SACRAMENTO — In his seven-year career with the Denver Broncos, running back Terrell Davis, a former Super Bowl Most Valuable...
Oscars expand social media outreach for 85th show
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is encouraging celebrities to tweet during the Oscars.The film organization has expanded its digital outreach for the 85th Academy Awards with a new feature that lets stars to snap photos of themselves backstage during Sunday's ceremony and instantly post them online.What Twitter calls a "Magic Mirror" will take photo-booth-style pictures...
Drone Pilots Found to Get Stress Disorders Much as Those in Combat Do
Label: HealthU.S. Air Force/Master Sgt. Steve HortonCapt. Richard Koll, left, and Airman First Class Mike Eulo monitored a drone aircraft after launching it in Iraq. The study affirms a growing body of research finding health hazards even for those piloting machines from bases far from actual combat zones. “Though it might be thousands of miles from the battlefield, this work still involves tough stressors...
Jason Bateman gives Ernest Borgnine's estate a new identity
Label: BusinessMarkus Canter and Cristie St. James, who share the title luxury properties director at Prudential in Beverly Hills, like Jason Bateman's real estate sense. The actor got privacy, potential and a knoll location for $3 million. ...
Feb
22
Gunfire and deadly crash rattle the Las Vegas Strip
Label: World LAS VEGAS — A spectacular predawn crash on the Strip — triggered when bullets fired from a black Range Rover peppered a Maserati...
Mindy McCready's funeral set for Tuesday in Fla.
Label: LifestyleNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Mindy McCready's funeral has been scheduled for Tuesday in her hometown of Fort Myers, Fla.The funeral for the late country star will be held at Crossroads Church and will be private. A Friday news release says a memorial organized by friends and the music community is tentatively scheduled for March 6 at Cathedral of the Incarnation.McCready committed suicide Sunday at her...
Stocks bounce back after steep 2-day slide
Label: Business Strong earnings results from big U.S. companies offered investors...
Feb
21
Bulgari shows off Liz Taylor's gems
Label: World It isn't easy sometimes to be an ordinary person in Los Angeles, so near to and yet so far from the city's glamorous events.You...
YouTube data now part of Billboard Hot 100 chart
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Viral videos are hits on the Web, and now they can help propel a song to the top of the Billboard charts.Billboard has announced that U.S. YouTube data is now one of the factors when ranking Hot 100 songs and songs on its other charts.The new rule went into effect this week, with the viral-video hit "Harlem Shake" debuting at No. 1. Other factors include radio airplay, digital download...
Well: Getting Patients to Think About Costs
Label: HealthA colleague and I recently got into a heated discussion over health care spending. It wasn’t that he disagreed with me about the need to rein in costs; but he said he was frustrated every time he tried to do so.Earlier that week, for example, he had tried to avoid ordering a costly M.R.I. scan for a patient who had been suffering from headaches. After a thorough examination, my colleague was convinced...
Autopsy confirms Mindy McCready's death as suicide
Label: LifestyleHEBER SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) — Authorities in Arkansas say preliminary autopsy results confirm country music singer Mindy McCready's death was a suicide.The Cleburne County sheriff said in a statement Wednesday that preliminary autopsy results from Arkansas' state crime lab show McCready's death was a suicide from a single gunshot wound to the head.Investigators have said McCready apparently shot and...
Well: Caffeine Linked to Low Birth Weight Babies
Label: HealthNew research suggests that drinking caffeinated drinks during pregnancy raises the risk of having a low birth weight baby.Caffeine has long been linked to adverse effects in pregnant women, prompting many expectant mothers to give up coffee and tea. But for those who cannot do without their morning coffee, health officials over the years have offered conflicting guidelines on safe amounts during pregnancy.The...
Office Depot to buy OfficeMax in $1.2-billion deal
Label: Business Office Depot Inc. is buying smaller rival OfficeMax Inc. in what it’s calling a “merger of equals,” creating a heftier office-supply...
Feb
19
Four dead, including suspect, in series of Orange County shootings
Label: World Orange County sheriff's officials said they don't know what prompted a series of shootings across multiple cities early Tuesday...
Clive Davis reveals in memoir that he's bisexual
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Record executive Clive Davis says he's bisexual.In his new memoir, out Tuesday, the 80-year-old, who is twice divorced, reveals that he had sex with a man in the 1970s. Davis writes in "The Soundtrack of My Life" that he hadn't been repressed or confused during his marriages and that sex with a man "provided welcome relief."He also writes that he started dating a man from 1990 to 2004,...
Ask Well: Coaxing Parents to Take Better Care of Themselves
Label: HealthDear Reader,Your dilemma of wanting to get your parents to change their ways to eat better and exercise reminds me of an old joke:How many psychologists does it take to change a light bulb? Answer: Only one, but the light bulb has to really want to change.Sounds like your parents may be about as motivated as the light bulb right now. Still, there are things you can do to encourage them to move in...
Builder confidence ticks down in February, survey says
Label: Business Builder confidence ticked down slightly in February, according to a survey, essentially leveling out at a level slightly below...
Feb
18
Jerry Buss dies at 80; Lakers owner brought 'Showtime' success to L.A.
Label: WorldLongtime Lakers owner Jerry Buss has died at the age of 80. Last week, it was revealed that he was hospitalized with an undisclosed form of cancer. ...
Singer Mindy McCready dies in apparent suicide
Label: LifestyleHEBER SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) — Perhaps there was one heartbreak too many for Mindy McCready.The former country star apparently took her own life on Sunday at her home in Heber Springs, Ark. Authorities say McCready died of a suspected self-inflicted gunshot to the head and an autopsy is planned. She was 37, and left behind two young sons.McCready had attempted suicide at least three times since 2005 as...
Well: Twins Don't Need C-Sections
Label: HealthObstetricians increasingly recommend planned Caesarean sections for women having twins, but a new study has found that a C-section for healthy twins usually provides no advantage over vaginal delivery.Researchers randomly assigned 2,800 mothers carrying healthy twins to either a planned C-section or a planned vaginal delivery. There was no difference in outcome between the two groups. There were serious...
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