Users of Hotmail report missing e-mail
Some users of Microsoft Hotmail are starting off the new year scrambling to get back e-mail of old. A chorus of frantic users has posted complaints on Microsoft's online forum that all of their messages have disappeared.
Others complain that the majority of the e-mail in their inboxes was sent to their deleted mail folders instead.
The free Web-based e-mail service is the world's most used with about 360 million users globally, according to comScore Inc.
Windows Live support technicians have said in numerous threads that the Hotmail team is aware of the problem and working on a fix.
Expedia stops selling for American Airlines
Expedia Inc. has stopped selling tickets on American Airlines flights, the latest twist in a simmering pricing dispute between American and travel websites.
The Fort Worth, Texas-based airline has said it would like to sell more tickets through its own website, as paying to have its flights listed on sites such as Expedia can be costly. Airlines have to pay a commission every time people search a particular flight, look up a fare or book a trip.
Fla. woman among oldest dies at 112
Florida's oldest resident, a 112-year-old woman counted among the world's 25 oldest people by a research group, has died.
Onie Ponder of Ocala died Friday morning. Her son, Carswell Ponder, said his mother died after a brief bout with pneumonia.
According to the Los Angeles-based Gerontology Research Group, Onie Ponder was the oldest person in Florida and one of the 25 oldest people in the world. She was born Sept. 3, 1898.
More than 60 cats die in shelter fire
Authorities say a fire at a California animal sanctuary killed more than 60 cats.
Fire officials responded to the blaze at Last Hope Cat Kingdom in Atwater around 1 a.m. Friday.
State fire spokesman Jose Quintana said the fire, caused by some sort of an electrical failure, was under control about two hours later.
But by then, more than 60 of the nearly 140 cats housed there had died. Last Hope Cat Kingdom founder Renate Schmitz told the Merced Sun-Star they will be cremated at a pet cemetery.
Rare 'panda cow' born in northern Colorado
A rare miniature cow with markings similar to a panda bear was born on a farm in northern Colorado.
The so-called "panda cow" born in Larimer County is thought to be one of only about 24 in the world.
The (Loveland) Reporter-Herald reported the male calf named Ben was born Friday morning. His mother is a Lowline Angus cow.
Farmer Chris Jessen raises miniature cattle.
The miniature panda cow is the result of genetic manipulation. A white belt encircles the animal's midsection, and the cow has a white face with black ovals around the eyes, giving it a pandalike appearance.
From wire reports
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