The Challenge: Can you solve the mystery of a middle-aged man recovering from a serious illness who suddenly becomes frightened and confused?Every month the Diagnosis column of The New York Times Magazine asks Well readers to sift through a difficult case and solve a diagnostic riddle. Below you will find a summary of a case involving a 55-year-old man well on his way to recovering from a series of...
Retail sales rise 5.8%, but cold weather and payroll taxes sting
Label: Business Shoppers trod carefully in January, lured into stores by retailers dangling post-holiday clearance deals but spending sparingly...
Boy band The Wanted sign on for E! reality series
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — The Wanted is trying to keep it real: The boy band has signed on to do a reality series on E!The British fivesome announced Wednesday that their show will debut in June. A press release said the behind-the-scene series will be "unvarnished" and "nonglossy."The Wanted broke onto the U.S. music scene with the Top 5 hit "Glad You Came." They dropped their self-titled U.S. debut EP last...
Well: Getting Into Your Exercise Groove
Label: HealthPhys EdGretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness.This isn’t meant as an insult, but you are physiologically lazy. So am I. So are we all. Using treadmill testing, scientists have definitively established that, like other animals, humans naturally aim to use as little energy as possible during most movement. So when we walk or run, our bodies tend to choose a particular cadence, a combination of...
Ex-Treasury Secretary Geithner's new job: fellow at N.Y. think tank
Label: Business WASHINGTON -- It didn't take long for former Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner to land a new job, and it's not on Wall...
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Friends, investigators seek answers in killing of O.C. couple
Label: World They met in college, two highly regarded basketball players who seemed to have the same winning touch on the court and off.After...
Queen Latifah production co. strikes Netflix deal
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Queen Latifah's production company, Flavor Unit Entertainment, has signed a deal with Netflix.The entertainer announced Tuesday that the multiyear deal gives the streaming service first look at titles from her production company. It starts this spring.Latifah launched Flavor Unit in New Jersey with Shakim Compere. It's now based in Miami. The company has produced films such as "Bringing...
The New Old Age Blog: In Blended Families, Responsibility Blurs
Label: HealthEvery year, Fran McDowell waited for the summer week when she would sing in a choral festival in the North Carolina mountains, then spend a few days in a lakeside cabin with close women friends.That getaway grew more complicated to arrange — but perhaps more necessary — after her husband, Herb Beadle, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. They had a “gloriously happy” marriage — her first, his second...
Toyota posts big profit helped by North American sales rebound
Label: Business Toyota Motor Corp. profits soared in the latest quarter, helped by strong sales in North America and a slide in the value of...
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