When Claire Gordon arrived at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, nurses knew she needed extra attention.She was 96, had heart disease...
Beyonce, Jay-Z, Rihanna hang at Roc Nation brunch
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — Jay-Z and Beyonce sat tightly with Solange. Kelly Rowland embraced Beyonce with a huge hug. And Rihanna spilled some of her drink laughing with Rowland.Music's top stars attended the annual pre-Grammy Roc Nation and Nokia brunch Saturday at the Soho House.Grammy nominee Miguel, Timbaland, Jill Scott and Kylie Mingoue also attended the exclusive event.Jay-Z is one of six acts nominated...
For Families Struggling with Mental Illness, Carolyn Wolf Is a Guide in the Darkness
Label: HealthWhen a life starts to unravel, where do you turn for help? Melissa Klump began to slip in the eighth grade. She couldn’t focus in class, and in a moment of despair she swallowed 60 ibuprofen tablets. She was smart, pretty and ill: depression, attention deficit disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, either bipolar disorder or borderline personality disorder. In her 20s, after a more...
Boeing 787 Dreamliner takes test flight to assess batteries
Label: Business SEATTLE — Aerospace giant Boeing Co. sent a 787 Dreamliner passenger jet on a test flight Saturday, the first since the new...
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...
Kiefer Sutherland honored by Harvard theater group
Label: LifestyleCAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Golden Globe-winning actor Keifer Sutherland has been awarded the pudding pot after being honored as Man of the Year by Harvard's Hasty Pudding Theatricals.The roast for the actor took place despite a massive snowstorm hitting the Boston area. The Friday evening event, including presentation of the traditional pudding pot, was moved to the Charles Hotel in Cambridge.The 46-year-old...
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...
Execs off the hook at S&P
Label: Business You may have heard last week about a couple of big lawsuits brought by federal and state governments, alleging that the credit rating agency Standard & Poor's concocted a fraudulent scheme that contributed to trillions of dollars in investment losses and the cratering of pretty much the entire world financial system.Those are serious charges,...
Feb
07
FBI searches Las Vegas home of fugitive
Label: World Federal and local authorities served a search warrant at the Las Vegas home of an ex-police officer sought in connection with...
Ex-LA cop, murder suspect sent CNN anchor parcel
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — Law enforcement officials are inspecting a package CNN's Anderson Cooper received from a former Los Angeles police officer who allegedly killed three in a shooting spree.CNN spokeswoman Shimrit Sheetrit said Thursday that a parcel containing a note, a DVD and a bullet hole-riddled memento were sent by Christopher Dorner and addressed to Cooper's office.LAPD Cmdr. Andrew Smith says...
Peter Hauri, Psychologist Who Focused on Insomnia, Dies at 79
Label: HealthPeter Hauri, a psychologist who was among the first researchers to study the mysterious mechanics of a good night’s sleep, and who established widely used guidelines for avoiding insomnia without drugs, died on Jan. 31 in Rochester, Minn., where he had been director of the Mayo Sleep Disorders Center until he retired in 2000. He was 79. The cause was complications of a brain injury sustained...
South Korean firm aims for the sky in L.A.
Label: Business Ambitious South Korean enterprises continue to make noise on the global economic stage. Electronics giant Samsung is giving Apple fits in markets across the globe with...
Feb
06
L.A. County Sheriff's Department intends to fire seven deputies
Label: World Seven Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies have been notified that the department intends to fire them for belonging to a secret...
Selena Gomez works the front row at Neo show
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Selena Gomez sat front and center at the fashion show to preview the first collection in her collaboration with Adidas' streetwear Neo label.But the runway at Wednesday evening's show was a next-gen catwalk: Teenager bloggers were charged with styling the outfits instead of industry professionals.Gomez thanked them as she stood on stage at the end of the show. She was flanked by models...
Daniel Doctoroff Enlists Bloomberg in A.L.S. Research
Label: HealthNicole Bengiveno/The New York TimesDaniel L. Doctoroff, second from right, chief executive of Bloomberg L.P., at Columbia University’s Motor Neuron Center. Daniel L. Doctoroff watched in pain as his father developed a limp one day, was found to have Lou Gehrig’s disease, and died within two years. Then an uncle also developed symptoms of the same disease, and died soon after. Now Mr. Doctoroff,...
Pitfalls seen in growth of part-time work
Label: Business Although the state's unemployment rate is at its lowest level in almost four years and the number of employed Californians is...
Feb
05
Child porn suspect indicted by federal grand jury
Label: World A North Hills woman whom authorities allege plied a young girl with crack cocaine and photographed her being sexually abused...
Fox cuts ties to commentator Dick Morris
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Political commentator Dick Morris' prediction of a huge landslide for Mitt Romney didn't pan out. And now he's lost his job at Fox News Channel.Network spokeswoman Dana Klinghoffer said Tuesday that Fox wasn't renewing its contract with Morris, who was steadfast throughout the campaign in his prediction of a big Romney win over President Barack Obama. He has made few appearances on...
Vote This Week May Close Long Island College Hospital
Label: HealthState university trustees will vote this week on whether to close Long Island College Hospital, officials of the Brooklyn hospital said on Tuesday, despite protests from doctors and nurses that northern Brooklyn would lose an essential source of emergency care. Dr. John Williams, president of SUNY Downstate Medical Center, which runs Long Island College Hospital, said on Tuesday that he would...
18 people charged in $200-million credit card fraud
Label: Business NEWARK, N.J. — Eighteen people were charged in what may be one of the nation's largest credit card fraud rings, a sprawling...
Feb
04
Brown weighs parole for Manson family member
Label: World SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown has about a month to decide whether to release a former follower of notorious killer Charles Manson...
NJ Gov. Christie, Letterman laugh about fat jokes
Label: LifestyleTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and David Letterman have shared some laughs about the many fat jokes the comedian has made about the lawmaker's ample girth.Christie has termed his plumpness "fair game" for comedians. And during his first appearance on "Late Show with David Letterman" on Monday, the outspoken Republican and potential 2016 presidential contender read two of Letterman's...
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...
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