LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oscar host Seth MacFarlane is inviting college students to join him on stage at the Academy Awards.The creator of Fox's "Family Guy" made a surprise appearance at UCLA to announce a contest sponsored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and MTV that will allow winning college students to appear on the Feb. 24 Oscar telecast.The contest invites students to submit videos...
Hockey Coaches Defy Doctors on Concussions, Study Finds
Label: HealthDespite several years of intensive research, coverage and discussion about the dangers of concussions, the idea of playing through head injuries is so deeply rooted in hockey culture that two university teams kept concussed players on the ice even though they were taking part in a major concussion study. The study, which will be published Friday in a series of articles in the journal Neurosurgical...
Stocks flat; consumer spending falls
Label: Business Stocks are little changed in morning trading Friday as lawmakers...
Nov
29
America waits for Powerball jackpot winners to reveal themselves
Label: WorldPowerball officials confirmed that there are two winning tickets in the second-biggest lottery in history, sold in Arizona and Missouri. ...
AP Newsbreak: New Suzanne Collins book in 2013
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — "The Hunger Games" novelist Suzanne Collins has a new book coming out next year.The multimillion-selling children's author has completed an autobiographical picture story scheduled for Sept. 10, 2013, Scholastic Inc. announced Thursday. The 40-page book will be called "Year of the Jungle," based on the time in Vietnam served by Collins' father, a career Air Force officer."Year of the...
Cost of Brand-Name Prescription Medicines Soaring
Label: HealthThe price of brand-name prescription medicines is rising far faster than the inflation rate, while the price of generic drugs has plummeted, creating the largest gap so far between the two, according to a report published Wednesday by the pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts. The report tracked an index of commonly used drugs and found that the price of brand-name medicines increased...
New York Fed president sees greater impact from Sandy
Label: Business NEW YORK -- Superstorm Sandy appears to have damaged the New York area's economy more than initially believed, New York Federal...
Nov
28
Norquist: GOP concern over tax pledge just 'impure thoughts'
Label: World Grover Norquist on Wednesday rebuffed claims that his anti-tax crusade is losing steam, calling statements from prominent Republicans...
ABC celebrating Dick Clark on New Year's Eve
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — ABC is turning its first New Year's Eve without Dick Clark in four decades partly into a celebration of the showbiz impresario's life.Clark, who did the first annual "New Year's Rockin' Eve" special on ABC in 1972, died at age 82 in April. Fergie and Jenny McCarthy will be hosts of a two-hour tribute to Clark that will air at 8 p.m. ET on New Year's Eve.ABC said Wednesday that Ryan...
SAC Said to Get Notice From SEC on Insider Trading
Label: Business The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission told SAC Capital Advisors LP that it is considering suing the $14 billion hedge...
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