The number of older people hospitalized with the flu has risen sharply, prompting federal officials to take unusual steps to make more flu medicines available and to urge wider use of them as soon as symptoms appear.The U.S. is about halfway through this flu season, and "it's shaping up to be a worse-than-average season" and a bad one for the elderly, said Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers...
Bolshoi ballet chief has surgery after acid attack
Label: EntertainmentMOSCOW (AP) — An acid attack on the artistic director of the Bolshoi ballet has shone the spotlight on the fierce "Black Swan" -like competition for starring roles at the famed Russian dance company.The attack on Sergei Filin could be in retaliation for his selection of certain dancers over others for the prized roles, his colleagues said Friday. They expressed fears that Filin, a 42-year-old former...
Liguori named CEO of Tribune Co.
Label: BusinessPeter Liguori named CEO of Tribune Co. Television executive Peter Liguori was named the new chief executive of Tribune Co. Thursday,...
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Trestman: 'Passion' and 'urgency' to win with Bears
Label: WorldMarc Trestman Introduced as New Bears Head Coach. (WGN - Chicago) Marc Trestman emphasized passion, urgency and commitment and...
Amazon holiday results to show sales tax impact
Label: TechnologySAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Acting as a tax collector may have hurt Amazon.com, Inc's holiday sales analysts and industry executives said, but they expect to know more when the internet retailer reports its fourth-quarter results on January 29. Best Buy Co., an archrival of Amazon in consumer electronics, saw holiday online sales increase in three states where Amazon started collecting...
Brandt: Manti Te'o's draft stock could plummet
Label: SportsNFL draft consultant Gil Brandt believes the uncertainty surrounding Manti Te'o could affect when he is selected in April by a team.Brandt called the story that Notre Dame's All-American linebacker was involved in a hoax "something I have never witnessed" in his half-century in pro football."I think some teams will say it isn't worth the problem" to draft Te'o, said Brandt, who has the linebacker...
“Diff’rent Strokes” star Conrad Bain dies at 89
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actor Conrad Bain, best known for his role on the 1970s and ’80s television comedy “Diff’rent Strokes” as a wealthy, white New Yorker who adopts two young black boys from Harlem, has died at age 89, his daughter said on Wednesday.Bain, who starred opposite the young Gary Coleman on the NBC sitcom as his adoptive father, Philip Drummond, died of natural causes at a comfort-care...
Study: NYC better than LA at cutting kids' obesity
Label: HealthNEW YORK (AP) — A new study shows New York City is doing better than Los Angeles in the battle against childhood obesity, at least for low-income children.From 2003 to 2011, obesity rates for poor children dropped in New York to around 16 percent. But they rose in Los Angeles and ended at about 20 percent.The researchers focused on children ages 3 and 4 enrolled in a government program that provides...
'Dear Abby' advice columnist dies at age 94
Label: EntertainmentMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Pauline Friedman Phillips, who under the name of Abigail Van Buren, wrote the long-running "Dear Abby" advice column that was followed by millions of newspaper readers throughout the world, has died. She was 94.Publicist Gene Willis of Universal Uclick said Phillips died Wednesday after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.Phillips' column competed for decades with the advice...
US, EU and Japan ground Dreamliners
Label: BusinessFederal officials say they are temporarily grounding Boeing's 787 Dreamliners until the risk of possible battery fires is addressed. (Jan. 16) ...
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