R&B star Ciara is inspired to succeed by America’s basketball stars.
The 23-year-old feels motivated after watching sports games and ploughs the extra energy into her music career.
She tells Men’s Health magazine, “I take my motivation from athletes – basketball players in particular.
“I love LeBron James because he’s my age and full of ambition and drive. I love Michael Jordan. there was so much pressure, but he pulled through every time. That Read the rest of this entry »
The Washington Township Health Care District’s board of directors, which runs 359-bed
in Fremont, has approved a $1.5 million “intergovernmental grant” to Alameda County to help it rescue
, a competitor in Hayward that’s in financial distress, officials said late Tuesday.
St. Rose needs the funds to retire earlier debts, in order to qualify for state loans, insiders said. Humanitarian considerations also inspired the Read the rest of this entry »
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The results of the 2008 Pfizer Health Index*
announced at the Royal College of Physicians Ireland reveal that
health continues to be a key priority for Irish people. However the focus
of health priorities are shifting with Irish people now conveying greater
concern about their own health rather than that of their families. ‘Own
health’ as a greatest personal health priority has risen from 28% in 2005
to 30% in 2008, with ‘health Read the rest of this entry »
The tanking economy hurts the wallet – and the body.
Scrimping Utahns are skipping preventive checkups and forgoing needed dentures and crowns. More are seeking treatment for depression and anxiety. They’re lining up for nearly free health care or heading to emergency rooms.
Or they simply suffer until they can afford to care for their out-of-control diabetes or festering wounds.
“It takes a lot on one’s body and soul Read the rest of this entry »
Associated Press – November 1, 2008 11:54 AM ET
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) – Authorities say a head-on collision between two cars in north Florida has sent eight people to the hospital, 2 of them with potentially life-threatening injuries.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office says the crash occurred early Saturday morning.
Authorities say a silver Honda with five people in it was going south when it was hit head-on by a white Acura going north that Read the rest of this entry »
Last week, Funfare came out with the “scoop” that Diether “Diet” Ocampo has turned from Kapamilya (ABS-CBN) to Kapuso by signing an “exclusive four-year-maximum” contract (to the tune of, hold your breath, P37 million in total?) with rival station GMA Network. According to the Funfare story, fed by an unimpeachable source, the contract guarantees continuous work for Diet, starting with the soap All About Eve (co-starring Read the rest of this entry »
Published: September 15, 2008
Culpeper County sheriff’s deputies, with help from the Blue Ridge Narcotics Task Force and the Virginia State Police Tactical Team, arrested a Culpeper man Friday on felony drug charges and seized $10,000 worth of marijuana and heroin, according to CCSO spokesman Sgt. Jim Fox.
Deputies charged Henry R. Rodgers, 41, of the 19000 block of Brandy Road, with five felonies, including transportation of drugs into Read the rest of this entry »
HOUSTON
— The devil tattooed on Kevin Fine’s upper arm holds a razor blade, a mirror and an eight ball symbolizing cocaine. His forearm sports a tattoo of Jesus holding up a man who has collapsed amid the waves of a massive storm.
Elected by Harris County voters as a state district judge this month, Fine said he’ll draw from his experiences as a cocaine addict who has been clean and sober for 10 years when presiding over felony cases. Read the rest of this entry »
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