The Lakers concluded preliminary talks Saturday with former coach Phil Jackson, a feeling-out process that would continue, The...
War photography exhibit debuts in Houston museum
Label: LifestyleHOUSTON (AP) — It was a moment Nina Berman did not expect to capture when she entered an Illinois wedding studio in 2006. She knew Tyler Ziegel had been horribly injured, his face mutilated beyond recognition by a suicide bombing in the Iraq War. She knew he was marrying his pretty high school sweetheart, perfect in a white, voluminous dress.It was their expressions that were surprising."People don't...
The New Old Age Blog: The Emotional Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy
Label: HealthLet’s talk about the emotional aftermath of the storm that left tens of thousands of older people on the East Coast without power, bunkered down in their homes, chilled to the bone and out of touch with the outside world.Let’s name the feelings they may have experienced. Fear. Despair. Hopelessness. Anxiety. Panic.Linda Leest and her staff at Services Now for Adult Persons in Queens heard this...
Canada looks to lure energy workers from the U.S.
Label: Business EDMONTON, Canada — With a daughter to feed, no job and $200 in the bank, Detroit pipe fitter Scott Zarembski boarded a plane...
Nov
09
New Yorkers in long lines ask: Where's the gas?
Label: World When Mike Williams moved to New York City from Miami four months ago, he expected cold winters and slushy streets. He was not...
Philip Roth says he's done writing
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Exit, Philip Roth? Having conceived everything from turning into a breast to a polio epidemic in his native New Jersey, Roth has apparently given his imagination a rest.The 79-year-old novelist recently told a French publication, Les inRocks, that his 2010 release "Nemesis" would be his last. Spokeswoman Lori Glazer of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt said Friday that she had spoken with...
The New Old Age Blog: More Time to Enroll in Medicare If You Live in Storm Areas
Label: HealthMedicare beneficiaries battered by Hurricane Sandy have one fewer problem to worry about: Federal officials have extended the Dec. 7 deadline to enroll in a private medical or drug plan for next year for those still coping with storm damage.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services “understands that many Medicare beneficiaries have been affected by this disaster and wants to ensure that all beneficiaries...
Lockheed Martin's incoming CEO resigns; replacement named
Label: Business Lockheed Martin Corp., the world’s largest defense firm, announced its incoming chief executive resigned after an ethics investigation...
Nov
08
Boehner: Obamacare is law of the land, Ryan not the GOP leader
Label: World WASHINGTON – In a wide-ranging interview, House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) said raising tax rates is “unacceptable,” vice...
Exclusive: Google Ventures beefs up fund size to $300 million a year
Label: TechnologySAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google will increase the cash it allocates to its venture-capital arm to up to $300 million a year from $200 million, catapulting Google Ventures into the top echelon of corporate venture-capital funds. Access to that sizeable checkbook means Google Ventures will be able to invest in more later-stage financing rounds, which tend to be in the tens of millions...
Marilyn Monroe photos on auction in Poland
Label: LifestyleWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Who doesn't want a picture of Marilyn Monroe?Hundreds of photographs of the blonde bombshell and other celebrities, including famous ones of Monroe in bed and as a ballerina, were being sold Thursday evening at an auction house in Poland.Bidders and spectators packed the Desa Unicum house in Warsaw, where 238 pictures by the late American fashion and celebrity photographer Milton...
Doctor and Patient: Comparative Effectiveness Studies Lack Impact
Label: Health“Comparative effectiveness” studies, which compare one treatment for a particular illness against another to determine which works better, have received a lot of attention and billions of dollars in federal support in the last few years. But when I mentioned comparative effectiveness research recently to a colleague who I know is particularly interested in treatments and the clinical trials behind...
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