LONDON (AP) — Two years after Japan's nuclear plant disaster, an international team of experts said Thursday that residents of areas hit by the highest doses of radiation face an increased cancer risk so small it probably won't be detectable.In fact, experts calculated that increase at about 1 extra percentage point added to a Japanese infant's lifetime cancer risk."The additional risk is quite small...
Eric Garcetti showed political savvy during busy student years
Label: Business Fourth in a series of articles focusing on key periods in the lives of the mayoral hopefuls.Ben Jealous still recalls walking...
Feb
27
German Sees 'Clowns,' and Italian Sends Cancellation
Label: WorldBERLIN — The president of Italy canceled a dinner meeting Wednesday with Peer Steinbrück, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s challenger in the coming September elections, after Mr. Steinbrück referred to two prominent Italian political figures as “clowns.” Mr. Steinbrück, the candidate for the Social Democratic Party, made the comments at an event in Potsdam on Tuesday that was part of a nationwide...
Vinny Guadagnino Rescues a 'Gorgeous' Pit Bull
Label: Lifestyle People Pets By Alison Schwartz 02/27/2013 at 04:35 PM EST Vinny Guadagnino's new dog, Bodhi Courtesy Vinny Guadagnino; Inset: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Vinny Guadagnino may need to call former Jersey Shore castmate Snooki for some parenting tips: He's welcomed a furry...
Vt. lye victim gets new face at Boston hospital
Label: HealthBOSTON (AP) — The 2007 chemical attack left the Vermont nurse unrecognizable to anyone who knew her.But now Carmen Blandin Tarleton's face has changed again following a facial transplant this month.Doctors at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston said Wednesday that the 44-year-old's surgery included transplanting a female donor's facial skin to Tarleton's neck, nose and lips, along with facial...
Imperial County betting its future on renewable energy
Label: Business Situated in the southeastern corner of California, bordering Arizona and Mexico, Imperial County has long depended on agriculture...
Feb
26
Immigrants Released Ahead of Automatic Budget Cuts
Label: WorldFederal immigration officials have released hundreds of detainees from immigration detention centers around the country in a highly unusual effort that is intended to save money as automatic budget cuts loom in Washington, officials said Tuesday. The government has not dropped the deportation cases against the immigrants, however. The detainees have been freed on supervised release while...
10 Things We Learned from the Oscars
Label: Lifestyle Charlize Theron's secret talent! Anne Hathaway's Prada ta-da! See what we took away from Sunday's show Credit: FameFlynet Updated: Monday Feb 25, 2013 | 04:00 PM EST By: Alison Schwartz Subscribe Now ...
C. Everett Koop, 'rock star' surgeon general, dies
Label: HealthNEW YORK (AP) — Dr. C. Everett Koop has long been regarded as the nation's doctor— even though it has been nearly a quarter-century since he was surgeon general.Koop, who died Monday at his home in Hanover, N.H., at age 96, was by far the best known and most influential person to carry that title. Koop, a 6-foot-1 evangelical Presbyterian with a biblical prophet's beard, donned a public health uniform...
Does Eric Garcetti keep his word? Accounts vary
Label: Business Santiago Perez and his neighbors went straight to Councilman Eric Garcetti when they heard that a developer planned to build...
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