One deputy has died, another is wounded. Smoke and flames were visible from the area where fugitive former law enforcement officer...
Well: Straining to Hear and Fend Off Dementia
Label: HealthAt a party the other night, a fund-raiser for a literary magazine, I found myself in conversation with a well-known author whose work I greatly admire. I use the term “conversation” loosely. I couldn’t hear a word he said. But worse, the effort I was making to hear was using up so much brain power that I completely forgot the titles of his books.A senior moment? Maybe. (I’m 65.) But for me, it’s complicated...
Dow Ends Above 14,000 For Year’s Highest Close
Label: BusinessThe Dow Jones industrial average rose to its highest close of the year Tuesday, putting it within 1 percent of its record. Stocks gained after two big consumer brands posted impressive quarterly results. The Dow closed up 47.46 points, or 0.34 percent, to 14,018.70 Tuesday. That is 146 points from its record close of 14,164.53 set in October 2007. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index...
Feb
11
Dorner could face death penalty as criminal charges filed
Label: World As a massive manhunt for Christopher Jordan Dorner continued Monday afternoon, prosecutors with the Riverside County district...
“Under the Dome” to stream on Amazon days after CBS airing
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (TheWrap.com) – They won’t be able to watch every episode right away, “House of Cards” style, but Amazon customers will be able to watch episodes of the Stephen King miniseries “Under the Dome” four days after they air on CBS.The companies announced the agreement Monday for the series from Steven Spielberg‘s Amblin Television, which will premiere on CBS on June 24.Amazon Prime members will...
Personal Health: Getting the Right Addiction Treatment
Label: Health“Treatment is not a prerequisite to surviving addiction.” This bold statement opens the treatment chapter in a helpful new book, “Now What? An Insider’s Guide to Addiction and Recovery,” by William Cope Moyers, a man who nonetheless needed “four intense treatment experiences over five years” before he broke free of alcohol and drugs.As the son of Judith and Bill Moyers, successful parents who watched...
U.S. Markets Edge Back From Recent Rally
Label: BusinessThe stock market drifted lower in thin trading on Monday, pulling the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index back from a five-year high. With little in the way of market-moving news, the S.& P. 500 slipped 0.92 of a point to close at 1,517.01. Last week, the broad-market index edged up slightly to its highest level since November 2007. Seven of the 10 industry groups within...
Feb
10
Ambitious makeover planned for old housing project
Label: World Denise Penegar puts a little extra effort into the teenage girls, the ones who've dropped out of high school to care for their...
For Families Struggling with Mental Illness, Carolyn Wolf Is a Guide in the Darkness
Label: HealthWhen a life starts to unravel, where do you turn for help? Melissa Klump began to slip in the eighth grade. She couldn’t focus in class, and in a moment of despair she swallowed 60 ibuprofen tablets. She was smart, pretty and ill: depression, attention deficit disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, either bipolar disorder or borderline personality disorder. In her 20s, after a more...
Samsung Challenges Apple’s Cool Factor
Label: BusinessApple, for the first time in years, is hearing footsteps. The maker of iPhones, iPads and iPods has never faced a challenger able to make a truly popular and profitable smartphone or tablet — not Dell, not Hewlett-Packard, not Nokia, not BlackBerry — until Samsung Electronics. The Korean manufacturer’s Galaxy S III smartphone is the first device to run neck and neck with Apple’s...
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