| Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:11:00 GMT (CNN) -- Deaths from pregnancy and childbirth in the United States have doubled in the past 20 years, a development that a human rights group called "scandalous and disgraceful" Friday. In addition, the rights group said, about 1.7 million women a ... |
| Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:50:00 GMT Home resales grew by 50 percent over the past year in the Naples area. There were 7,426 single-family and condo sales, up from 4,951, in the 12 months ending in February, according to a monthly report by the Naples Area Board of Realtors. The report ... |
| Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:57:00 GMT WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's intense juggling of domestic issues reflects all the realities he faces at once: a vast agenda, a smaller window for results this year and a need to keep promises to constituencies that will have a huge say ... |
| Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:50:00 GMT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - San Francisco Federal Reserve President Janet Yellen is a leading contender to be nominated as vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Friday. Gibbs told a news briefing that Sarah ... |
| Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:04:00 GMT The Chicago Cubs have ditched plans for an 8 percent tax on all Cactus League tickets to help pay for a new $80 million spring training ballpark in Mesa. The Cubs have threatened to move their spring training from Mesa to Naples, unless they get a ... |
| Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:50:00 GMT Ranking law schools is a science unto itself, and no critic is more vocal about the shortcomings of U.S. News' predominant list than Brian Leiter. This morning, he published a preview of a list of his own , which he says considers the citations of ... |
| Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:04:00 GMT CHICAGO, Mar 12, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Zacks Equity Research highlights Skechers U.S.A. (NYSE: SKX) as the Bull of the Day and ATS Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATSI) the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides ... |
| Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:04:00 GMT In our last post, we discussed the phenomenon of ?red carpet copycats?: those firms that quickly issue copies of the often-striking?and strikingly expensive?dresses worn by the stars at the Oscars. Many apparel firms are very open about this ... |
| Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:28:00 GMT CHICAGO - Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggests that many Americans are being overtreated. Maybe even President Barack Obama, champion of an overhaul and cost-cutting of the ... |
| Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:28:00 GMT March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil declined for the first time in three days after a report showed that confidence among U.S. consumers unexpectedly dropped this month. Oil fell 1.1 percent as the Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary consumer ... |