Displaying items 97-108 of 1384
» View wdbj7.com items only
< Previous
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-116
Next >
-
Too many drug types are compromising heart health: doctors
Reuters(Reuters) - About 80 million Americans suffer from heart disease, the nation's No. 1 killer, and most are on multiple drugs. Some cardiologists think prescribing has gotten out of hand. The criticism was voiced by a number of leading heart doctors who...Tags: High Blood Pressure, Heart Disease, Dietary Supplements, Diseases and Illnesses, Hospitals and Clinics
-
Walters Art Museum names new director, Julia Marciari-Alexander
In naming Julia Marciari-Alexander as executive director on Wednesday, the Walters Art Museum board of directors entrusted one of Baltimore's most important arts institutions to a rising star — and signaled an emphasis on community engagement even...
Tags: Bill Johnston, Loyola University Chicago, Baltimore Museum of Art, Museums, French Literature
-
A new bull market -- or a bubble?
WASHINGTON -- Where's the stock market going? Has a bull market started? Or are we on the cusp of a new bubble? As I argued in my last column -- which noted that stocks have reached new highs -- the answers matter beyond individual investment...
Tags: Interior Policy, Federal Reserve, Pension and Welfare, Politics, Inflation and Deflation
-
SXSW 2013: Kathleen Hanna reemerges in 'The Punk Singer'
AUSTIN, Texas -- In her bands Bikini Kill and Le Tigre, Kathleen Hanna has brought a fiercely feminist perspective to her lyrics and music, inspiring multiple generations of young women. The new documentary “The Punk Singer,” which is having...
Tags: Thurston Moore, Kurt Cobain, Music Industry, Entertainment, Lyme Disease
-
Judge strikes down NYC ban on supersized sodas
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge struck down New York City's pioneering ban on big sugary drinks Monday just hours before it was supposed to take effect, handing a defeat to health-minded Mayor Michael Bloomberg and creating uncertainty for restaurants...Tags: Business, Laws, Obesity, Judges, Restaurants
-
The market strikes back
WASHINGTON -- We now know the promise and peril of paper wealth. In the last 15 years, the stock market's convulsions ought to have rattled even hardy investors. Twice -- after the popping of the "tech bubble" in 2000 and after the financial crisis in...
Tags: Mutual Funds, Satellite and Cable Service, Personal Finance, Federal Reserve, Economy, Business and Finance
-
The eternal disputes of the Dead Sea Scrolls
In June 1954, a small advertisement ran in the Wall Street Journal: "Biblical manuscripts dating back to at least 200 BC are for sale." The commercial offering was the start of a long and controversial path for the Dead Sea Scrolls, a cache of fragmentary...
Tags: Israel, Judges, Teachers, Grateful Dead (music group), West Bank
-
Daniel Sunjata: A character who can't be typecast
Welcome to Questions of Characters, the column that puts a name to some of the most familiar faces in movies, on television, the stage and commercials who either hail from Chicago or have spent enough time here to consider it home. Name: Daniel...
Tags: Sports, Rescue Me (tv program), USA Network (tv network), Lie to Me (tv program), All My Children (tv program)
-
Despite obesity rise, U.S. calories trending downward
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - U.S. adults have been eating steadily fewer calories for almost a decade, despite the continued increase in obesity rates, according to survey data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). "It's hard to...Tags: Obesity, Disease Prevention, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Weight
-
Dow hits a record, but who's reaping the rewards?
You've heard the old joke about the stockbroker showing a friend all the luxuries he's bought with the commissions paid by his customers — big house, big car, big yacht. And the friend asks, "But where are the customers' yachts?" The joke needs...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Federal Reserve, Jamie Dimon, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Employees
-
Dow hits record, erasing Great Recession losses
NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market is back. Five and a half years after the start of a frightening drop that erased $11 trillion from stock portfolios and made investors despair of ever getting their money back, the Dow Jones industrial average...
Tags: Citigroup Incorporated, Federal Reserve, Earnings, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Services and Shopping
-
Stanford becomes 1st school to raise more than $1 billion in a year
The nation’s top fund-raising institution last year, Stanford University, raised $1.03 billion from donors, the first to raise more than $1 billion in a given year. Out of the nation's top 10 fund-raising institutions, two others were in...
Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Columbia University, Education, Harvard University, Colleges and Universities
Mar 14, 2013
|Story| Reuters
Feb 20, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Mar 13, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Mar 12, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Mar 12, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
Mar 11, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Mar 10, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Mar 7, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Mar 6, 2013
|Story| Reuters
Mar 6, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
Mar 6, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
Feb 20, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Original site for New York University topic gallery.