When Claire Gordon arrived at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, nurses knew she needed extra attention.She was 96, had heart disease...
Stars salute MusiCares honoree Bruce Springsteen
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — Be it concert or charity auction, Bruce Springsteen can bring any event to a crescendo.Springsteen briefly took over auctioneering duties before being honored as MusiCares person of the year Friday night, exhorting the crowd to bid on a signed Fender electric guitar by amping up the deal. The 63-year-old rock 'n' roll star moved the bid north from $60,000 by offering a series of...
In Nigeria, Polio Vaccine Workers Are Killed by Gunmen
Label: HealthAt least nine polio immunization workers were shot to death in northern Nigeria on Friday by gunmen who attacked two clinics, officials said. The killings, with eerie echoes of attacks that killed nine female polio workers in Pakistan in December, represented another serious setback for the global effort to eradicate polio. Most of the victims were women and were shot in the back of...
Entrepreneur Brian Lee is business partner to the stars
Label: Business The gig: Lawyer-turned-serial-entrepreneur Brian Lee, 41, is pulling double duty as the chief executive of two celebrity-backed...
Feb
08
Big Bear locked down amid manhunt
Label: World The bustling winter resort of Big Bear took on the appearance of a ghost town Thursday as surveillance aircraft buzzed overhead...
US Rep welcomes "Lincoln" concession on accuracy
Label: LifestyleHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Congressman who saw a flaw in the movie "Lincoln" says he is pleased the screenwriter has conceded an inaccuracy in its portrayal of an 1865 vote on slavery.U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, a Democrat who represents eastern Connecticut, said Friday he is still hoping that a correction can be made before the film is released on DVD.Screenwriter Tony Kushner said in a statement released...
The New Old Age: The Executor's Assistant
Label: HealthI’m serving as executor for my father’s estate, a role few of us are prepared for until we’re playing it, so I was grateful when the mail brought “The American Bar Association Guide to Wills and Estates” — the fourth edition of a handbook the A.B.A. began publishing in 1995.This is a legal universe, I’m learning, in which every step — even with a small, simple estate that owes no taxes and includes...
Stocks edge higher after trade deficit report
Label: Business Stocks edged higher in on Wall Street after a report showed that the U.S. trade deficit narrowed sharply in December. The major...
Feb
07
Fugitive cop stayed in San Diego this week; military bases on alert
Label: World Military bases in the San Diego area have been warned to be on the lookout for a fugitive former LAPD officer suspected of shooting...
Breasts, buttocks banned by CBS from Grammys
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — CBS is asking stars not to bare too much skin at the Grammy Awards on Sunday.The network requests that "buttocks and female breasts are adequately covered" for the televised award show. The memo sent out Wednesday also warned against "see-through clothing," exposure of "the genital region" and said that "thong type costumes are problematic."Representatives for CBS and the Recording...
Well: Expressing the Inexpressible
Label: HealthWhen Kyle Potvin learned she had breast cancer at the age of 41, she tracked the details of her illness and treatment in a journal. But when it came to grappling with issues of mortality, fear and hope, she found that her best outlet was poetry.How I feared chemo, afraidIt would change me.It did.Something dissolved inside me.Tears began a slow drip;I cried at the news storyOf a lost boy found in the...
NTSB traces Boeing 787 Dreamliner fire to battery cell, but questions remain
Label: Business A month into investigating a fire that broke out on Boeing Co.’s grounded 787 Dreamliner passenger jets, the National Transportation...
In Vegas, Abrams gives few hints about 'Star Wars'
Label: LifestyleLAS VEGAS (AP) — A newly announced "Star Wars" sequel was on everyone's mind when J.J. Abrams took the stage Wednesday at a Las Vegas video game conference, but he made only a sideways mention of the film he has been hired to direct.The reference was a throw-away joke from his last franchise reboot.Talking about the importance of embroidering films with subtle detail, the science fiction director...
The New Old Age Blog: For Women, Reduced Access to Long-Term Care Insurance
Label: Health“This was a very, very good business for a short time, with people buying long-term care insurance like it was candy in a candy store,’’ said Michael Perry, a vice president at the Opus Advisory Group, a strategic financial planning firm in Purchase, N.Y.No more. Mr. Perry has sold only one long-term care policy in the last six months and is “backing off from marketing’’ them as he watches this corner...
Cash purchases of California homes hit record in 2012
Label: Business Who needs a mortgage when you have greenbacks to spare?Not the wealthy, and certainly not investors, both of whom appear to...
Feb
05
Friends, investigators seek answers in killing of O.C. couple
Label: WorldA joint burial is being planned for an engaged Orange County couple found dead inside their car at their Irvine condo complex. ...
Prosecutor wants redo on Chris Brown sentence
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — There is no credible evidence that Chris Brown completed the community service he was required to do in the beating of Rihanna, and he should be forced to repeat six months of manual labor in Los Angeles, prosecutors told a judge Tuesday.A motion by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office says the records submitted to prove Brown finished the community labor sentenced...
Well: Warning Too Late for Some Babies
Label: HealthSix weeks after Jack Mahoney was born prematurely on Feb. 3, 2011, the neonatal staff at WakeMed Hospital in Raleigh, N.C., noticed that his heart rate slowed slightly when he ate. They figured he was having difficulty feeding, and they added a thickener to help.When Jack was discharged, his parents were given the thickener, SimplyThick, to mix into his formula. Two weeks later, Jack was back in the...
California accuses S&P of deception in $4-billion lawsuit
Label: Business California has filed suit against Wall Street's biggest credit rating agency, Standard & Poor’s, charging the firm with...
Feb
04
Suspected child molester left L.A. archdiocese for L.A. schools
Label: World A former priest and suspected child molester left employment with the Los Angeles archdiocese to work for the L.A. Unified School...
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