Some see conflicts as the pharmaceutical industry pays billions to doctors and hospitals.
October 2014
Hikers’ luck, instinct decided fates on Japanese volcano
TOKYO — Huge boulders falling from the sky. Billowing gray smoke that cast total darkness over the mountain. Volcanic ash piling on the ground and fumes filling the air. Some survivors of the eruption of Mount Ontake made a split-second decision to hide behind big rocks or escaped into lodges that dot the mountain’s slopes. […]
Family members can seek removal of a relative’s guns under new California law
The measure comes in response to a deadly rampage in May at the university in Santa Barbara.
Shrinking Arctic ice forcing walrus into huge crowds
Environmentalists see more evidence of global warming as 35,000 of the Arctic beasts vie for room.
Four businesses win pro-entrepreneurship award
The recipients have demonstrated leadership in supporting the growth of innovators, startups and the ecosystem around them.
Our View: Cutting funds for Maine’s libraries is the wrong way to save money
If state and local officials don’t step up, more residents will lose access to critical information resources.
Paper calls for Fed, Treasury cooperation
The two institutions haven’t just been working independently, the authors of a new Brookings paper argue, they’ve been working against each other.
Briefcase
Consumer confidence fell to 4-month low in September U.S. consumer confidence dropped in September after hitting the highest level in nearly seven years in August. The Conference Board reported Tuesday that its confidence index fell to 86.0, the lowest point since a May reading of 82.2. It was the first decline after four months of […]
Likely understatement: Shapewear buyers duped
Caffeine-infused underwear won’t ensure weight loss, the FTC says.
Baseball Notebook: Buchholz has knee surgery
Clay Buchholz had an operation to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee.