Major changes erupted at one of the world’s leading health-funding agencies Thursday as it hired a new director, dismissed the inspector general who had clashed with a previous director and announced a new approach to making grants. Alex Wong/Getty ImagesDr. Mark Dybul, who led the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, in 2007. Dr. Mark Dybul, the...
Sources: Liguori planned as next Tribune CEO
Label: Business The new owners set to take control of Tribune Co. when it emerges from bankruptcy protection plan to name television executive...
Nov
15
BP workers charged in Gulf oil spill disaster in 2010
Label: World A day of reckoning arrived for BP on Thursday as the oil giant...
Stars honor Veloso as Latin Grammys person of year
Label: Lifestyle
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Juanes, Juan Luis Guerra, Nelly Furtado and Natalie Cole are among the artists who celebrated Brazilian musician Caetano Veloso at a ceremony honoring him as the Latin Recording Academy‘s Person of the Year.Veloso’s influence as a composer and activist also was the subject of a video featuring Sting and Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar...
Well: Southern Flavors on a Vegetarian Table
Label: HealthIf you’re looking for new ways to cook vegetables, a trip south of the Mason-Dixon line is a good place to start. The fair weather and long growing season of the South means there’s always a plentiful supply of fresh vegetables and produce.“We live in Memphis, and it’s true there is a lot of barbecue, but there are a good deal of farmers’ markets too,” says Amy Lawrence, co-author of “The Southern...
Eurozone slides back into recession
Label: Business The Eurozone is back in a recession, its first in three years, as gross domestic product for the debt-plagued 17-nation bloc...
Nov
14
Obama: No evidence of security breach in Petreaus scandal
Label: World President Barack Obama said Wednesday he has seen no evidence...
Clapton platinum watch nets $3.6 million at auction
Label: Lifestyle
GENEVA (Reuters) – An Asian collector bought a platinum chronograph Patek Philippe wristwatch owned by British rock guitarist Eric Clapton for 3.44 million Swiss francs ($ 3.63 million) at auction on Monday, Christie’s said.The “ultra-rare” reference 2499/100 by the Swiss luxury watchmaker, one of only two cased in platinum, was acquired by Clapton some...
Filthy Water in California Farmworker Communities
Label: HealthJim Wilson/The New York TimesStudents at Stone Corral Elementary in Seville, Calif. The school budgets $100 to $500 a month for bottled water. SEVILLE, Calif. — Like most children, the students at Stone Corral Elementary School here rejoice when the bell rings for recess and delight in christening a classroom pet. But while growing up in this impoverished agricultural community of numbered...
Corzine blamed for fall of MF Global
Label: Business Poor management decisions by MF Global's former CEO Jon Corzine triggered the brokerage firm's collapse, while lax protections...
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