“Science,” a colleague once said at a meeting, “is a mighty enterprise, which is really rather quite topical.” He was so right: as we continue to enhance our coverage of the scientific world, we always aim to keep the latest news front and center. His observation seemed like a nice way to introduce this column, which will highlight the week’s developments in health and science news and glance...
Bank of Japan sets 2% inflation plan
Label: Business TOKYO — Bowing to government pressure, Japan's central bank Tuesday pledged more aggressive action to boost the economy, including...
Jan
20
Clara Jane Nixon dies at 93; sister-in-law of President Nixon
Label: World Her famous brother-in-law had not yet been elected president. But he already had been vice president, as well as a U.S. senator...
RIM heats up as BlackBerry 10 launch nears
Label: TechnologyResearch In Motion (RIMM) shares are soaring ahead of the imminent launch of the firm’s next-generation BlackBerry 10 platform. The stock’s recent run could come screeching to a halt at any moment as short interest grows, but Jefferies & Company analyst Peter Misek thinks there’s plenty more good news ahead for RIM. In a note to investors on Friday morning, Misek told clients to buy RIM stock...
ABC News' Barbara Walters hospitalized after fall
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Veteran ABC newswoman Barbara Walters has fallen at an inauguration party at an ambassador's home in Washington and has been hospitalized.Walters, 83, fell Saturday night on a step at the residence of Britain's ambassador to the United States, Peter Westmacott, ABC News spokesman Jeffrey Schneider said. The fall left Walters with a cut on her forehead, he said.Walters, out of an abundance...
Well: A Check on Physicals
Label: Health“Go Beyond Your Father’s Annual Physical. Live Longer, Feel Better”This sales pitch for the Princeton Longevity Center’s “comprehensive exam” promises, for $5,300, to take “your health beyond the annual physical.” But it is far from certain whether this all-day checkup, and others less inclusive, make a meaningful difference to health or merely provide reassurance to the worried well.Among physicians,...
Atari U.S. operation files for bankruptcy
Label: Business The U.S. operations of iconic but long-troubled video game maker Atari have filed for bankruptcy in an effort to break free...
Jan
19
Some give up their guns as others rally against tighter laws
Label: World DALLAS — On one side of Young Street, volunteers from First Presbyterian Church of Dallas attempted to persuade gun owners to...
100 Years of U.S. Presidential Inaugurations
Label: TechnologyOn March 4, 1913, Woodrow Wilson took the oath of office. Nearly 100 years later, Barack Obama will take that same oath.The U.S. presidential inauguration looks a tad different than it did a century ago. In 1913, women still did not have the right to vote and Wilson rode to the Capitol in a horse-drawn carriage. And don’t expect to see President Obama wearing a silk top hat like Wilson either.[More...
Original Batmobile from TV series sells for $4.2M
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — The original Batmobile from the 1960s television series has sold at auction for $4.2 million.A spokeswoman for the Barrett-Jackson Auction Co. in Scottsdale, Ariz., says the winning bidder has not been disclosed following Saturday's auction.The 19-foot-long black, bubble-topped car was used in the "Batman" TV show that starred Adam West as the Caped Crusader.The car's owner — famed...
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