The Challenge: Can you solve the mystery of a middle-aged man recovering from a serious illness who suddenly becomes frightened and confused?Every month the Diagnosis column of The New York Times Magazine asks Well readers to sift through a difficult case and solve a diagnostic riddle. Below you will find a summary of a case involving a 55-year-old man well on his way to recovering from a series of...
US productivity fell at 2% rate
Label: Business U.S. worker productivity shrank in the final three months of 2012 although the decline was caused by temporary factors. Productivity...
Feb
06
R.I.P., Barney: How 'Barney Cam' made George W. Bush's dog a Web star
Label: World "Mr. Orr, this is the White House operator."As a White House spokesman, I received phone calls like this all the time. But this...
Elton John, Mumford & Sons to pay tribute to Helm
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Elton John and Mumford & Sons will hit the Grammys stage to pay tribute to Levon Helm.The Recording Academy announced Thursday that T Bone Burnett, Mavis Staples, Zac Brown and Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes will also perform "The Weight" at Sunday's awards ceremony in Los Angeles.Helm was the drummer and singer for The Band. He died of complications from cancer last year at...
Ipswich Journal: Paul Mason Is One-Third the Man He Used to Be
Label: HealthPaul Nixon PhotographyPaul Mason in 2012, two years after gastric bypass surgery stripped him of the unofficial title of “the world’s fattest man.” IPSWICH, England — Who knows what the worst moment was for Paul Mason — there were so many awful milestones, as he grew fatter and fatter — but a good bet might be when he became too vast to leave his room. To get him to the hospital for a hernia operation,...
Duo's lofty idea yields film spotlighting downtown L.A.
Label: Business Former film and television producer Leonard Hill was having lunch at Church & State bistro, on the ground floor of the Biscuit...
Feb
05
Friends, investigators seek answers in killing of O.C. couple
Label: World They met in college, two highly regarded basketball players who seemed to have the same winning touch on the court and off.After...
NJ Gov. Christie, Letterman laugh about fat jokes
Label: LifestyleTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and David Letterman have shared some laughs about the many fat jokes the comedian has made about the lawmaker's ample girth.Christie has termed his plumpness "fair game" for comedians. And during his first appearance on "Late Show with David Letterman" on Monday, the outspoken Republican and potential 2016 presidential contender read two of Letterman's...
The New Old Age Blog: In Blended Families, Responsibility Blurs
Label: HealthEvery 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...
Secondhand designer clothing at discount prices is in fashion
Label: Business Jaclyn Shanfeld moves from garment to garment with the unbridled joy of a little girl rummaging in her mother's closet.From...
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