It was the best possible news, at the worst possible time. The phone call from the hospital brought the message that Dolores and Vin Dreeland had long hoped for, ever since their daughter Natalia, 4, had been put on the waiting list for a liver transplant. The time had come. They bundled her into the car for the 50-mile trip from their home in Long Valley, N.J., to NewYork-Presbyterian...
Grim recovery forecast for U.S., global economies
Label: Business WASHINGTON — In a grim new forecast, a leading international economic group sharply cut its outlook for U.S. and global growth...
Nov
26
Bulls blow 27-point lead, fall to Bucks
Label: World When Ekpe Udoh beat the third-quarter buzzer with a jumper to cut the Bucks’ deficit to 17, Tom Thibodeau almost separated his...
Beyonce to direct documentary about herself for HBO
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Pop superstar Beyonce is stepping behind the camera to direct a behind-the-scenes documentary about her personal and professional life, U.S. cable channel HBO said on Monday.The currently untitled film will debut on February 16 and show the Grammy-winning singer’s life in the recording studio, readying for live performances and running her own TV and music production company.“Everybody...
Panel Lukewarm on Hepatitis C Screening for Baby Boomers
Label: HealthAn influential advisory committee has given only lukewarm support to a government recommendation that all baby boomers be tested for hepatitis C. In a draft opinion Monday, the United States Preventive Services Task Force said that clinicians may “consider offering” hepatitis C screening to adults born between 1945 and 1965. That falls short of the recommendation made in August by...
Holiday sales continue to soar on Cyber Monday
Label: Business Web shopping soared on Cyber Monday, continuing a strong start to the holiday season.Online sales were up 26.6 percent from...
Nov
25
Bears pay a price as 5 starters go down in win over Vikings
Label: World After the season, the Bears plan to begin expanding Halas Hall, but they might need to build out the training room now.In what...
Grammy-winning bassist injured in Swiss bus crash
Label: LifestyleGENEVA (AP) — Grammy-winning jazz bassist Marcus Miller and several members of his band were injured when their bus overturned Sunday on a busy highway in Switzerland, killing the driver, police said.The German-registered private bus tipped over as it drove into a bend on the A2 highway in central Switzerland and came to a rest on its side, police in the canton (state) of Uri said. The bus was carrying...
M.I.T. Lab Hatches Ideas, and Companies, by the Dozens
Label: HealthHOW do you take particles in a test tube, or components in a tiny chip, and turn them into a $100 million company? Dr. Robert Langer, 64, knows how. Since the 1980s, his Langer Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has spun out companies whose products treat cancer, diabetes, heart disease and schizophrenia, among other diseases, and even thicken hair. The Langer Lab is...
Rosenthal: Big Ten getting too big for its own good?
Label: Business There's a lesson the empire builders at Big Ten Conference headquarters in Park Ridge would do well to heed if they can be convinced to stop peering out to the distant horizon:Growth through acquisition is fraught with peril."In the business world you acquire new companies and you have to deal with different corporate cultures, different priorities...
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