Golf Weather App

By Chris MorrisPHILADELPHIA (CBS) – On today’s APP-tastic and Outta Site – GolfWeather.Before you hit the Links, it might be a good idea to see if you’ll get in a full 18. GolfWeather provides hour-by-hour forecasts for over 20,000 courses around the country.Beyond rain, the app also provides information on cloud cover, humidity and the amount of wind that’s expected. Worst case, you’ll know you have...

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BlackBerry must remember strengths

STORY HIGHLIGHTSBlackBerry sales have slumped in the U.S. but is still strong in emerging marketsNew models launched should remember why they are popular in developing worldIn places like Brazil and South Africa, the 10 is the update to their current phonein Sub-Saharan Africa there is expected to be 175 million new customers in the next 3 yearsWatch Jim Clancy on CNN International's "The Brief" at...

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Hawks' streak ends in 3-2 shootout loss

Blackhawks suffered first loss of the season. ST. PAUL, Minn. — For the first time this season, the only sounds in the Blackhawks'...

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French troops deployed in last Mali rebel strongholds

DOUENTZA, Mali/PARIS (Reuters) - French troops seized the airport in Mali's northern town of Kidal, the last urban stronghold held by Islamist insurgents, as they moved to wrap up the first phase of a military operation to wrest northern Mali from rebel hands. France has deployed some 4,500 troops in a three-week ground and air offensive to break the Islamist rebels' 10-month grip on...

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Asian shares gain on global recovery outlook

TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares advanced on Wednesday as investor confidence in the global economic outlook strengthened on solid U.S. data, giving comfort to investors ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary policy decision due later in the session. Optimism over economic recovery from strong U.S. housing data and China's promising economic growth forecast for 2013 raised expectations...

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A-Rod implicated in PED use again as MLB probes

NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez was ensnared in a doping investigation once again Tuesday when an alternative weekly newspaper reported baseball's highest-paid star was among a half-dozen players listed in records of a Florida clinic the paper said sold performance-enhancing drugs.The Miami New Times said the three-time AL MVP bought human growth hormone and other performance-enhancing substances during...

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Gas prices rising in New Hampshire

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Gas prices have risen a bit in New Hampshire over the past week.The average retail price for a gallon of gas averaged $ 3.44 on Sunday, up 4.2 cents from the past week.The national average also has increased 4.5 cents in the last week, to $ 3.31 a gallon.The website Gasbuddy.com says prices in New Hampshire were a penny per gallon higher than the same day a year ago, and 5.5 cents...

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Can India learn respect for women?

Suniti Neogy, the writer, at a community meeting in the village of Musepur in India, where she discussed the importance of men taking an active role in parenting.STORY HIGHLIGHTSSuniti Neogy: Gang-rape, murder in New Delhi has forced many Indians to confront truthShe says she was asked to lead workshop promoting gender sensitivity in an Indian districtShe said adult male teachers said they had not...

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Girl who performed at Obama inaugural slain on South Side

After taking their exams Tuesday, Hadiya Pendleton and a group of others decided to hang out at a park on Tuesday just blocks...

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Sixty-five people executed in Syria's Aleppo: activists

BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 65 people were found shot dead with their hands bound in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Tuesday in a "new massacre" in the near two-year revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, activists said. Opposition campaigners blamed the government but it was impossible to confirm who was responsible. Assad's forces and rebels have been battling in Syria's commercial...

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