Insight: Sandy shows hospitals unprepared when disaster hits home

affiliate marketing NEW YORK (Reuters) – Kim Bondy was in New Orleans seven years ago when Hurricane Katrina devastated the city, and scores of patients died in flooded hospitals cut off from power. She never thought that she might face that danger herself.But on Monday night, as superstorm Sandy submerged parts of New York City, Bondy...

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Factbox: Obama, Romney solutions to stimulating the economy

affiliate marketing (Reuters) – The health of the U.S. economy has been central to the campaign for the White House, with both President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney seeking to convince voters they have a plan to usher in faster growth and job creation.The economy has struggled to break above a 2 percent annual...

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Gruesome video raises concerns about Syria rebels

affiliate marketing BEIRUT (AP) — A video that appears to show a unit of Syrian rebels kicking terrified, captured soldiers and then executing them with machine guns raised concerns Friday about rebel brutality at a time when the United States is making its strongest push yet to forge an opposition movement it can work with.U.N. officials...

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UK: Apple must apologize again over copycat claims

affiliate marketing LONDON (AP) — British judges say Apple needs to apologize once more for falsely claiming that South Korea’s Samsung copied its iPad, the latest embarrassing episode in the tech rivals’ world-spanning patent battle.Apple Inc. was ordered to print an apology on its website after British judges repeatedly rejected its...

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Ralph Nader to Stephen Colbert: Give me your Super PAC cash!

affiliate marketing LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Stephen Colbert‘s super PAC is sitting on nearly $ 778,000 in cash, and five-time presidential candidate Ralph Nader knows exactly where to spend it.On Ralph Nader. affiliate marketing If only Colbert would listen.The longtime consumer...

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Lennon’s Tooth to Help Fight Cancer

affiliate marketing Imagine there’s no oral cancer. It isn’t hard to do. You may say I’m a dreamer. But I’m not the only one.Those rewritten John Lennon lyrics may be Tony Gedge‘s new motto. affiliate marketing Gedge has made it his life’s work to reduce the rates of oral cancer in...

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US economy adds 171,000 new jobs

Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Do ordinary Americans feel their economy is on the road to recovery? The US economy added 171,000 new jobs in October, which was much more than had been expected. But the official figures from the Labor Department showed that the unemployment rate still rose to 7.9%, having fallen to 7.8% in September, as more workers resumed the...

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Canada will push to keep bank capital rules on schedule

affiliate marketing OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada will urge all countries to stick to the agreed schedule for implementing tougher bank capital rules at a November 4-5 meeting of finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 nations, a senior finance ministry official said on Thursday.The so-called Basel III rules are the world’s...

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‘Wreck-It Ralph’ celebrates video-game nostalgia

affiliate marketing LOS ANGELES (AP) — In Disney’s “Wreck-It Ralph” opening Friday, the title character is the bad guy from a fictional 1980s video game. Despite faithfully doing his job well for 30 years, he gets no respect at work, so he escapes through the wires of Litwak’s Family Fun Center searching for another game where he might...

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Kardashian boosts “X Factor” ratings, but wins few fans

affiliate marketing LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Khloe Kardashian‘s first outing as the new co-host of “The X Factor” helped boost the show’s audience by 30 percent, yet the reality star got mixed reviews for a nipple-baring debut that made headlines – but many TV critics found awkward.Kardashian, 28, best known for starring with socialite...

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