After losing $16 billion last year, CBS News has learned the...
Ipswich Journal: Paul Mason Is One-Third the Man He Used to Be
Label: HealthPaul Nixon PhotographyPaul Mason in 2012, two years after gastric bypass surgery stripped him of the unofficial title of “the world’s fattest man.” IPSWICH, England — Who knows what the worst moment was for Paul Mason — there were so many awful milestones, as he grew fatter and fatter — but a good bet might be when he became too vast to leave his room. To get him to the hospital for a hernia operation,...
Chicago sees surge in foreclosure auctions
Label: Business More than 35,000 homes and small multifamily buildings in the Chicago area completed the foreclosure process last year, the...
Feb
05
Chicago commute one of nation's most unpredictable: study
Label: World You can predict with a high degree of confidence that the time it takes to drive from Point A to B on any given day is unpredictable.And...
The New Old Age Blog: In Blended Families, Responsibility Blurs
Label: HealthEvery year, Fran McDowell waited for the summer week when she would sing in a choral festival in the North Carolina mountains, then spend a few days in a lakeside cabin with close women friends.That getaway grew more complicated to arrange — but perhaps more necessary — after her husband, Herb Beadle, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. They had a “gloriously happy” marriage — her first, his second...
U.S. sues S&P over mortgage bond ratings
Label: Business The federal government is embarking on one of its most ambitious efforts to assign blame for the financial crisis, going after...
Feb
04
Beyonce puts Super Bowl ring on halftime; Hudson, Keys flawless
Label: World Beyonce looked like she stepped off from the recent air-brushed perfection of her GQ magazine cover, danced like a junior Tina Turner and generally owned her 12 minutes on a worldwide stage Sunday like few Super Bowl performers ever have.But there were a few nagging questions: Was she live or was she canned? Or perhaps more to the point: Did it matter?Beyonce’s...
Estonian pleads guilty in U.S. court to Internet advertising scam
Label: TechnologyNEW YORK (Reuters) – An Estonian man pleaded guilty on Friday in U.S. federal court for his role in a massive Internet scam that targeted well-known websites such as iTunes, Netflix and The Wall Street Journal.The scheme infected at least four million computers in more than 100 countries, including 500,000 in the United States, with malicious software, or malware, according to the indictment. It included...
Bolshoi ballet chief heads to Germany after attack
Label: LifestyleMOSCOW (AP) — The artistic director of the Bolshoi ballet said he knows who ordered an acid attack that left him with severe burns to his eyes and face but won’t say, voicing hope that investigators will soon name the perpetrator.Sergei Filin checked out of a Moscow hospital Monday and headed to Germany for further rehabilitation.Filin, 42, wore shades and a bandage on his head, and skin on his face...
The New Old Age Blog: Therapy Plateau No Longer Ends Coverage
Label: HealthEllen Gorman, 72, a New York psychotherapist, can’t walk very far and gets around the city mainly by taxi, “which is really expensive,” she said. Twice since 2008 her physical therapy was discontinued because she wasn’t progressing. But after a knee replacement last year, she is getting physical therapy again, exercising with her therapist and building up her endurance by walking in the hallway of...
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