technopreneur.ph: January 2013

1.31.2013

Huffington Post Popular News: Super Bowl XLVII Babies: Little 49ers And Ravens Fans Are Ready For Some Football (PHOTOS)

Forget the practicing, the training, or the strategizing -- even football players themselves know their littlest fans are really the good luck charms that will bring home the Vince Lombardi. So while you're gearing up to watch the big game and preparing your spinach artichoke dip (or maybe one of these healthier options), take a picture of your mini hall of famer and add to the slideshow below -- we hear whichever team gets more photos will win.

To submit: Send photos of your little fans to parents@huffingtonpost.com or press "Add a slide" below.

Huffington Post Popular News: China: Fireworks Explosion On Highway Kills 26, Destroys Elevated Roadway

BEIJING -- A truck carrying fireworks ahead of Chinese New Year celebrations exploded and destroyed part of an elevated highway Friday in central China, killing at least 26 people as it sent vehicles plummeting 30 meters (about 100 feet) to the ground, state media said.

The huge blast destroyed an 80-meter (80-yard) stretch of highway outside the city of Sanmenxia in Henan province, and was powerful enough to shatter windows of a nearby truck stop.

Huffington Post Popular News: Best Super Bowl Commercials Ever: Apple's '1984,' Terry Tate, Betty White On All-Time Ads List (VIDEO)

Super Bowl history is littered with famous names and punctuated by iconic performances.

Joe Montana, Terrell Davis, Jack Lambert ... and Betty White.

That's right, Betty White. For those Super Bowl viewers who tune in more for the commercials than to see which team lifts the Lombardi Trophy, the performance by the former "Golden Girls" star in a 2010 Snickers commercial ranks among the top Super Sunday efforts.

Huffington Post Popular News: Ronaiah Tuiasosopo Dr. Phil Interview: Man At Center Of Manti Te'o Hoax Says He Is Recovering From Homosexuality (VIDEO)

Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, the man behind the now-famous hoax on Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o, now says he's "recovering" from homosexuality.

In an an interview with Dr. Phil McGraw for the "Dr. Phil Show," the first part of which aired Thursday, Tuiasosopo compared being gay to drug addiction:

“You’ve heard of recovering drug addicts? It takes a lot of courage to stand and say that to recover from homosexuality and this type of thing. Not just that, but coming back to your real life, as hard of a task it is, I’m going to do all that I can to live right.’’

Huffington Post Popular News: Short Bouts Of Physical Activity Can Help You Meet Exercise Guidelines, Study Shows

You don't have to be a gym rat to get your daily exercise, according to a new study.

The findings, published in the American Journal of Health Promotion, show that small bouts of physical activity throughout the day -- that which comes from activities like raking the leaves, mowing the lawn or taking the stairs -- count as exercise just as much as designating a period of time to work out at a gym.

"Our results suggest that engaging in an active lifestyle approach, compared to a structured exercise approach, may be just as beneficial in improving various health outcomes," study researcher Paul Loprinzi, an assistant professor at Bellarmine University who conducted the research while at Oregon State University, said in a statement. "We encourage people to seek out opportunities to be active when the choice is available. For example, rather than sitting while talking on the phone, use this opportunity to get in some activity by pacing around while talking."

Huffington Post Popular News: Henry Barbour On Climate Change: There Are 'Two Sides To Every Issue'

Henry Barbour, one of five Republicans tasked with rethinking GOP strategy following the 2012 elections, refused to say if climate change is one of the areas his party should address, stating that "there's certainly two sides to every issue."

During a Thursday appearance on NPR's On Point to discuss the Republican Party's post-election regrouping, Barbour fielded a question from a caller who lamented that Republicans have largely ignored climate change, often "denying that this is a problem."

"Well, with the Republican Party what it has to be about is fixing problems," Barbour, a Mississippi Republican National Committee member, responded. "Whether it's dealing with the environment or whether its dealing with security, education, or spending, or whatever it is."

Huffington Post Popular News: LA Catholic Archdiocese Releases Priest Abuse Files

(Reuters) - After years of legal battles, the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles on Thursday released the files of priests accused of molesting children and removed a senior clergyman who had been linked to efforts to conceal the abuse.

The archdiocese also said the clergyman's former top aide had stepped down.

"The 2013 public release of the files of clergy who were subject of the 2007 global settlement concludes a sad and shameful chapter in the history of our local church," the archdiocese said in a statement.

Huffington Post Popular News: Joe Biden: Gun Laws Won't 'Guarantee' End To Mass Shootings

WASHINGTON — Curbing guns can't ensure an end to mass slayings like December's killings of 20 first-graders in Newtown, Conn., but it will reduce firearm deaths, Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday.

"Nothing we're going to do is going to fundamentally alter or eliminate the possibility of another mass shooting or guarantee that we will bring gun deaths down to 1,000 a year from what it is now," Biden told reporters.

Biden said lawmakers can take steps "that have virtually zero impact on your Second Amendment right to own a weapon for both self-defense and recreation but can save some lives." Doing that, he said, "seems to be a no-brainer."

Huffington Post Popular News: DaNita Wilson, Georgia Teacher, Accused Of Having Sex With 7 High School Students (VIDEO)

Georgia high school teacher DaNita Wilson was arrested Tuesday after the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) launched an inquiry into her conduct.

The married, 32-year-old math teacher is accused of having sex with seven students, according to multiple reports. Wilson is facing at least seven counts of sexual assault, however more charges may be added since the investigation is still in progress.

While six of the Charlton County High School students in question were older than 16 -- the age of consent in Georgia -- at the time of the alleged crimes, one student was 15, assistant special agent Stacy Carson confirmed to CNN.

Huffington Post Popular News: Price Middle School Shooting: Wounded Student Recovering After Fellow Teen Opened Fire

ATLANTA -- A student opened fire at his middle school Thursday afternoon, wounding a 14-year-old in the neck before an armed officer working at the school was able to get the gun away, police said.

Multiple shots were fired in the courtyard of Price Middle School just south of downtown about 1:50 p.m. and the one boy was hit, Atlanta Police Chief George Turner said. In the aftermath, a teacher received minor cuts, he said.

Huffington Post Popular News: Firefighter Rescues Dog While Responding To Massive Accident On Detroit Freeway (PHOTO)

After a sudden whiteout in wintery Detroit Thursday diminished visibility "in a matter of seconds," a 7-year-old boy and a 9-year-old girl from Windsor, Ontario and one adult died in a massive accident on I-75. In the wake of the accident, however, one photographer caught a stirring moment between a firefighter and his rescuee.

As emergency responders worked at the accident site, Detroit News David Coates snapped a photo after a firefighter rescued a forlorn-looking dog from one of the cars.

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Huffington Post Popular News: Kaepernick Family Endured Painful Losses On Long Road To Super Bowl: Column

NEW ORLEANS -- Lance Kaepernick was 23 days old when he died.

He seemed normal when his parents brought him home. Then everything, suddenly, went tragically wrong. Two open heart surgeries couldn't save the tiny baby Rick and Teresa Kaepernick had so joyfully welcomed into their lives.

Huffington Post Popular News: Michigan State Illinois: No. 13 Ranked Spartans Beat Fighting Illini 80-75

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Keith Appling led a pivotal run early in the second half and finished with 24 points and seven assists to help No. 13 Michigan State beat Illinois 80-75 on Thursday night.

The Spartans (18-4, 7-2 Big Ten) scored the first 14 points of the second half to take their first lead.