Buzz By Maggie Coughlan 02/20/2013 at 01:50 PM EST Scarlett Johansson and Romain Dauriac Elder Ordonez/INF Is Scarlett Johansson headed down the aisle?After the Hitchcock actress, 28, was spotted wearing a pear-shaped diamond ring in New York City on Monday, rumors...
Drug overdose deaths up for 11th consecutive year
Label: HealthCHICAGO (AP) — Drug overdose deaths rose for the 11th straight year, federal data show, and most of them were accidents involving addictive painkillers despite growing attention to risks from these medicines."The big picture is that this is a big problem that has gotten much worse quickly," said Dr. Thomas Frieden, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which gathered and analyzed...
Tourist's body found stuffed in hotel water tank; guest horrified
Label: Business There were few details Wednesday on how the body of a missing Canadian tourist ended up at the bottom of a water tank on the roof of a downtown hotel.For days, residents of the Cecil Hotel thought something was amiss. At least one said there was flooding in one of the fourth-floor rooms, while others complained about weak water pressure.
One of those complaints led a hotel maintenance worker...
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U.S. General Picked for Top NATO Military Post Will Retire
Label: WorldWASHINGTON — General John R. Allen, who served until earlier this month as the top United States commander in Afghanistan, will retire from the military to focus on “health issues within his family,” President Obama said Tuesday. In January, General Allen was officially cleared of misconduct by the Pentagon after an investigation into his exchange of e-mails with a socialite in Tampa, Fla.,...
Jenna Bush Hager Honors Her Grandfather for President's Day
Label: Lifestyle Caught in the Act 02/19/2013 at 01:35 PM EST Henry Hager and Jenna Bush Hager Courtesy Sea Island Both Jenna Bush Hager's father and grandfather served as Presidents of the United States, so it comes as no surprise that President's Day weekend holds special meaning...
UK patient dies from SARS-like coronavirus
Label: HealthLONDON (AP) — A patient being treated for a mysterious SARS-like virus has died, a British hospital said Tuesday.Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, central England, said the coronavirus victim was also being treated for "a long-term, complex unrelated health problem" and already had a compromised immune system.A total of 12 people worldwide have been diagnosed with the disease, six of whom have...
Rapes may be tied to Christian dating website, officials say
Label: Business Police in the San Diego suburb of La Mesa are investigating whether a 37-year-old man charged with raping a woman he met on the ChristianMingle website may have victimized other women he met on the dating website.Sean Banks of Del Mar is charged with rape, burglary and penetration by force involving a woman in La Mesa, according to court records. He was arrested Feb. 11 and...
Downton Abbey Heartthrob Spoiler Alert - for Next Season
Label: Lifestyle TV Watch By Stephen M. Silverman 02/18/2013 at 01:20 PM EST Tom Ellis, with Michelle Dockery (inset) Bauer-Griffin No moss grows under Lady Mary, that's for sure. The Merry Widow may already have a new suitor.British TV heartthrob Tom Ellis reportedly had an impressive...
Study: Better TV might improve kids' behavior
Label: HealthSEATTLE (AP) — Teaching parents to switch channels from violent shows to educational TV can improve preschoolers' behavior, even without getting them to watch less, a study found.The results were modest and faded over time, but may hold promise for finding ways to help young children avoid aggressive, violent behavior, the study authors and other doctors said."It's not just about turning off the television....
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