Surgeon infected patients during heart procedure, Cedars-Sinai admits

A heart surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center unwittingly infected five patients during valve replacement surgeries earlier...

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15 Agonizing Automotive Atrocities

Yugo.There, we got it out of the way. When you read the headline, of course an image of a tiny Cold War-era hatchback popped into your head. We bet you also shuddered at the thought of a Pontiac Aztek.We love to poke fun at failure, and no failure made a punchline better than the Yugo. We found that out while talking with Jason Vuic, author of The Yugo: The Rise and...

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Rolling Stones hit NY for 50th anniversary gig

NEW YORK (AP) — “Time Waits for No One,” the Rolling Stones sang in 1974, but lately it’s seemed like that grizzled quartet does indeed have some sort of exemption from the ravages of time.At an average age of 68-plus years, the British rockers are clearly in fighting form, sounding tight, focused and truly ready for the spotlight at a rapturously received pair of London concerts last month.On Saturday,...

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Supreme Court to rule on California's Prop. 8 ban on gay marriage

The Supreme Court announced Friday it will rule for the first time on same-sex marriage by deciding the constitutionality of...

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Apple's U.S.-Made Macs Are a Drop in the Bucket — But Could Herald a Job Flood

Apple spent nearly $10 billion this past year on the tools and equipment needed to make its products. In that light, Apple CEO Tim Cook’s promise this week to invest more than $100 million to move production for one of its Mac lines to the U.S. next year sounds paltry.But even such a small sum could signal something much bigger for the U.S. economy: namely, that moving manufacturing jobs back...

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UK’s Kate and William “saddened” by nurse’s death

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate said on Friday they were “deeply saddened” by the death of a nurse who fell victim to a prank call from an Australian radio station seeking details of the duchess’s condition while she was in hospital for morning sickness.The King Edward VII hospital earlier confirmed the death of the nurse, Jacinda Saldanha.“Their Royal Highnesses were...

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