A third person has died from eating soup made from poisonous mushrooms at a senior care center, authorities said Wednesday. The person’s name was not released. Three other people were sickened at the Gold Age Villa in Loomis. The caretaker who prepared the soup, who was among those sickened, apparently picked them from the backyard of the six-bed facility and did not know they were poisonous. ...
Nov
21
National Briefing | West: California: Toll Rises From Poisonous Mushroom Soup
Label: Health
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Hostess wins court approval to shut down
Label: Business Twinkies maker Hostess Brands Inc. won court approval to start shutting down operations, selling its assets and laying off its...
Nov
20
LAFD looks at ways to speed up emergency response times
Label: World Los Angeles Fire Department officials, facing criticism over slow response times to 911 calls, are considering two new strategies...
Scott Derrickson to direct feature adaptation of hit video game “Deus Ex: Human Revolution”
Label: Technology
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Scott Derrickson (“Sinister,” “The Exorcism of Emily Rose“) has signed on to direct the big screen adaptation of the hit Square Enix video game, “Deus Ex: Human Revolution,” for CBS Films, the company announced on Thursday.Derrickson will also write the screenplay for the film with C. Robert Cargill (“Sinister.”)
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One Direction's 2nd CD hits No. 1, sells 540,000
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — One Direction's "Take Me Home" is the taking the boys to the top of the charts — and to new heights.The group's sophomore album has sold 540,000 in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It's the year's third-highest debut behind Taylor Swift's "Red," which sold 1.2 million units its first week earlier this month, and Mumford & Sons' "Babel," which sold more than 600,000...
Well: The 'Love Hormone' as Sports Enhancer
Label: HealthIs playing football like falling in love? That question, which would perhaps not occur to most of us watching hours of the bruising game this holiday season, is the focus of a provocative and growing body of new science examining the role of oxytocin in competitive sports.Phys EdGretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness. Oxytocin is, famously, the “love hormone,” a brain peptide known to promote...
Ex-hedge fund manager Mathew Martoma accused of insider trading
Label: Business NEW YORK — After building a huge stake in two drug companies, hedge fund manager Mathew Martoma told his powerful boss on a...
Nov
19
Israel, Hamas keep up attacks as talks continue in Egypt
Label: World GAZA CITY — As negotiators worked on a tenuous cease-fire deal, Israel and Hamas pounded each other for a sixth day and anger...
Yahoo shares reach 18-month high as investors warm to new CEO
Label: Technology
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Yahoo Inc shares reached their highest level in a year and a half, as investor confidence grows that new Chief Executive Marissa Mayer can pull off a comeback that eluded three of her predecessors.The Internet pioneer has yet to actually provide Wall Street with any hard evidence that its business is turning a corner – and she...
Alda, Lear honored at 40th International Emmys
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Glee co-creator Ryan Murphy paid tribute at the International Emmy Awards Monday night to television legends Norman Lear and Alan Alda, whose cutting-edge, socially-conscious shows in the '70s changed the face of television.Unlike previous years when Britain dominated the awards honoring excellence in television production outside the U.S., the winners in the nine categories this year...
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