Every year, Fran McDowell waited for the summer week when she would sing in a choral festival in the North Carolina mountains, then spend a few days in a lakeside cabin with close women friends.That getaway grew more complicated to arrange — but perhaps more necessary — after her husband, Herb Beadle, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. They had a “gloriously happy” marriage — her first, his second...
DealBook: Liberty Global in Talks to Buy Virgin Media
Label: Business6:59 a.m. | Updated LONDON – Liberty Global, the international cable company owned by the American billionaire John C. Malone, is in discussions to buy the British cable company Virgin Media.In a brief statement on Tuesday, Virgin Media said it was in talks with Liberty Global, which serves almost 20 million customers worldwide.“Any such transaction would be subject to regulatory and other conditions,”...
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Scientists identify remains as those of King Richard III
Label: World LONDON -- More than 500 years after his death in battle, scientists announced Monday that they had definitively identified a...
Amputee Soccer Players Face Their Prosthetists — On the Field
Label: Technology LONDON — The beautiful game was exactly that as amputee footballers took to a pitch in the heart of the city to challenge the men who made their prosthetics.Players on both sides of the field share a deep passion for the game Americans call soccer, and a deep respect for what their opponents have done. Three of the men on the field lost limbs to the game they love, and feel a debt of gratitude...
Ex-Israeli security chiefs speak out in Oscar documentary nominee
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (Reuters) – The Oscar-nominated documentary “The Gatekeepers” focuses on Israel, but its director says that all countries can gain insight about the risks that arise if secretive security agencies operate without adequate restraints.In “The Gatekeepers,” six former heads of Israeli internal security and intelligence agency Shin Bet reflect on their failures and successes in gathering information...
Medicines Co. Licenses Rights to Cholesterol Drug
Label: Health The drug, known as ALN-PCS, inhibits a protein in the body known as PCSK9. Such drugs might one day be used to treat millions of people who do not achieve sufficient cholesterol-lowering from commonly used statins, such as Lipitor. The Medicines Company will pay $25 million initially and as much as $180 million later if certain development and sales goals are met, under the deal expected to...
Euro Watch: Producer Prices Fall in Euro Zone
Label: BusinessBRUSSELS — Euro zone factory prices fell for the second month in a row in December, mirroring the trend in consumer inflation and leaving room for a possible European Central Bank interest rate cut to revive the weak economy. Prices at factory gates in the 17 countries using the euro fell 0.2 percent in December from November, the E.U.’s statistics office, Eurostat, said on Monday. ...
Wired Science Space Photo of the Day: Wheatley Crater on Venus
Label: TechnologyMagellan radar image of Wheatley crater on Venus. This 72 km diameter crater shows a radar bright ejecta pattern and a generally flat floor with some rough raised areas and faulting. The crater is located in Asteria Regio at 16.6N,267E. Image: NASA/GSFC [high-resolution]Caption: N...
Affleck wins directors award as ‘Argo’ hurtles to Oscars
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actor-turned-filmmaker Ben Affleck won the top honor from his peers at the Directors Guild of America on Saturday for the movie “Argo“, cementing the Iran hostage drama’s frontrunner status for the Oscars.The Hollywood directors‘ recognition for Affleck, however, is an awkward result for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, which failed to nominate him for Best...
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