Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 12:34 am, Over one day old
A body of evidence suggests that alcohol abuse is rising among veterans of combat in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Read After the Battle, Fighting the Bottle at Home (Links)
Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 12:34 am, Over one day old
M.T.A. New York City Transit disputed the findings of the Straphangers Campaign, arguing that it had increased bus spending by more than $200 million a year and that service improvements had outpaced ridership increases since 2001.
Read City Room: Bus Service Lagging, Report Says (Links)
Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 12:34 am, Over one day old
It's not just women who have to worry about the biological clock.
Read Well: Father?s Age Is Also a Factor in Fertility (Links)
Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 12:34 am, Over one day old
Ben S. Bernanke said the Fed would issue new lending rules next week, and may extend its temporary financial lifeline to major Wall Street firms.
Read Fed to Clamp Down on Exotic and Subprime Mortgages (Links)
Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 12:34 am, Over one day old
The German engineering and electronics company said that it would cut 12,600 mostly white-collar jobs to cut costs. It also plans to eliminate 4,150 jobs as part of a restructuring process.
Read Siemens Details Job Cuts (Links)
Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 12:34 am, Over one day old
Sir John was an investor who founded the Templeton Prize for ?progress in religion? and ?research or discoveries.?
Read Sir John M. Templeton, Philanthropist, Dies at 95 (Links)
Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 12:34 am, Over one day old
The man who took the euthanasia debate into his own hands is running for Congress.
Read The Lede: Thousands Back Kevorkian Candidacy (Links)
Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 12:34 am, Over one day old
London Theater Journal: Ben Brantley takes in a terrific Jeremy Irons impersonation of former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan over the decades in Howard Brenton's "Never So Good" at the National Theater.
Read ArtsBeat: Jeremy Irons as Harold Macmillan (Links)
Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 12:34 am, Over one day old
Read Baghdad Bureau: Following the Oil Money (Links)
Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 12:34 am, Over one day old
A geriatrician on what happens to us at the end of life.
Read The New Old Age: Different Ways to Die (Links)