You pay too much for pay TV because your cable company is forced to purchase channels in bundles from media companies like Viacom — if it wants to offer MTV, it has to pay for CMT Pure Country and Teen Nick as well. Now one cable provider has had enough, and is suing for the right to purchase channels à la carte. Cablevision, a New York-based cable TV provider, filed an antitrust lawsuit against...
Advanced Breast Cancer May Be Rising Among Young Women, Study Finds
Label: HealthThe incidence of advanced breast cancer among younger women, ages 25 to 39, may have increased slightly over the last three decades, according to a study released Tuesday. But more research is needed to verify the finding, which was based on an analysis of statistics, the study’s authors said. They do not know what may have caused the apparent increase. Some outside experts questioned...
Economic Scene: Medicare Needs Fixing, but Not Right Now
Label: BusinessWhat’s the rush? For all the white-knuckled wrangling over spending cuts set to start on Friday, the fundamental partisan argument over how to fix the government’s finances is not about the immediate future. It is about the much longer term: how will the nation pay for the care of older Americans as the vast baby boom generation retires? Will the government keep Medicare spending in check by asking...
Feb
25
Bank of America should just play the tape of disputed sales call
Label: World It's perhaps not so surprising that a Bank of America customer discovered recurring payments on his credit card bill for a service he swears he never signed up for. This kind of thing happens a lot.What is surprising is that BofA told the customer to pound sand when he requested proof that he authorized the bank by phone to enroll him in its Credit...
Why The Onion's C-Word Tweet Was Well-Intentioned — But Wrong
Label: Technology Last night, during the Oscars, the Twitter account for the satirical news site The Onion called Quvenzhané Wallis, the 9-year-old nominee for Best Actress, a c**t.The online reaction was swift and enraged, inspiring a torrent of angry tweets, the hashtag #unfollowtheonion, and the condemnation of celebrities like Levar Burton. The reason for the outrage was obvious: The c-word is perhaps...
Global Health: After Measles Success, Rwanda to Get Rubella Vaccine
Label: HealthRwanda has been so successful at fighting measles that next month it will be the first country to get donor support to move to the next stage — fighting rubella too. On March 11, it will hold a nationwide three-day vaccination campaign with a combined measles-rubella vaccine, hoping to reach nearly five million children up to age 14. It will then integrate the dual vaccine into its national...
Time Inc. and Meredith Prepare to Join Magazine Businesses
Label: BusinessMary Chind/The Des Moines RegisterMeredith, a magazine company, is headquartered in Des Moines. When Jack Griffin, the former president of the magazine company Meredith, took the reins at Time Inc., he threw a holiday party for his staff on the 34th floor of the Time & Life Building. For many employees at the famously hierarchal company, their first visit to the rambling executive suites that...
Feb
24
Brown's school funding plan draws mixed reactions
Label: World In the Anaheim City School District, where most students are low-income and struggling to learn English, teachers need special...
Wired Space Photo of the Day: Glowing Gas in Omega Nebula
Label: TechnologyThis image is a colour composite of the Omega Nebula (M 17) made from exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2). The field of view is approximatelly 4.7 x 3.7 degrees. Image: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin. [high-resolution]Caption: ...
The Texas Tribune: Advocates Seek Mental Health Changes, Including Power to Detain
Label: HealthMatt Rainwaters for Texas MonthlyThe Sherman grave of Andre Thomas’s victims. SHERMAN — A worried call from his daughter’s boyfriend sent Paul Boren rushing to her apartment on the morning of March 27, 2004. He drove the eight blocks to her apartment, peering into his neighbors’ yards, searching for Andre Thomas, Laura Boren’s estranged husband. Expanded coverage of Texas is produced by...
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