These gains don’t cause pain. A capital gain is the amount of money you pocket by selling one of your investments for more
than you paid for it. Technically, capital gains only count for what’s called a capital asset, but that’s really just anything
you own for investment purposes. Stocks and bonds obviously qualify, but your house and household furnishings can also count.
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LYNCHBURG, Va. – The family in charge of the company that shipped salmonella-contaminated peanut products blamed for sickening hundreds of people claims that reports of filthy condition at the company’s shuttered Georgia plant are “exaggerated” and insists that the company broke no laws.
The Food and Drug Administration alleges that Peanut Corp. of America knowingly distributed peanut products from its plant in Blakely, Ga., that had tested Read the rest of this entry »
REDLANDS – The Loma Linda University Heart & Surgical Hospital saw its first two surgical patients this morning.
After some contention and an ownership change, the building officially opened Tuesday.
“I’m happy to report we received a call from the California Department of Public Health yesterday afternoon and we’re approved to start patient care tomorrow,” Jesse Mock, the new hospital’s vice president and administrator, said at the grand opening Read the rest of this entry »
PLAINFIELD — Timber Ridge Middle School math students will participate in a math-a-thon to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
From today through Jan. 30, students will complete a series of math problems and puzzles in a “Funbook” that will be distributed according to grade level. Once the students finish the problems and puzzles, they receive a certificate of completion.
The students will raise money by correctly completing the problems Read the rest of this entry »
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A bill by Sen. Steve Murphy again seeks to legitimize medical marijuana for use by seriously ill patients.
The bill by Murphy, DFL-Red Wing, will get its first hearing of the session in a Senate health panel on Wednesday.
The bill would allow patients suffering from cancer, AIDS, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease and other dehabilitating conditions to smoke marijuana to deal with pain and other symptoms.
The Minn. Health Read the rest of this entry »
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Have you taken the painkillers OxyContin or Vicodin in the past 10 months? How about the sleep aid Ambien or the stimulant Ritalin?
If you have and you obtained the drug legally, your prescription information is likely being stored in a centralized, state-managed database that can be accessed by doctors and pharmacists around Arizona.
The program, which debuted in December and is overseen by the Arizona State Board of Pharmacy, is designed to Read the rest of this entry »