In the wake of being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles for doping, Lance Armstrong last week cut all official ties with Livestrong, the charity he founded 15 years ago while he was treated for testicular cancer. On Nov. 4, he resigned from the organization’s board of directors; he had previously stepped down as the chairman of the board Oct. 17. He has distanced himself from...
U.S. to become world's largest oil producer by 2020, report says
Label: BusinessEnergy reporter Ronald D. White and deputy business editor Joe Bel Bruno discuss a report that says the U.S. will become the world¿s top producer of oil within five years. ...
Nov
12
Mike D'Antoni to be next coach of the Lakers
Label: World Mike D'Antoni, not Phil Jackson, will be the next coach of the Lakers."We signed Mike D'Antoni to a multi-year deal," Lakers...
Laughing in the storm: Comics don't shy from Sandy
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Comedian Dave Attell told a packed house at the Comedy Cellar that New York after Superstorm Sandy had a familiar feel. "It was dark. Toilets were backing up. ... It was pretty much like it always was."Another comic, Paul Mecurio, told the same crowd that he got so many calls from worried family members that he started making things up about how bad it was."I'm drinking my own urine...
Well: Can Foods Affect Colon Cancer Survival?
Label: HealthA new study suggests that what you eat may affect your chances of surviving colon cancer.The research is among the first to look at the impact that specific nutrients have on the likelihood of disease recurrence in people with colon cancer, one of the leading causes of cancer death in the United States. It found that people treated for Stage 3 disease, in which tumor cells have spread to lymph nodes,...
For dentist with student debt, repaying is like pulling teeth
Label: Business VACAVILLE, Calif. — His jaw clenched beneath a blue surgeon's mask, Opanin Gyaami jerks his right arm and pulls out a prize:...
Nov
11
California's Iraq and Afghanistan war dead remembered
Label: World They came from Walker Basin, a speck of a community at the edge of the Sequoia National Forest. From the farm town of Reedley,...
War photography exhibit debuts in Houston museum
Label: LifestyleHOUSTON (AP) — It was a moment Nina Berman did not expect to capture when she entered an Illinois wedding studio in 2006. She knew Tyler Ziegel had been horribly injured, his face mutilated beyond recognition by a suicide bombing in the Iraq War. She knew he was marrying his pretty high school sweetheart, perfect in a white, voluminous dress.It was their expressions that were surprising."People don't...
Mind Faded, Darrell Royal’s Wisdom and Humor Intact Till End
Label: HealthThree days before his death last week at 88, Darrell Royal told his wife, Edith: “We need to go back to Hollis” — in Oklahoma. “Uncle Otis died.” “Oh, Darrell,” she said, “Uncle Otis didn’t die.” Royal, a former University of Texas football coach, chuckled and said, “Well, Uncle Otis will be glad to hear that.” The Royal humor never faded, even as he sank deeper into Alzheimer’s...
Lenders, title insurers find new ways to delay or kill mortgages
Label: Business Do you know the difference between credit rescoring and credit repair?Apparently, some lenders don't. As a result, they are...
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