Attorney Tony Romanucci held a news conference Wednesday to announce three additional...
R&B star Mary J. Blige sued for defaulting on $2.2 million loan
Label: Lifestyle(Reuters) – R&B star Mary J. Blige was hit with a lawsuit on Wednesday alleging the Grammy winner and her husband defaulted on a $ 2.2 million bank loan.According to court documents filed in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan, Signature Bank is seeking to recoup the original loan plus $ 58,000 in interest.Blige, 41, who has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide, and her husband Martin...
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...
Starbucks sells $7-a-cup coffee
Label: Business Coffee aficionados have a difficult decision to make: Spend $7 on a full lunch or on a single cup of Starbucks coffee?The brew...
Nov
28
Speed camera vendor under scrutiny as Chicago plans tests
Label: World Even as Chicago prepares to test speed cameras next week, problems in Baltimore's 3-year-old camera program are raising questions...
Leads, director of Motown musical visit Hitsville
Label: LifestyleDETROIT (AP) — The stars of the upcoming Broadway musical about Motown Records have read pretty much every book about and listened to every song from that golden era of American music.The research only took them so far, so they decided to come and see Hitsville, U.S.A., for themselves.Brandon Victor Dixon, who portrays the label’s founder, Berry Gordy, and Valisia LeKae, who plays its signature songstress,...
The New Old Age Blog: Doctor's Orders? Another Test
Label: HealthIt is no longer news that Americans, and older Americans in particular, get more routine screening tests than they need, more than are useful. Prostate tests for men over 75, annual Pap smears for women over 65 and colonoscopies for anyone over 75 — all are overused, large-scale studies have shown.Now it appears that many older patients are also subjected to too-frequent use of the other kind of testing,...
Grim recovery forecast for U.S., global economies
Label: Business WASHINGTON — In a grim new forecast, a leading international economic group sharply cut its outlook for U.S. and global growth...
Nov
27
Girl, 15, fatally shot in South Side backyard
Label: World A 15-year-old girl died Monday night after being shot in the back in the Lithuanian Plaza neighborhood on the South Side, officials...
New Zealand becomes Middle Earth as Hobbit mania takes hold
Label: LifestyleWELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand‘s capital city was rushing to complete its transformation into a haven for hairy feet and pointed ears on Tuesday as stars jetted in for the long-awaited world premiere of the first movie of the Hobbit trilogy.Wellington, where director Peter Jackson and much of the post production is based, has renamed itself “the Middle of Middle Earth“, as fans held costume parties...
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