Friday, January 06, 2012

bad



apr 12

  • China's worst food safety scandal in recent years involved fresh milk, infant formula and other dairy products tainted with the industrial chemical melamine, which can cause kidney stones and kidney failure. Guardian World
  • In the final three minutes, Kobe Bryant had a bad pass for a turnover, stepped out of bounds with the ball and lost the ball another time. LA Times Sports
  • " Unlike Norway, where the fish phone in 's have become so bad, Sven 's wife, Yuta has left him. Slate
  • LUBBOCK, Texas ( AP ) — Firefighters battled Monday to contain several large blazes that have burned hundreds of square miles of rural Texas and destroyed dozens of homes since last week, getting reinforcements from out of state as they struggled against some of the worst wildfire conditions in state history. MSNBC News
  • Japan is considering raising the severity level of its nuclear crisis to put it on a par with the Chernobyl accident 25 years ago, the worst atomic power disaster in history, Kyodo news agency reported on Tuesday. Reuters International
  • The manager of the fund, William H. Gross, has written that the political environment is sufficiently toxic — and the nation’s longer-term fiscal problems sufficiently in­trac­table — that U.S. government debt is a bad deal. Washington Post Technology
  • Lennox-Boyd was told that one commander, Terrence Gavaghan, had developed the techniques at the Mwea camps in central Kenya - and he needed permission to treat the worst detainees in a " rough way ". BBC Top Stories
  • " This bill rewards effective teachers and protects children from bad teachers. Huffington Post Full Feed
  • The juxtaposition almost seems like a bad joke. Huffington Post Full Feed
  • Bad father, they are filled in destructively. Huffington Post Full Feed
  • Japanese officials made clear the cumulative damage from Fukushima is still not nearly as bad as the Chernobyl meltdown, despite the two having the same disaster ratings. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet
  • Nobody likes being the kid whose mom packs the worst lunch, but isn't this taking things a little too far ? Daily Beast Cheat Sheet


  • may 3

  • If the lesson of May 1, 2011 is that ultimate justice comes with a side order of torture and Guantanamo, it seems the worst moment to abandon those tools. Slate
  • And its tendency to hype the program and its successes at least implies that this time the United States got the bad guy the old-fashioned way. Slate
  • "There's always blood on the streets at the end of every concert season," Guerinot said. "But I don't think it will be as bad as last year. Everyone's wised up." LA Times Business
  • Thousands of Iraqi Shias, Pakistanis, Yemenis and Jordanians also lost their lives as a result of an ideology that cast any Muslim who did not embrace the true path as a traitor – worse still, an apostate. Guardian World
  • And if there 's anything worse than missing Mother 's Day, it 's showing up late for your own farewell party. MSNBC Tech & Science
  • “Many Americans, convinced that Pakistan has done less than it might to confront radical militants and terrorists, see their worst suspicions confirmed by the fact that bin Laden lived in a large, well-protected compound right under the Pakistani military's nose,” says Daniel Markey, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Huffington Post Full Feed
  • I thought back to the games I watched with my father during childhood ( none worse than the eighth-seeded Nuggets’ toppling of the No. 1 Sonics in 1994), to my favorite SuperSonics (Jack Sikma, Gary Payton, Shawn Kemp) and to all those nights spent at KeyArena. New York Times, Sports
  • Her two boys and her little girl had been assured that the " bad man " behind the attacks that claimed their uncle was gone. LA Times National News
  • The development came at a fortuitous time for Mr. Obama, who received the worst foreign policy rating of his presidency in a New York Times/CBS News poll last month, with 46 percent of respondents saying they disapproved of his handling of international affairs. NYTimes Front Page
  • Cerberus, which was looking for a quick turnaround, did n't invest the cash needed to weather the worst auto sales decline in more than 25 years. Seattle Times full feed
  • Some experts say chytridiomycosis may rank among the worst diseases in recorded history in terms of its effect on biodiversity. MSNBC Tech & Science


  • may 29

  • It 's there in some of the worst work, such as a jejune installation of an urban alley, complete with a corny mannequin of a heroin addict, by California artist Neck Face. LA Times Arts and Culture
  • Because this is bad business for both parties, " Tusk said to Obama. Fox News Top Headlines
  • " It 's bad for the families. AP Top Headlines
  • The Mets can not afford to lose another player, but Dickey said he has been assured by doctors that he will not make the heel worse by playing Tuesday. New York Times, Sports
  • Before Nunez could wipe the dirt off his pants, he was picked off, a victim of his inexperience and a bit of bad luck. New York Times, Sports
  • Though he was reprimanded for bad judgment, he was cleared of any wrongdoing. LA Times National News
  • It could have been worse, far worse, for Alex Ferguson 's players. Seattle Times full feed
  • Boston has won 29 of 45 games since starting 0-6, its worst start since 1945. Seattle Times full feed
  • " It 's bad for the families. AP Top Headlines
  • ? wrong on the law and bad policy. รข ? New York Times, Health Care Policy
  • Stann is cut under his eye but it 's not in a bad place. LA Times Sports
  • And while he said in an interview Saturday that the smell is n't too bad now, he figures that could change if they 're left for another 48 hours. CTV News Latest


  • jun 1

  • Even worse, if housing prices decline and you want or need to sell—that is, if you are underwater on your mortgage, as about one in four homeowners currently is—you might be truly trapped. Slate
  • "The revolution will not fight the germs that may cause bad breath." Slate
  • The timing is bad for the state, which has been working to keep more productions from leaving. LA Times Business
  • But this much is known: Their on-shore appearance is as bad for them as it is for vacationers. Reuters US News
  • ORLANDO, Fla ( Reuters ) - The mother of accused child killer Casey Anthony testified on Tuesday that her daughter 's car smelled " worse than rotting flesh " when she and her husband found it in an impound lot a month after she had last seen her 2-year-old granddaughter Caylee. Reuters US News
  • The northern state of Schleswig-Holstein, which neighbors Hamburg and is one of the worst affected, said tests on 141 samples of food including cucumbers, tomatoes, milk products, zucchini and poultry had found no EHEC. The Guardian
  • The former I.M.F. chief hired an all-male housekeeping staff at his $50,000 a month Tribeca townhouse, preempting an obvious bad decision that could have been, well, embarrassing. NY Observer Daily Transom
  • The conflict crisis in the divided and impoverished coastal state of Yemen has taken a turn for the worse amidst reports that several hundred al Qaeda sponsored Islamic extremists have taken control of the oceanside city of Zinjibar. Huffington Post Full Feed
  • It is easy to label him as the bad guy and certainly no one would argue that he made a series of bad decisions, firstly in cheating and then concealing the child. Huffington Post Full Feed
  • When I asked our daughter ( who is 4¾ ) what the phrase means, she replied, " It 's when something good comes out of something bad. " Huffington Post Full Feed
  • Tell her the bad feelings of these people were lingering inside of them long before she was ever born. Huffington Post Full Feed
  • A friend once said to me, " It could be worse. " Huffington Post Full Feed


  • aug 9

  • We 're barely a week into the eighth month, and already life seems worse than it was in the seventh. Slate
  • " All of the bad things really came after the team was formed, " jokes Sedillo. LA Times Arts and Culture
  • Top caddies will repeatedly advise a player to avoid his bad swing habits before he takes a shot or remind him of the mistakes he made on the same hole in previous rounds. Slate
  • The slide in BofA stocks, the worst since April 2009, was reflected in declines among other major lenders. Huffington Post Full Feed
  • The riots are considered the worst social upheaval in Britain since 1985. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet
  • LONDON ( Reuters ) - Rioting and looting spread across London on Monday as hooded youths set buildings and cars ablaze, smashed shop windows and hurled bottles and stones at police in a third night of violence in Britain 's worst unrest in decades. Reuters Top News
  • The financial crisis, he said, made the problem worse. Reuters Politics
  • But a U.S. official familiar with their operations said that while those advantages help in cases of bad weather or tricky terrain, there is little that any crew can do to move a slow-moving Chinook out of harm 's way when under fire. ABC News
  • Harbaugh 's system is quickly grabbing hold of his new team, which has fielded one of the NFL 's worst offenses over the past decade. Seattle Times full feed
  • The S&P 500 index was down 6.7 % in New York on Monday, the worst drop since December 2008. BBC Top Stories
  • NEW YORK -- Stocks suffered one of the worst sell-offs in history Monday, as investors adjusted to a new world in which the United States government does n't have a perfect credit rating, and a fresh recession seems increasingly possible. Huffington Post Full Feed


  • sep 27

  • We have hope and then the next minute you are thinking the worst. Guardian World
  • And I would ban people from coughing and sneezing, as there 's nothing worse than that little puff of air on the back of your neck after someone behind you has sneezed. Guardian Culture
  • The rates were worst among Aborigines aged 16-to-19 years and in remote Outback communities where a quarter of Aborigines live. Huffington Post Full Feed
  • Their daughter, Pauline Barbour, told the inquest her mother 's illness had got much worse in the months before her death. BBC Top Stories
  • Newsweek is reporting that Israel has received 55 US-made GBU-28 bunker-busting bombs, citing it as evidence that the US-Israeli military relationship is deeper than ever, despite the bad chemistry between Barack Obama and Binyamin Netanyahu. Guardian World
  • This one is worse than that. Seattle Times full feed
  • WASHINGTON ( CNNMoney ) -- The federal government 's mortgage finance regulatory agency did a poor job of making sure taxpayers got top dollar in selling $ 2.87 billion in bad mortgages back to Bank of America last year, an inspector general 's report said Tuesday. CNN Business
  • There are a lot more airplanes flying today than 30 years ago, and the situation is at its worst in New York, where delays are quite common. CNN Travel
  • Besides layoffs, the bank could be slashing pay too, the Times reported, saying that Goldman may have one of its worst quarters since going public 12 years ago. MSNBC Top Headlines
  • He was lucky to avoid picks on at least three bad decisions. MSNBC Sports
  • And worst of all... it 's writing a tell-all book. MSNBC Entertainment


  • oct 20

  • The violence was among the worst sparked by the recent wave of sit-ins and demonstrations. LA Times World News
  • And I 'm bad with taking orders. Huffington Post Full Feed
  • " The worst disasters occur in sedation and they occur when people cut corners, " Shafer said. CTV News Latest
  • Worse, he said, political leaders underestimate the dangers. NYTimes Front Page
  • "If you want to look for a bad guy, you can’t,” Dixon said, adding, “We wouldn’t get this opportunity to join another conference except for the Big East.” New York Times, Sports
  • The company said it made a loss of $ 4.9 billion ( 3.6 billion euros ) last year, which was the first shortfall since 1992 and followed the worst environmental catastrophe in US history. Huffington Post Full Feed
  • From recent World Bank studies to Goldman Sachs 's 10,000 Women program to Hillary Clinton 's recent remarks that " when you liberate women 's economic potential, you elevate the economic growth of nations and indeed regions in the world, " a consensus seems to be building that when you need to do a lot with a little, the world 's women might not be a bad place to turn. Huffington Post Full Feed
  • At worst you might get beat, shot or hung and if that happens most likely nothing will be done about it. Huffington Post Full Feed
  • Traditionally, migration has been seen as a bad thing by the aid agencies as it uproots communities and can create conflict. BBC Top Stories
  • " The prospect of the Chinese having to deal with the space equivalent of ICANN is their worst nightmare, " he told me. MSNBC Tech & Science
  • * REDtone International Bhd, a telecommunications service provider, believes the worst is over and it might return to the black in the current financial year, boosted by revenue from its broadband business, said its managing director Wei Chuan Beng. Reuters Media
  • " It is absolutely one of the worst things you can see, " he said. Reuters US News


  • nov 20

  • Furyk, coming off his worst season since he was a PGA Tour rookie, joined Woods, Shigeki Maruyama and Mark O'Meara as the only players to record a 5-0 record in the Presidents Cup. Huffington Post Full Feed
  • Amid a barrage of the worst kind of publicity, at least half a dozen advertisers were reported to have pulled their spots from ESPN telecasts of the school 's upcoming games. Huffington Post Full Feed
  • The results of transphobic hate crime in the worst countries are plain for all to see, the causes of much of it may be getting clearer: organisations that pretend they are there to spread love and understanding but are actually sowing hatred and vicious intolerance. Guardian World
  • The bad news is that they may have forgotten about character. Washington Post Opinions
  • Doug Bombard told the Daily Mail that “it's a bad idea that Robert [Wagner’s] family has to deal with it again.” Daily Beast Cheat Sheet
  • “Of course it makes people uncomfortable, and they have to account for that by saying it’s bad acting or overacting, but it’s totally accurate acting.” Daily Beast Blogs and Stories
  • The cast ain't too bad either with Jamie Fox, Kerry Washington, RZA from Wu-Tang, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio... Huffington Post Full Feed
  • But UKIP leader Mr Farage said the installation of technocratic governments in Italy and Greece was bad for democracy and meant Europe institutions were even more remote from the people. BBC Top Stories
  • " These are bad times, " said Khaled Naga, a senior broker with Mega Investments, adding that even after a thousands-strong demonstration on Friday went relatively peacefully, there were expectations that the market would decline. Al Arabiya News
  • "They're going to get hit worse by the Milly Dowler family and witnesses of that ilk," he said. CTV News Latest
  • As a result, Segel 's character Gary and his Muppet brother Walter -- a new character introduced in the movie -- lead townsfolk including Feist and Mickey Rooney through a massive group sing-a-long; bad guy Tex Richman, played by Chris Cooper, slips into gangster rap while denouncing the wide-eyed Muppets as obsolete; and Gary 's girlfriend Mary, played by Amy Adams, lets rip with a good dose of melodramatic melisma any chance she gets. CTV News Latest
  • " It just seems to me like it 's back to the worst part of the amateur days, " continued Johnson. BBC Top Stories