Training to become a doctor takes so long that just the time invested has become, to many, emblematic of the gravity and prestige of the profession. But now one of the nation’s premier medical schools, New York University, and a few others around the United States are challenging that equation by offering a small percentage of students the chance to finish early, in three years instead of...
Dec
23
Raging fire guts Kabul market
Label: World KABUL, Afghanistan -- Firefighters battled through the night to contain a raging fire that swept through a market in the Afghan...
Without an ‘iTV,’ Apple’s growth could shrink to the single digits by 2015
Label: TechnologyAnother analyst believes that Apple is losing its shine. Toni Sacconaghi of Bernstein Research on Thursday trimmed his price target for the company, citing concerns that growth may be slowing. The analyst believes that iPhone sales will remain strong for at least the next two years, however Apple (AAPL) is expected to lose overall market share “if it does not bring out a lower-price device” in the...
Ashton Kutcher files for divorce from Demi Moore
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — Ashton Kutcher filed court papers Friday to end his seven-year marriage to actress Demi Moore.The actor's divorce petition cites irreconcilable differences and does not list a date that the couple separated. Moore announced last year that she was ending her marriage to the actor 15 years her junior, but she never filed a petition.Kutcher's filing does not indicate that the couple...
Genetic Gamble : Drugs Aim to Make Several Types of Cancer Self-Destruct
Label: HealthC.J. Gunther for The New York TimesDr. Donald Bergstrom is a cancer specialist at Sanofi, one of three companies working on a drug to restore a tendency of damaged cells to self-destruct. For the first time ever, three pharmaceutical companies are poised to test whether new drugs can work against a wide range of cancers independently of where they originated — breast, prostate, liver, lung. The drugs...
Association board can't use email instead of meetings
Label: Business Question: I recently was elected to the board of directors of my homeowners association. I was surprised to learn that rather...
Dec
22
This bus' next stop: doing good
Label: World Maybe you want to help others. Maybe you long to lend a hand. But you're not sure where and you're not sure how and you don't...
Vatican says pope beats Justin Bieber on re-tweets
Label: TechnologyVATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Benedict, white-haired, 85, and a neophyte to social media site Twitter, has beaten out 18-year old heartthrob Justin Bieber to set a percentage record for re-tweeting by his followers, the Vatican said on Thursday.The Vatican newspaper said that as of noon Italian time on Thursday the pope had 2.1 million followers on Twitter, eight days after his first tweet was sent.While...
Ashton Kutcher files for divorce from Demi Moore
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — Ashton Kutcher filed court papers Friday to end his seven-year marriage to actress Demi Moore.The actor's divorce petition cites irreconcilable differences and does not list a date that the couple separated. Moore announced last year that she was ending her marriage to the actor 15 years her junior, but she never filed a petition.Kutcher's filing does not indicate that the couple...
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