'Personal concierge' businesses take on to-do lists of the time-...
College video game program grows into key feeder for industry
LONDON -- Britain's Queen Elizabeth II took center stage Tuesday in the celebrations marking her 60th anniversary as monarch when she remarked on the wisdom of old age and vowed to carry on in the nation's service "in the years to come." The 85-...
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WASHINGTON -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is considering new rules on mortgage fees, including banning origination charges based on the size of the loan. The agency, which said the new rules would make it easier for potential home ...
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Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start of summer, is nearing and the sun's rays will be at their strongest. Some people will head for the nearest pool, where they'll roast themselves golden brown. They'll also get a dose of Vitamin D that ...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- For years, running for office as a Republican in California boiled down to one core pledge, bound by a candidate's signature and enforced with a vengeance: no new taxes. Not anymore. The state's new political landscape, ...
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20 years after vision, woman cares daily for Our Lady of Guadalupe ...
SpaceX rocket launch hailed as 'a new era in space exploration'
DETROIT -- Eighty-eight-year-old Stella Mazur took eight medications a day for conditions that ranged from high blood pressure to seizures, but she was frustrated because she couldn't keep all of her pills straight. "My mother would get confused ...
continue »PHILADELPHIA -- Usually they post warnings of floods, tornados and assorted mayhem, but now government meteorologists are issuing warnings of another kind. They say that the White House's proposed cuts to the National Weather Service budget and ...
continue »Stanford diving coach Rick Schavone knew he was looking at a prodigy the first time he saw 7-year-old Kristian Ipsen bounce off a springboard. A decade later, while recruiting Ipsen, Schavone told the school's admissions office that Ipsen would ...
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