Sunday, December 5, 2010

Facebook Revamp


NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Your personal Facebook page is about to get a major revamp. Facebook on Monday will begin rolling out a new design for members' profile pages, integrating in one place information currently scattered throughout the Wall, photo albums and other sections of the site.
The overhaul, which will be previewed Sunday night on 60 Minutes, aims to transform what's now a jumbled collection of details into a streamlined window into who you are and what you're up to. A new "bio" space at the top offers a quick overview, and a more-prominent photo section spotlights images you've recently posted and photos of you tagged by your friends.

New York: Laundromat Robbery


Three bandits made off with nearly $700 from Sung Cho’s 24-hour laundromat on Nagle Avenue in Inwood in the early morning of November 1.
It was the tenth in a string of nineteen robberies since early August that police say are connected. In each case, two or three men made off with cash and drove away in a dark Ford Windstar.
On Friday, the police announced four arrests in the case, including one East Harlem man, Arvel Bullock, 40. The others under arrest are Joseph Suce, 24, and Fred Littles, 41, both of Brooklyn, and Xzavian Woney, 21, of the Bronx.

Extending Bush-era Tax Cuts


Washington (CNN) -- Top senators from both parties indicated Sunday that a deal was likely soon on temporarily extending Bush-era tax cuts for all Americans, along with unemployment benefits that have expired.
However, Republican senators made clear they are unlikely to budge in their opposition to other Democratic priorities in the final weeks of the lame-duck session of Congress that ends in early January.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, told the NBC program "Face the Nation" he was "optimistic" about an agreement on the tax rates and jobless benefits, but added there likely wasn't time for the Senate to ratify a new nuclear arms treaty with Russia or complete work on a major defense bill that includes repeal of the "don't ask, don' tell" policy banning openly gay and lesbian soldiers.