L.A. Times - Business:
Hospitals, theaters and museums have long enjoyed their generosity. But as AIG shares fell, the father and son's fortunes shriveled. Drivi (Read More)
New York Times:
Moira Shane McCullough and John Matthew Sciandra, who are both research analysts, were married Saturday at the St. Mary Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church in Unionville, Conn. The Rev. Xavier Vitacolonna, a Roman Catholic (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Film:
Calculation aims to take risk out of deciding whether follow-ups to cinema hits will be a sure thing, or a disastrous gambleEver wondered why Spider-Man 2 triumphed and Basic Instinct 2 bombed? Now a group of academics have c (Read More)
New York Times:
Mr. Morris was a British epidemiologist whose heart-attack research laid the scientific groundwork for the modern aerobics movement.
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Crooks and Liars:
Everything, they say, is bigger in the Texas. So it is with the failure of the health care system. Leading the nation with a jaw-dropping 25% of its residents uninsured, Texas ranked 46th in the Commonwealth Fund's 2009 sco (Read More)
Huffington Post:
CHICAGO — Candidates for Illinois governor are split over a national health care plan with all but one Republican saying the state should opt out if it can, a position rejected by Democrats Pat Quinn and Dan Hynes.Democrats i (Read More)
SF Gate:
According to a Las Vegas research firm, the ailing economy should bring commercial construction to a virtual standstill around Las Vegas next year. Applied Analysis says nine major commercial projects are under construction i (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Visions of happiness – that's how Alexander McCall Smith entices readers into his Sunday Philosophy Club novels. His heroine, Isabel Dalhousie, has it all: a lover, a child, stimulating work, a house in elegant Edinburgh and (Read More)
The Guardian:
Nobody benefits more from our emasculated MPs than tax-avoiding plutocrats and bonus banditsLuck rather than a conspiracy explains why the newspaper that broke the expenses scandal is the property of billionaire recluses, who (Read More)
observer.guardian.co.uk:
General Stanley McChrystal fears Taliban will try to exploit British doubts about wisdom of the Afghan missionAmerica's top general in Afghanistan believes Britain's 9,000 troops should be removed out of "harm's way" because (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Study condemning UK energy strategy set to embarrass government as it prepares to unveil new climate change initiativeBritain's claim to be a world leader in green energy investment has been called into question by an authori (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
Members of Advisory Council on Misuse of Drugs to demand assurance of future independence from home secretary Alan JohnsonMore members of the government's Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs are set to resign unless they (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
A third chemical – cocaethylene – builds up in the liver over a number of years among those who mix the two drugs. And this is now having major health consequences"I first took coke when I was 18 and at university. I remember (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
Programmes 'ignore consequences of dangerous behaviour'The violence portrayed in children's programmes such as Scooby-Doo and Batman should be more realistic, an international expert on child safety will tell the Royal Societ (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
Major new report shows mixture of warmth and discipline is best way to bring up youngstersChildren brought up by parents practising "tough love" are likely to become more rounded personalities with well-developed characters t (Read More)
The Guardian:
Soaring demand for food and land may not stop the world's rural communities from plunging deeper into povertyThe villagers of Thatarber Manihatty in south India knew they had no choice but to mortgage their small plots of far (Read More)
The Guardian:
Sao Paulo, Shanghai and Mumbai will be up there with New York, London and Paris, according to new PwC researchNew York, London and Paris may trip off the tongue as the world's top cities in terms of wealth but over the next 1 (Read More)
The Guardian:
Suppressed report reveals archaeological treasures were dug up after Gulf warA secret report on the chequered history of priceless Aramaic bowls loaned to a leading university has exposed an apparent attempt to cover up UK ac (Read More)
The Guardian:
by Anushka AsthanaStudents studying subjects such as languages, history and philosophy have access to less than nine hours a week "contact time" with lecturers or tutors, research reveals today.The study by the National Union (Read More)
New York Times:
Research indicates that the appeal of extended warranties can depend on buyers’ emotional state — and ability to assess risk.
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