LONDON (AP) — Two years after Japan's nuclear plant disaster, an international team of experts said Thursday that residents of areas hit by the highest doses of radiation face an increased cancer risk so small it probably won't be detectable.In fact, experts calculated that increase at about 1 extra percentage point added to a Japanese infant's lifetime cancer risk."The additional risk is quite small...
Eric Garcetti showed political savvy during busy student years
Label: Business Fourth in a series of articles focusing on key periods in the lives of the mayoral hopefuls.Ben Jealous still recalls walking...
Feb
27
The Lede: Syrians Describe Apparent Missile Strikes on Aleppo
Label: WorldA Human Rights Watch video report on the aftermath of apparent missile strikes in Syria’s largest city, Aleppo.Human Rights Watch investigators who visited Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, have concluded that the Syrian government fired at least four ballistic missiles into civilian neighborhoods there last week, killing more than 141 people, including 71 children. As my colleague Anne Barnard explained,...
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner's Son Samuel Turns 1
Label: Lifestyle Mom & Babies Celebrity Baby Blog 02/27/2013 at 10:00 AM ET FameFlynetLook who’s growing up!His father Ben Affleck (here with his little man in Beverly Hills on Jan. 25) may have won another Oscar (this time for Best Picture), but it’s Samuel‘s recent milestone — he turns 1 today! — that has...
Huge study: 5 mental disorders share genetic links
Label: HealthWASHINGTON (AP) — The largest genetic study of mental illnesses to date finds five major disorders may not look much alike but they share some gene-based risks. The surprising discovery comes in the quest to unravel what causes psychiatric disorders and how to better diagnose and treat them.The disorders — autism, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder or ADHD, bipolar disorder, major depressive...
Two L.A. mayoral candidates unlikely backers of business tax cut
Label: Business In the debate over who should be the next mayor of Los Angeles, who would you suppose argues for elimination of a business tax...
Feb
26
Balloon Explosion in Egypt Kills at Least 19 Tourists
Label: WorldCAIRO — The explosion of a hot-air balloon over the ancient temples at Luxor killed at least 19 sightseers Tuesday, delivering a grim blow to Egypt’s critical tourism business just as it had begun to show signs of recovery from the shock of the revolution two years ago. All of those killed were tourists, including nine Chinese from Hong Kong, four Japanese, two French, two Britons, a Hungarian...
Michelle Williams and Jason Segel Split
Label: Lifestyle By Sarah Michaud 02/26/2013 at 07:45 PM EST Jason Segel and Michelle Williams AKM-GSI The fairytale is over for Michelle Williams and Jason Segel.The Oz the Great and Powerful star and the How I Met Your Mother actor split a few weeks ago after dating for a year,...
C. Everett Koop, 'rock star' surgeon general, dies
Label: HealthNEW YORK (AP) — Dr. C. Everett Koop has long been regarded as the nation's doctor— even though it has been nearly a quarter-century since he was surgeon general.Koop, who died Monday at his home in Hanover, N.H., at age 96, was by far the best known and most influential person to carry that title. Koop, a 6-foot-1 evangelical Presbyterian with a biblical prophet's beard, donned a public health uniform...
Does Eric Garcetti keep his word? Accounts vary
Label: Business Santiago Perez and his neighbors went straight to Councilman Eric Garcetti when they heard that a developer planned to build...
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