke... Thu, 16 May 2013 17:36:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2089572-influence-game-tech-labor-spar-immigration.html 2013-05-16T17:36:09Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2089872-greek-strikes-halt-air-travel.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Flights in Greece were halted for four hours Thursday as the country's two largest labor unions staged work stoppages to protest austerity measures and a government decision to cancel a teachers' strike. Flights resumed after being grounded between 12:00 and 4:00 p.m. (0900-1300 GMT), when air traffic controllers joined the protest c... Thu, 16 May 2013 17:08:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2089872-greek-strikes-halt-air-travel.html 2013-05-16T17:08:07Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2090922-glees-lynch-dog-to-bat-shelter-mutts.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jane Lynch doesn't mind being upstaged by her latest co-star, Olivia — after all she "has no bad side, she is always ready to pose and she sits perfectly still when you put her in your lap. "I'm much more temperamental," Lynch said. Lynch's dog Olivia is her co-host for "Shelter Me: Let's Go Home," the second installment in the PBS seri... Thu, 16 May 2013 17:03:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2090922-glees-lynch-dog-to-bat-shelter-mutts.html 2013-05-16T17:03:44Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2090146-global-luxury-goods-sales-slowing.html MILAN (AP) — Global sales of luxury goods are off to a slow start in 2013 and aren't expected to match the double-digit growth of the last three years, consultancy Bain & Co. said in a study released Thursday. Sales of luxury apparel, accessories, jewelry, cosmetics and art are expected to grow just 4 percent to 5 percent in 2013, to between 220 billion e... Thu, 16 May 2013 16:35:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2090146-global-luxury-goods-sales-slowing.html 2013-05-16T16:35:53Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2090378-julianne-moore-bad-mom-role-antithesis.html CANNES, France (AP) — Julianne Moore sometimes identifies with the characters she plays but when it came to playing a bad mother in "What Maisie Knew," she couldn't relate. In the recently released film, Moore portrays a rock-star mom going through a bitter divorce who's having trouble connecting to her 6-year-old daughter, Maisie. The role couldn't have ... Thu, 16 May 2013 14:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2090378-julianne-moore-bad-mom-role-antithesis.html 2013-05-16T14:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2089446-polish-exports-meat-jews-muslims-limbo.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — For some, it was a barbaric way to treat animals. For others, it was great business. Until January, slaughterhouses across Poland — a deeply Catholic nation — were the unlikely venues for the Islamic and Jewish slaughter of animals, which in both religions involves a swift cut to the throat of a conscious animal and death by bleeding... Thu, 16 May 2013 10:52:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2089446-polish-exports-meat-jews-muslims-limbo.html 2013-05-16T10:52:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2089700-sc-slave-cabin-dismantled-smithsonian-display.html EDISTO ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — As a cool sea breeze wafted across a 17th century South Carolina plantation that once grew prized sea island cotton, workers this week carefully disassembled, measured and numbered wooden planks from a dilapidated antebellum slave cabin. Once one of about two dozen on slave row at Point of Pines Plantation, the cabin will be shi... Thu, 16 May 2013 09:23:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2089700-sc-slave-cabin-dismantled-smithsonian-display.html 2013-05-16T09:23:11Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2089452-chefs-cook-raise-money-boston-bombing-victims.html BOSTON (AP) — Boston Marathon bombing victims joined hundreds of first responders and well-wishers at Fenway Park as dozens of top chefs served fine food and drinks from concession stands in a project intended to raise money for those killed and wounded in the twin explosions. The Boston Bites Back event at the Boston Red Sox's home, the oldest baseball p... Thu, 16 May 2013 08:43:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2089452-chefs-cook-raise-money-boston-bombing-victims.html 2013-05-16T08:43:01Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2088004-google-boosts-photo-offerings-to-rival-facebook.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is digging deeper into its technology toolkit to turn its social networking service into a more formidable threat to Facebook, sprucing up its photo features at a time when sharing snapshots online and on mobile gadgets is growing more popular. Many of the 41 new features being added to Google Plus beginning Wednesday will draw... Wed, 15 May 2013 23:24:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2088004-google-boosts-photo-offerings-to-rival-facebook.html 2013-05-15T23:24:09Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2088932-highlights-music-maps-photo-google-tools.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google used its annual conference for software developers to unveil several new products, services and features. They include enhancements for online games, maps, search, music and photos and are meant to help the company cement its role in people's technological lives. Here's a look at some of the announcements made at Wednesday's keynote at Google I/O.... Wed, 15 May 2013 23:20:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2088932-highlights-music-maps-photo-google-tools.html 2013-05-15T23:20:42Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2087574-google-unveils-maps-photo-music-features.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google's sixth annual conference for software developers opened Wednesday with a chance for the company to showcase its latest services. Announcements included new features for online games, maps and search, a new music-streaming service and enhancements to its Google Plus social network, including tools for editing and sharing photos. ... Wed, 15 May 2013 23:19:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2087574-google-unveils-maps-photo-music-features.html 2013-05-15T23:19:57Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2088632-franklin-ready-to-walk-high-school-aisle.html Missy Franklin is starting to feel like a grown-up. "I don't know where the time went," she said, breaking into a bubbly laugh. "We just went to the bank the other day and signed everything over. It's crazy. I do feel a little bit older." Sure, the star of the London Olympics still has much of her life in front of her. But Franklin reached one important m... Wed, 15 May 2013 23:02:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2088632-franklin-ready-to-walk-high-school-aisle.html 2013-05-15T23:02:33Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2087002-geneva-auction-sells-huge-diamond-267m.html GENEVA (AP) — A huge diamond unearthed in Botswana commanded an unearthly price of $26.7 million from Christie's auction house Wednesday amid the spring ritual of well-heeled bidders flocking or phoning in to Geneva's luxury sales. The pear-shaped gem accounted for more than a quarter of the $102 million in sales rung up by Christie's Wednesday night, a n... Wed, 15 May 2013 21:18:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2087002-geneva-auction-sells-huge-diamond-267m.html 2013-05-15T21:18:33Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2088444-aclu-time-modern-family-gay-couple-to-wed.html NEW YORK (AP) — The ACLU is lobbying for the gay couple on "Modern Family" to get married. ACLU Action started a campaign to urge the show's producers to write a wedding episode for Mitchell and Cameron, fathers of an adopted child and one of three couples at the heart of the show. The ACLU says it is appealing to the fictional family to draw more attenti... Wed, 15 May 2013 21:10:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2088444-aclu-time-modern-family-gay-couple-to-wed.html 2013-05-15T21:10:27Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2088242-buenos-aires-launches-tours-argentine-pope.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — You can see the streets where he grew up and played soccer, the church where Jorge Bergoglio prayed as a teenager and the cathedral where the man who would become Pope Francis said Mass. You can even visit the stand where he bought his newspapers every weekend and where he went for a haircut. With an Argentine on the throne ... Wed, 15 May 2013 19:29:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2088242-buenos-aires-launches-tours-argentine-pope.html 2013-05-15T19:29:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2084640-correction-immigration-story.html WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story May 14 about a Senate immigration bill, The Associated Press erroneously reported that two of the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers entered the U.S. on student visas. In fact only one of them did. A corrected version of the story is below: Senators tackle student visas in immigration bill Senators move to strengthen student visa secur... Wed, 15 May 2013 19:01:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2084640-correction-immigration-story.html 2013-05-15T19:01:41Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2087020-uk-casino-accuses-us-poker-star-ivey-cheating.html LONDON (AP) — A major casino operator is accusing Phil Ivey, an American who is one of the world's top professional poker players, of amassing millions of dollars in winnings by cheating at baccarat. Court papers filed in Britain's High Court by the Malaysia-based Genting Group say that Ivey and an accomplice successfully used a scam to rack up winnings o... Wed, 15 May 2013 18:01:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2087020-uk-casino-accuses-us-poker-star-ivey-cheating.html 2013-05-15T18:01:02Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2087208-us-homebuilder-confidence-rises-april.html Confidence among U.S. homebuilders rebounded this month, reflecting improved sales trends during the spring home-selling season and the strongest outlook for sales over the next six months in more than six years. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo builder sentiment index released Wednesday rose to 44 in May from 41 in April. The increas... Wed, 15 May 2013 15:32:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2087208-us-homebuilder-confidence-rises-april.html 2013-05-15T15:32:05Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2087000-conn-chef-set-to-feast-cicadas-invasion.html NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut chef Bun Lai is already known for his Mexican grasshopper dish and his fried rice with meal worms and crickets. But he might soon also be recognized as the cicada chef. Lai, owner of Miya's Sushi, tells the New Haven Register (http://bit.ly/16eNZfy ) that he plans to fill a big freezer full of Brood II cicadas, once the... Wed, 15 May 2013 15:19:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2087000-conn-chef-set-to-feast-cicadas-invasion.html 2013-05-15T15:19:36Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2086452-jolie-girl-with-tattoo-to-woman-with.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — In her bad girl days, Angelina Jolie's body was a billboard for tattoos that said such things as "Billy Bob." Now she's sharing intimate details of her anatomy to help women at risk, going public with her preventive double mastectomy to greatly reduce her high odds of breast cancer. It's the latest peak in Jolie's turn-around from hedon... Wed, 15 May 2013 14:58:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2086452-jolie-girl-with-tattoo-to-woman-with.html 2013-05-15T14:58:54Z