Feb
19

India Ink: Image of the Day: Feb. 19

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Serve Up Dinner Straight from the South Beach Wine & Food Festival

02/19/2013 at 12:05 PM EST Carrot Lemon Thyme Sorbet and Executive Chef Hector Morales's Gazpacho Come Thursday, there will be plenty of familiar faces heating up Miami Beach. And we mean in the kitchen.As celeb chefs such as Bobby Flay, Paula Deen and Rachael...
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UK patient dies from SARS-like coronavirus

LONDON (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...
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M&A deals lift shares, suggest more value in market

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday as merger activity suggested the market could offer investors still more value even as the S&P 500 and Dow industrials hover near five-year highs. Equities have resisted a pullback as investors use dips in stocks as buying opportunities. The S&P is up about 7 percent so far in 2013 and has climbed for the past seven weeks in its...
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Feb
18

India Ink: Image of the Day: Feb. 18

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Chaz Bono: How I Lost 43 Lbs. - and Hope to Lose More

By Dahvi Shira 02/18/2013 at 01:00 PM EST Chaz Bono, before and after losing weight Courtesy CBS Television Distribution Chaz Bono's 2013 has gotten off to a healthy start!The former Dancing with the Stars contestant, 43, has already dropped 43 lbs. since announcing...
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Study: Better TV might improve kids' behavior

SEATTLE (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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Yen resumes fall after G20, U.S. holiday thins trade

LONDON (Reuters) - The yen resumed falling on Monday after Japan signaled it would push ahead with expansionist monetary policies having escaped criticism from the world's 20 biggest economies at the weekend. Industrial metals also dipped and European shares were soft on lingering worries about the economic outlook, especially for the euro zone. While the risk of an inconclusive outcome...
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Feb
17

Letter From Washington: A Sensible Deal Can Avert a 'Sequester' Disaster

WASHINGTON — Democrats and Republicans in Washington agree: It would be a disaster if the “sequester,” with its more than $1 trillion of cuts to U.S. defense and domestic spending, took effect on March 1, as scheduled. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta says the reductions to the Pentagon budget would undermine national security; the cuts to already pared-down domestic spending will set back...
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Carrie Underwood's Light-Up Dress Makes Readers Say 'Wow'

By Andrea Billups 02/17/2013 at 12:35 PM EST What's on the minds of PEOPLE readers this week? We love knowing your response to the news – and, as always, you had lots to say about all of our stories.From a heartfelt (and funny) "baby announcement" for a 13-year-old to your sadness over the shocking news that...
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