LONDON (AP) — Two years after Japan's nuclear plant disaster, an international team of experts said Thursday that residents of areas hit by the highest doses of radiation face an increased cancer risk so small it probably won't be detectable.In fact, experts calculated that increase at about 1 extra percentage point added to a Japanese infant's lifetime cancer risk."The additional risk is quite small...
Las Vegas Strip shooting suspect is arrested in L.A.
Label: Business A man suspected in a deadly car-to-car shooting in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip was arrested Thursday at a Studio City apartment...
Feb
27
IHT Rendezvous: Environmentalists and Anti-Whalers: ‘Pirates’, or Protectors?
Label: WorldBEIJING — The battle between Japan’s “whale researchers” and anti-whaling groups has long been a furious one, often fought, precariously, between vessels heaving in icy seas.But who here is the protector, who the pirate?This week a federal judge in the United States ruled that Sea Shepherd, the anti-whaling group, was a “pirate,” in a suit brought by the whale researchers, the Institute of Cetacean...
American Idol Reveals Its Top 10 Women
Label: Lifestyle TV Watch American Idol 02/27/2013 at 10:45 PM EST From left: Randy Jackson, Mariah Carey, Ryan Seacrest, Nicki Minaj, Keith Urban Michael Becker/FOX American Idol's's list of the top 10 women is complete!After the first week of sudden-death rounds, the judges gave...
Medicare paid $5.1B for poor nursing home care
Label: HealthSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Medicare paid billions in taxpayer dollars to nursing homes nationwide that were not meeting basic requirements to look after their residents, government investigators have found.The report, released Thursday by the Department of Health and Human Services' inspector general, said Medicare paid about $5.1 billion for patients to stay in skilled nursing facilities that failed to...
Eric Garcetti showed political savvy during busy student years
Label: Business Fourth in a series of articles focusing on key periods in the lives of the mayoral hopefuls.Ben Jealous still recalls walking...
Feb
26
India Ink: ‘Kai Po Che’ and the Strange Case of the Vanishing Villain
Label: World“Kai Po Che,” or “Brothers for Life,” which opened in Indian theaters on Friday, isn’t a film about the Gujarati entrepreneurial spirit, or friendship, or cricket, or any of the various themes that the popular author Chetan Bhagat has suggested in press interviews over the past two weeks.Based on his novel “The 3 Mistakes of My Life,” the film is a coming-of-age story about a group...
Bobby Brown Sentenced to 55 Days in Jail in Drunk Driving Case
Label: Lifestyle 02/26/2013 at 09:30 PM EST Bobby Brown has been sentenced to 55 days in jail and four years probation in his most recent drunk driving arrest.Brown, 44, was pulled over in Studio City, Calif., on Oct. 24 for driving erratically and was arrested when the officer detected "a strong scent of alcohol." He was charged...
Advanced breast cancer edges up in younger women
Label: HealthCHICAGO (AP) — Advanced breast cancer has increased slightly among young women, a 34-year analysis suggests. The disease is still uncommon among women younger than 40, and the small change has experts scratching their heads about possible reasons.The results are potentially worrisome because young women's tumors tend to be more aggressive than older women's, and they're much less likely to get routine...
Wendy Greuel acquired a love of politics from working with Tom Bradley
Label: Business In the early 1980s, Wendy Greuel was at a crossroads. In one direction was the family building supply company housed in a dusty...
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