NEW YORK -- The Dow Jones industrial average didn't crack 14,000 on Tuesday but it nonetheless closed at its highest level in...
Jan
28
'Argo' producer scours for the next stranger-than-fiction story
Label: World Hunched over a desk in his spartan Westwood apartment, David Klawans squints at his computer monitor and knits his brow in concentration....
TSX little changed, RIM positioning offsets banks
Label: TechnologyTORONTO (Reuters) – Canada‘s main stock index finished little changed on Monday, as gains in the financial group were partially offset by Research In Motion Ltd shares, which sagged ahead of its critical BlackBerry 10 launch this week.The Toronto Stock Exchange‘s S&P/TSX composite index <.gsptse> was down 0.72 of a point at 12,815.91. Half of the index’s 10 key sectors climbed higher.</.gsptse>(Reporting...
Whitney Houston's mother has words for Bobby Brown
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Cissy Houston has a few words, and a few more, for Bobby Brown.In "Remembering Whitney," the mother of the late Whitney Houston writes that from the start she had doubted whether Brown was right for her daughter. And she thinks that Whitney might not have ended up so "deep" into drugs had they not stayed together."I do believe her life would have turned out differently," Houston writes....
Well: Keeping Blood Pressure in Check
Label: HealthSince the start of the 21st century, Americans have made great progress in controlling high blood pressure, though it remains a leading cause of heart attacks, strokes, congestive heart failure and kidney disease.Now 48 percent of the more than 76 million adults with hypertension have it under control, up from 29 percent in 2000.But that means more than half, including many receiving treatment, have...
Estate in Woodside sells for $117.5 million
Label: Business An estate has sold in the wealthy northern California community of Woodside for $117.5 million, making it one of the highest-priced...
Jan
27
Deadly nightclub fire in Brazil may have been started by flare
Label: World SAO PAULO, Brazil -- A fire at a nightclub in southern Brazil may have been caused by a flare lit on stage by a live band, according...
Guild gold: Actors gather for SAG's big night
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — A puzzling Academy Awards season will sort itself out a bit more on Sunday with the Screen Actors Guild Awards, where top performers gather to honor their own in what often is a prelude for who'll go home with an Oscar.Among nominees for the 19th annual guild awards are Oscar winners Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones for the Civil War epic "Lincoln"; Hugh Jackman...
Brain Aging Linked to Sleep-Related Memory Decline
Label: HealthScientists have known for decades that the ability to remember newly learned information declines with age, but it was not clear why. A new study may provide part of the answer. The report, posted online on Sunday by the journal Nature Neuroscience, suggests that structural brain changes occurring naturally over time interfere with sleep quality, which in turn blunts the ability to store...
Rules to simplifying life come up short
Label: Business Los Angeles-area author Matthew E. May has hit upon an attractive theme in his recent book, "The Law of Subtraction: 6 Simple...
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