NEW YORK (AP) — CBS is asking stars not to bare too much skin at the Grammy Awards on Sunday.The network requests that "buttocks and female breasts are adequately covered" for the televised award show. The memo sent out Wednesday also warned against "see-through clothing," exposure of "the genital region" and said that "thong type costumes are problematic."Representatives for CBS and the Recording...
Well: Expressing the Inexpressible
Label: HealthWhen Kyle Potvin learned she had breast cancer at the age of 41, she tracked the details of her illness and treatment in a journal. But when it came to grappling with issues of mortality, fear and hope, she found that her best outlet was poetry.How I feared chemo, afraidIt would change me.It did.Something dissolved inside me.Tears began a slow drip;I cried at the news storyOf a lost boy found in the...
NTSB traces Boeing 787 Dreamliner fire to battery cell, but questions remain
Label: Business A month into investigating a fire that broke out on Boeing Co.’s grounded 787 Dreamliner passenger jets, the National Transportation...
In Vegas, Abrams gives few hints about 'Star Wars'
Label: LifestyleLAS VEGAS (AP) — A newly announced "Star Wars" sequel was on everyone's mind when J.J. Abrams took the stage Wednesday at a Las Vegas video game conference, but he made only a sideways mention of the film he has been hired to direct.The reference was a throw-away joke from his last franchise reboot.Talking about the importance of embroidering films with subtle detail, the science fiction director...
The New Old Age Blog: For Women, Reduced Access to Long-Term Care Insurance
Label: Health“This was a very, very good business for a short time, with people buying long-term care insurance like it was candy in a candy store,’’ said Michael Perry, a vice president at the Opus Advisory Group, a strategic financial planning firm in Purchase, N.Y.No more. Mr. Perry has sold only one long-term care policy in the last six months and is “backing off from marketing’’ them as he watches this corner...
Cash purchases of California homes hit record in 2012
Label: Business Who needs a mortgage when you have greenbacks to spare?Not the wealthy, and certainly not investors, both of whom appear to...
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Prosecutor wants redo on Chris Brown sentence
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — There is no credible evidence that Chris Brown completed the community service he was required to do in the beating of Rihanna, and he should be forced to repeat six months of manual labor in Los Angeles, prosecutors told a judge Tuesday.A motion by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office says the records submitted to prove Brown finished the community labor sentenced...
Well: Warning Too Late for Some Babies
Label: HealthSix weeks after Jack Mahoney was born prematurely on Feb. 3, 2011, the neonatal staff at WakeMed Hospital in Raleigh, N.C., noticed that his heart rate slowed slightly when he ate. They figured he was having difficulty feeding, and they added a thickener to help.When Jack was discharged, his parents were given the thickener, SimplyThick, to mix into his formula. Two weeks later, Jack was back in the...
California accuses S&P of deception in $4-billion lawsuit
Label: Business California has filed suit against Wall Street's biggest credit rating agency, Standard & Poor’s, charging the firm with...
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