PHILIPSBURG, Pa. — Emma Whitehead has been bounding around the house lately, practicing somersaults and rugby-style tumbles that make her parents wince. It is hard to believe, but last spring Emma, then 6, was near death from leukemia. She had relapsed twice after chemotherapy, and doctors had run out of options. Desperate to save her, her parents sought an experimental treatment at...
Tensions rise in latest labor battle in Michigan
Label: Business NEW YORK--Unions may be agitating more in some areas of the country, but in Michigan, they’re on the crux of losing a big battle...
'Skyfall,' 'Guardians' duel for box-office win
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — James Bond is in a box-office photo finish with Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny over what looks to be the last slow weekend of the holidays.According to studio estimates Sunday, Sony's Bond tale "Skyfall" took in $11 million to move back to No. 1 in its fifth weekend.That put it narrowly ahead of Paramount's "Rise of the Guardians," the animated adventure of Santa, the Easter Bunny...
New Taxes to Take Effect to Fund Health Care Law
Label: HealthWASHINGTON — For more than a year, politicians have been fighting over whether to raise taxes on high-income people. They rarely mention that affluent Americans will soon be hit with new taxes adopted as part of the 2010 health care law. The new levies, which take effect in January, include an increase in the payroll tax on wages and a tax on investment income, including interest, dividends...
Leaders and their feeders
Label: Business A favorite question at entrepreneurship conferences is which world city has the entrepreneurial dynamism to become a major start-up...
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Surgeon infected patients during heart procedure, Cedars-Sinai admits
Label: World A heart surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center unwittingly infected five patients during valve replacement surgeries earlier...
Zynga seeks real-money gambling license in Nevada
Label: TechnologySAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Social games maker Zynga Inc said on Wednesday it filed a preliminary application to run real-money gambling games in Nevada, a significant step in cracking a complex but potentially massive new market that could resuscitate its faltering business.The Nevada Gaming Control Board will now examine whether Zynga is fit to hold a gaming license that would allow gamblers in the...
Rolling Stones hit NY for 50th anniversary gig
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — "Time Waits for No One," the Rolling Stones sang in 1974, but lately it's seemed like that grizzled quartet does indeed have some sort of exemption from the ravages of time.At an average age of 68-plus years, the British rockers are clearly in fighting form, sounding tight, focused and truly ready for the spotlight at a rapturously received pair of London concerts last month.On Saturday,...
Auto execs share insights on the industry and what's next
Label: Business It's hard to get America's most senior auto executives together in the same building to address the same topics, but we managed...
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