Magazine scene: Women's Health on love and texting

Men, listen up, your fantasies may not be that far-fetched after all. According to Women’s Health’s March issue, one in three women fantasize about having sex with another woman.
Playing hard to get is a tried-and-true, classic dating method. But it’s just as easy to play too hard to get as it is to play not nearly hard enough (read: stalkerish). Cosmo’s February issue gives you tips on how to handle common dating situations by telling you what’s Read the rest of this entry »

Warped facts in last presidential debate

WASHINGTON (AP) — The final presidential debate was a last hurrah, of sorts, for tall tales told before a large national audience by Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama.
The two took familiar liberties with facts in a matchup that also gave viewers a brand-new head-scratching exchange over a man McCain called “my old buddy, Joe, Joe the plumber.”
Each candidate again twisted his rival’s health care plan. McCain told a golden Read the rest of this entry »

Austin surgical spine medical device CEO resigns

Texas’ ArthroCare medical device company CEO and two other executives resign.
West Palm Beach, FL (JusticeNewsFlash.com)–ArthroCare Corp., a medical device company, specializing in products for doctors and surgeons, received the resignations of Mike Baker, CEO and two other top company executives on Thursday. The Austin American-Statesman reported the medical device company, who is famous for manufacturing a wand used in percutaneous microdiscectomy Read the rest of this entry »

Santa Clara County Public Defender to launch massive search for

As part of a criminal justice review unprecedented in county history, the Santa Clara County Public Defender has launched a massive project to revisit 1,500 or more sexual assault convictions dating back two decades to determine whether innocent people may have been put behind bars.
A Mercury News report disclosed late last year that members of Valley Medical Center’s Sexual Assault Response Team have been videotaping examinations of patients since Read the rest of this entry »

State wants college students to get health insurance

If Daniel O’Neill had his way, he wouldn’t have health insurance.
Since getting married last summer — and booted off his parents’ plan — the Brigham Young University junior has had to juggle premiums with tuition and books, room and board and other expenses. The 23-year-old, who seldom sees a doctor, has a hard time justifying the expense.
“I would consider myself healthy,” O’Neill said, “which is kind of why I wouldn’t normally (have health Read the rest of this entry »

California asks judge to end prison health care receivership

California asked a federal judge today to end the receivership he created to remedy the state’s long-running failure to address the dysfunctional, deadly prison health care system.
State Attorney General Jerry Brown’s motion, announced by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his finance and corrections chiefs at a State Capitol news conference, doesn’t claim the system’s problems — which at their height led to an average of one preventable inmate Read the rest of this entry »

AIDS spreads to haunt Philippines' modern-day heroes

by Ana Santos, Xu Lingui
MANILA, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) — Working as a seafarer for
10 years, Mario has traveled the world and visited far-fetched places like
Africa and Brazil. It required him to be away from the Philippines for long
periods at a time, but it was with this job that Mario was able to provide for
his wife, Jinky and his two small children.
It was also with this job, 38-year-old Mario
contracted the HIVvirus.
Mario is one Read the rest of this entry »

Press Release: MAJESCO ENTERTAINMENT AND INTERACTIVE GAME GROUP

EDISON, N.J., October 21, 2008 – Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of video games for the mass market, today announced that Jillian Michaels’ Fitness Ultimatum 2009 for Wii™has shipped to retail outlets nationwide.Taking the concept of fitness video games to a whole new level, Jillian Michaels’ Fitness Ultimatum 2009 marks the first time a celebrity fitness trainer has created software for Wii™. Featuring Read the rest of this entry »

Taiwan's detained former president released from hospital

TAIPEI (AFP) — Taiwan’s former president Chen Shui-bian was released from hospital and sent back to a detention centre Wednesday, as he entered the second week of a hunger strike to protest his arrest on graft allegations.
Chen left the hospital by ambulance while dozens of supporters gathered and honked air horns as he was driven back to the detention centre.
Doctors said earlier Wednesday that Chen’s condition had visibly improved although Read the rest of this entry »

Business is picture-perfect

Miner’s photographs have appeared on soda bottles, advertisments and magazines.
WALLA WALLA — From soda pop bottle to national magazine, a local hobby photographer is no longer a hobbyist, but a part-time professional with her photos now available to millions of readers.
Almost four years ago, the climax of Kimberly Miner’s photography work was seeing her photos featured every now and then on a Jones Soda bottle.
“Since that time they ran that Read the rest of this entry »