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Alain Robert and Jeb Corliss are two men who've never met, yet they share many of the same experiences. They're both risk takers driven by their fears.
Building climber Alain Robert hangs from ceiling at home to stay in super shape.
One scales steel and glass towers, while the other soars through the air.
Corliss, 3... | '20/20' looks at the fascinating exploits of "Birdman" and the "French Spiderman," aka Jeb Corliss and Alain Robert, who talk about what drives them to push the extremes of experience. |
There are two traditional views of how Americans can be happiest in retirement. In one, they retrofit their homes with grab bars and wheelchair-accessible bathrooms and "age in place" while maintaining long-time community, church and family ties. In the other, they say farewell to friends and frigid winters and head of... | Research contradicts idea that seniors need to cling to their homes. |
Making money in the stock market hasn't been this tough since the fall of 2008. Bear in mind that in the short-term the bears may very well be in control. Stock markets are succumbing to the deflationary, and very negative conditions in many European nations that have been driven by very real necessity to cut budget de... | Market gurus look to gold and commodities as places to put money. Some are shorting European banks, too. |
By MARISA GUTHRIE DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Monday, November 29th 2004, 1:51AM
It's that time of year - lots of shopping, cooking and wrapping to keep us busy.
And it's a busy season on television as well.
But none of it requires spending wads of money, lifting a finger (just a thumb on the remote) or leaving the coz... | TV IS BLITZEN US WITH SPECIAL Rudy, Scrooge & jolly young Nick HOLIDAY VIEWING GUIDE LONG REIGN: "Rudolph"marks its 40th year on CBS. SNOW BIZ: "Robbie the Reindeer"is all revved up and ready to go. JOLLY ROCKERS: The Wiggles & St. Nick YULETIDE CLASSIC: Jean Shepherd's "A Christmas Story"HE'LL SLEIGH YA! Comic George ... |
Bank of America Corp., the nation's largest bank, unveiled plans yesterday to cut 30,000 jobs worldwide in the next few years, as part of an aggressive effort to streamline its far-flung operations and cope with billions of dollars in losses from toxic mortgages and the continuing weak economy.
The cuts will probably ... | The nation’s largest bank has grown tremendously in recent years with major acquisitions, while also suffering through a perilous economy and steep losses from the mortgage crisis. |
LOS ANGELES – While news of Jesse James’s alleged affair only hit headlines last week (thanks to mistress Michelle “Bombshell” McGee selling her story), Sandra Bullock may have been “blindsided” by her husband prior to accepting her Oscar for Best Actress.
Bullock barely even acknowledged, let alone touched, a teary J... | Did Sandra Bullock Already Know About Jesse James' Affair at Oscars? |
Oppenheimer initiated coverage on shares of Fifth Third Bancorp with an outperform rating as credit trends look to favor the bank over the coming quarters. With the outperform rating, Oppenheimer set a price target of $16 per share.
Shares of FITB were higher, picking up almost 2% so far.
Canaccord Adams increased it... | Oppenheimer rates bank outperform,, Canaccord boosts EPS estimate on iPad strength. |
LOS ANGELES – Mariah Carey may be relishing in the rave reviews and Oscar buzz surrounding her new drama “Precious”, however her 2001 film disaster “Glitter” still brings some painful memories to the surface.
The film (and Carey’s performance on screen and on the soundtrack) was slammed by almost all critics and label... | Precious star also says she was 'humiliated' by appearance in the film, despite rave reviews. |
What can you say about a 16-year-old with an irrepressible smile and two Olympic gold medals to her name -- including the coveted women's gymnastics all-around? When it's Virginia Beach native Gabby Douglas, you can say: Go, Flying Squirrel! After the first-place finish of the girls’ team, Douglas took personal gold by... | By Nina Hammerling Smith
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The whole world is watching. And although the 2012 Summer Games in London haven't been without their share of con... |
Between 1907 and 1938, the Detroit Electric Car Company (formerly the Anderson Carriage Company) produced some 13,000 examples of its electric car – a tall, finely appointed carriage powered by a trunk full of lead-acid batteries. The car promised 80 miles of zero-emissions cruising on a full charge, with a top speed o... | Seventy-four years after its demise, Detroit Electric is charged for a comeback with a Lotus Elise-based 100% electric sports car. |
Redefining space: The Nation Room – Embassy of No Land by Paulo Moreira and Kiluanji Kia Henda, part of The Real and Other Fictions exhibition.
I'm standing in the shadow of an equestrian statue in a Lisbon square, as part of a small crowd, listening to eager young architects explain their projects through megaphones.... | A series of sceptical exhibitions in Lisbon questions the purpose of architecture, writes Rowan Moore |
FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2013, file photo, San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith stands on the sideline during an NFL preseason football game against the Minnesota Vikings in San Francisco. Smith has been charged with three felony counts of illegal possession of an assault weapon, stemming from a party at his home ... | LONDON - Aldon Smith's stay in a treatment facility to address a substance-abuse problem will factor into any discipline the 49ers' outside linebacker may face from the NFL, Commissioner Roger Goodell said Saturday. After his second DUI arrest Sept. 20, Smith became subject to discipline from the league under its pers... |
When Modern Art Oxford announced that it was planning a major show of Stella Vine there were quite a few shudders in the art world and I heard someone mutter 'they'll be doing Jack Vettriano next.' Is Stella Vine really that bad? From 17 July we'll be able to judge for ourselves. the gallery is mounting by far her bigg... | Vilified by critics but pursued by art dealers including Charles Saatchi, this ex-stripper lives anonymously but never escapes controversy. On the eve of her first major show, Stella Vine tells how her sudden fame was followed by cocaine addiction and therapy. By Lynn Barber. |
Reporter: The search is on, with new solid leads coming in from the oil fields of the west. It could be. I could be paul. Reporter: To southern california. I might be paul fronczak. Reporter: To a...
Reporter: The search is on, with new solid leads coming in from the oil fields of the west. It could be. I could be pau... | Act 5: Agents hope new tips will pour in after ABC News report. |
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"I am just in awe that the bed-in is getting attention again. We did it in 1969 for a week in Amsterdam and a week in Montreal. We loved doing it and thought somebody will give us applause for creating original theatre to appeal to the world about the importance of w... | In 1969, Ono and John Lennon took to their bed to campaign in support of world peace. Here, she recalls the experience |
Friend and Barber continued to work in London for two years to finance the renovations, which cost about 400,000 euro ($555,720) for new plumbing, additional bathrooms, rewiring electricity and adding an outdoor pool. La Villa de Mazamet opened for business in 2009 in Mazamet, a town in southwestern France.
Owning a b... | If youâve always wanted to move to the country or an historic town to open a guesthouse, hereâs how to make it happen. |
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NPR announced Tuesday that come August 1, the public broadcaster will eliminate 28 jobs and end its weekday show Tell Me More due to budget cuts.
An NPR spokesperson told Poynter in an email that eight of the eliminated positions are not currently filled. Tell Me More host Michel Martin and executive producer Carline ... | The radio network, which has hundreds of member stations across the U.S., announced the cuts as part of a larger effort to cut costs by $7 million this year |
Graduation season is upon us, which means hordes of famous (and, to the disappointment of many graduates, not-so-famous) people will trudge across auditoriums and football stadiums around the country to deliver speeches full of vaguely uplifting platitudes. Of course, plenty of these speeches will actually be quite goo... | Perhaps the only graduation speech you really need to hear |
Reporter: After spending nearly half a year living away from her own family, Bridget is finally back, and so is that trademark smile she's so often flashed as a little girl. So now, I can touch my...
Reporter: After spending nearly half a year living away from her own family, Bridget is finally back, and so is that tr... | Act 5: While she has finally returned home, Bridget still struggles to face her fears. |
06/10/2014 at 11:35 AM EDT
People write inscriptions onto a panel on the Pont des Arts bridge in Paris
The thousands of locks that cling like barnacles to the Pont des Arts in Paris have become a symbol of danger, rather than love, after a chunk of fencing fell off under their weight.
The fencing tumbled late Sunday... | Not everything can handle the powerful weight of romance |
07/02/2014 at 09:20 AM EDT
Camille Grammer and Adrienne Maloof
head back to the 90210?
reports that the former reality stars are set to return to
next season, shooting some scenes with the show's leading ladies: Kyle Richards, Kim Richards,
, Yolanda Foster and Brandi Glanville.
Fans, however, shouldn't place the... | Reports are swirling that the original costars are slated to appear on the show's fifth season |
July 21, 2014: A second video that possible shows a missile launcher heading into Russia has emerged, with the Ukrainian government claiming it could be the weapon that shot down MH17.
Malaysian flight MH17 may have been shot down by "mistake" by ill-trained pro-Russian separatists, US intelligence officials say, dism... | A White House spokesman has confirmed the US will release more information on the downing of flight MH17. |
The Great Hall at Target’s Minneapolis headquarters was bustling this morning. Usually a low-key place where employees sip coffee, hold relaxed meetings and take a few minutes of R&R, this morning there was a line about 200 people long, according to Dustee Jenkins, Target’s vice-president for public relations. They wer... | Brian Cornell wowed his new troops with handshakes and selfies this morning. But the challenge facing the well-regarded former Pepsi executive is substantial. |
FORTUNE — Coffee table books typically dominate the publishing world at this time of year, and 2012 is no exception. Hundreds of new titles have appeared in recent weeks, all vying for your gift shopping dollars. From this vast selection I chose five very different but equally sumptuous volumes.
First up: Howard Schat... | New, beautifully illustrated doorstoppers on boxing, glaciers, antique postcards, modern India, and New York City. |
Nobody messes with Mother Nature – and even if they tried, they wouldn’t be able to make her change. Just like your own mother, once Mother Nature has decided what she’s doing, she’s doing it, and there’s no stopping her. You want to go to the beach today? If she’s not having a good day, you’re not having a good day.
... | The weather outside is hard to predict; it may be sunny, rainy, snowy, stormy, or mild from one day to the next, or it might be any number of these all in one day. Eventually you just learn to deal... |
We already know that Sam Heughan is a breakout star on
to learn – and love! – about the Scottish heartthrob who plays the dashing Jamie Fraser.
Here are five things to know:
Heughan, 34, grew up in converted stables on the grounds of a castle in New Galloway, Scotland.
Since the books describe Jamie as a ginger, He... | The hunky actor, who plays Jamie Fraser, auditioned seven times for Game of Thrones |
The long gallery was the special contribution of Elizabethan and Jacobean society to architecture that deals with the passing of time: it was a place for walking in bad weather, for contemplating and showing off art and ancestral portraits and, therefore, combined the rhythms of exercise, meteorology and genealogy. A s... | Rowan Moore, introduces a spectacular interactive 360-degree panoramic view of this classic example of the Jacobean long gallery |
FORTUNE — Fall holds different meanings for different people, but for many technorati, this September will likely see the unveiling of another all-new iPhone. Indeed, next month’s news may prove more newsworthy than years past if some of the speculation is right. Will Apple AAPL finally introduce a new, cheaper iPhone?... | A highly anticipated fall announcement from Apple could bring some of the long-awaited upgrades that fans and investors have been calling for. |
Peter Mandelson must have loved the smell of Millbank on the morning of May 2 1997. A heady mix of diesel fumes, brake dust and the breeze along the Thames, maybe, but to the new government's chief spin doctor, it would have smelt like... victory. The Labour party - New Labour - had been returned to power, after 18 col... | As the Labour party moves out of Millbank, Jonathan Glancey assesses the building that defined an era. |
Will the prize go out with a bang, or will the lights flicker on once more as another deal comes forward? And will yet another quartet of artists set themselves up, or will they run and hide, joining the throng of contenders who turn down the chance to be parodied, mocked and misrepresented? The Turner Prize is a big d... | Keith Tyson has won the Turner Prize . My first reaction is to feel relief that we can now drop the whole thing until next year, when Channel 4's sponsorship deal comes to an end |
Is it any wonder actresses are neurotic about their appearance? If anyone ever doubted the sexist scrutiny they are up against, Michael Parkinson's 1975 interview with Helen Mirren (a YouTube sensation) is a sobering reminder. "Critics spend as much time discussing her physical attributes as assessing her acting abilit... | An obsession with the looks and love lives of actresses is nothing new, as an exhibition of portraits of the first women on the stage makes clear |
A lexicon of passing clouds, veiled suns and reflections on water. Early-1960s newspaper photos of murdered student nurses, which once ended up in a Gerhard Richter painting. A family snap of Uncle Rudi, proud in his army uniform; crinkle-edged postcards and pictures from other people's family albums. Mountains and aer... | Gerhard Richter has spent 40 years amassing photographs that shock, chill and amuse. Adrian Searle sees a remarkable collection. |
Jason Landau and Cheyenne Jackson
09/15/2014 AT 05:05 PM EDT
Talk about a night to remember.
is still on Cloud 9 after
with boyfriend Jason Landau on Saturday evening.
"There was so much love coming at us," Jackson, 39, tells PEOPLE. "We're both just love hungover."
Set atop the converted tennis court of a friend... | The Glee actor says he's still "love hungover" from his big night |
FORTUNE — Most everyone believes that America will become recessionary if we fall off the fiscal cliff in 28 days. What has gotten less attention, however, is what might happen were Washington to actually get its act together.
I’m not talking about how taxes might rise for some and not for others, or how particular pr... | Fixing the fiscal cliff isn't just about avoiding disaster. |
The number of deaths due to General Motors’ faulty ignition switches has risen to 21 as compensation expert Kenneth Feinberg starts providing weekly updates of the compensation claims he thinks are legitimate.
After last week’s initial report of 19 deaths from the GM Ignition Compensation protocol, headed by Feinberg,... | We'll be getting weekly updates on the ignition switch compensation protocol now. |
FORTUNE — Disaster and misbehavior have dominated recent headlines about big banks. Whether it’s multibillion-dollar trading losses (J.P. Morgan Chase), a settlement for rigging interest rates (Barclays), a Senate report asserting money laundering for drug cartels (HSBC), or assorted bad press for Standard Chartered, C... | If you look beyond recent mishaps and scandals, there are values to be found in financial shares. |
09/29/2014 AT 01:45 PM EDT
Moody teens in a haunting, dystopian future? Sounds like a case for a
, who has been tapped to curate the soundtrack for
, just released the film's title track, "Yellow Flicker Beat," which she also wrote and recorded.
Of the foreboding (yet, at the same time, strangely catchy) tune, Lord... | The teen queen not only wrote the film's theme song, but is also curating the entire soundtrack |
FORTUNE — Both smartphones were highly anticipated and well-reviewed. Both were made available for online orders and quickly sold out.
But one — Apple’s AAPL iPhone 5 — overcame some initial production hiccups and as of Thursday, according to Piper Jaffrey’s Gene Munster, had “finally reached a point where consumers c... | One hot new smartphone is now "readily available" for Christmas. The other ain't. |
What we know: Not a whole lot. According to a report this week from The Wall Street Journal, the group in charge of Intel’s INTC TV strategy, dubbed Intel Media, is run by Erik Huggers, a corporate VP who once worked for the BBC and Microsoft MSFT . A set-top box may be in the works touting speech and face recognition,... | Both tech giants are rumored to be developing television products for this year or next. Here's how they (might) stack up. |
If you’re reading Fortune, you’re aware of Mark Zuckerberg. You likely know Jack Dorsey and Marissa Mayer. You might know Kevin Systrom, and Ben Silbermann. But what about Andriy Kobolyev, or Tristan Walker, or Julie Smolyansky? The names Liv Garfield, Kevin Chou, and Raj Chetty might not ring a bell. Or do they? How w... | Take our quiz to test your knowledge |
FORTUNE–“Our mission is simple: to make all athletes better,” says Under Armour founder and CEO Kevin Plank. “Our vision is even simpler: to empower athletes everywhere.”
Have you noticed that the best businesses are typically built on easy-to-understand foundations? That is, one big idea.
That was the message that P... | Kevin Plank took on Nike and built Under Armour into a $2.3 billion company. The hypercompetitive CEO says he learned three major lessons along the way. |
10/29/2014 AT 09:20 AM EDT
Like many other denizens of the
The star was visiting Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday's
to discuss his new film,
, when Fallon brought up
"I think I was the first kid in my class to learn all the words to [Eminem's] 'Real Slim Shady,' " Radcliffe told Fallon.
Radcliffe went on to say that memor... | Radcliffe performs Blackalicious's 'Alphabet Aerobics' flawlessly |
There’s a disconnect, it seems, in a lot of young American families. Just who is going to take care of the kids?
According to a recent study by the Harvard Business Review, 66% of millennial men expect their partner to take the primary responsibility for raising children. On the other hand, only 42% of millennial wome... | Most Boomer and Gen X women wanted to prioritize work, but ended up focused on child-rearing. Can millennials avoid the same trap? |
He was a teenage actor who trekked the African desert with Peter O’Toole in Lawrence of Arabia. He was a three-time Olympian, in two different sports. He graduated Harvard University and then earned a Harvard MBA. He is a vice-chairman of investment banking at Citigroup, where he chairs Citi Private Bank in the EMEA (E... | The most interesting man behind a powerful woman may not be Bill Clinton, after all. |
12/19/2014 AT 06:00 PM EST
Bob Bashara's once-respectable reputation crumbled for good Thursday when a jury found the former Michigan businessman with a string of S&M mistresses guilty of murdering his wife.
Jane Bashara's beaten and strangled body was discovered on Jan. 25, 2012, slumped over in her Mercedes SUV in ... | Testimony revealed S&M relationships and ties to a hit-man killer he also tried to have killed |
This post is in partnership with Travel + Leisure. The article below was originally published at TravelandLeisure.com.
By Kate Parham Kordsmeier, Travel + Leisure
Twenty-two million turkeys appear on Christmas tables every year, washed down by 122 pounds of eggnog and made possible by umpteen hours in the kitchen. No... | Cheers to these restaurants that work overtime to deck the halls and concoct special Christmastime menus. |
This post is in partnership with Entrepreneur. The article below was originally published at Entrepreneur.com.
Here we are at the beginning of a New Year. The revelry of the holidays is behind us, and it’s time to get serious and get back to work. But before we get too deep into goals, strategies, tactics and financia... | Turn these once-a-year activities into monthly habits and watch your business grow. |
Despite some tumultuous twists and turns, the U.S. stock market made big gains in 2014. But the new year has got off to a rough start with a market-wide sell-off.
In 2014, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 7.5% as it crossed both the 17,000-point and 18,000-point marks for the first time ever. The S&P 500 posted... | From steadily declining oil prices to possible interest rate hikes, the market faces a number of headwinds. |
Equality is a worthy goal—but its tough to achieve when unconscious bias so pervades the American workplace.
Certainly women have made inroads in corporate America, but a Pew Research Center survey released Wednesday points at why women struggle to climb to the corporate world’s highest ranks—and often tone down their... | Roche Diagnostics and Royal Bank of Canada have launched internal initiatives in hopes of increasing workforce diversity. |
It should have been the greatest time of their lives.
Last April, the all-girl band
was just gaining buzz, heating up the charts with "Ugly Heart" and singing the chorus to Pitbull's popular radio jam, "Wild Wild Love." The five singers were huge in Australia and performed on the
And then, the unthinkable happened. ... | Members of the girl group open up about how they've been coping and how they vow to honor Battle's memory |
FORTUNE — If you’ve ever been frustrated, annoyed, or otherwise perturbed by annual performance reviews — whether giving them, getting them, or both — here’s something that may surprise you: Not even the HR people in charge of overseeing yearly appraisals really think they’re worth doing.
At least, that is one finding... | Ninety-eight percent of human resources executives say yearly evaluations aren't useful, according to a recent survey. So why are companies still doing them? |
02/02/2015 AT 09:35 AM EST
's NASCAR ad that ran during the Super Bowl, decrying it as offensive to people living with celiac disease.
The ad plays on Offermnan's uber-masculine image, and features the following line in its "America's gone soft"-themed narration: "When our idea of danger is eating gluten, there's tro... | The signees claim that the ad is offensive to people with gluten allergies |
As of next year, Costco Wholesale shoppers will be safe to leave home without their American Express cards.
AmEx AXP shares dropped to their lowest levels since mid-October on Thursday after the credit card company announced that its exclusivity deal with wholesale club retailer Costco is set to expire at the end of M... | AmEx's stock decline erased more than $5 billion from its market value Thursday. |
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