About 27 million people in the United States have osteoarthritis, an incurable condition with few effective treatments beyond pain control. Some observational evidence suggests that vitamin D supplements might slow progression of the disease.But a two-year randomized placebo-controlled study found that vitamin D did not reduce knee pain or restore cartilage.In an article published in The Journal of...
Euro Watch: German Economy Shrank in Fourth Quarter
Label: BusinessFRANKFURT — The economic stagnation in Europe has taken a significant toll on Germany, with government figures released Tuesday showing that the Continent’s flagship economy contracted in the fourth quarter of last year. Ina Fassbender/ReutersA ThyssenKrupp steel plant in Bruckhausen, Germany. Economists expect the German economy to resume growth quickly this year. ...
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An Anaheim woman demands respect for her neighborhood
Label: World Yesenia Rojas, vibrant in her purple shawl, sang with a voice so powerful it rose above the rest of the procession as they shuffled...
Fisker Karma Gets a 638-HP Corvette Heart Transplant
Label: Technology The Fisker Karma is enviro-friendly sex on wheels. But what if you want the style without the the green cred? Say hello to the Corvette ZR1-powered VLP Destino.The “V” stands for Gilbert Villarreal, one of the company founders and a friend of Henrik Fisker. The “L” stands for Bob Lutz, the petrol-blooded ex-GM, Ford and Chrysler exec responsible for some of the most intriguing automobiles...
After record turnout, Academy expands voting pool in Doc and Shorts categories
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – The Academy has dramatically expanded the potential pool of voters in three categories, looking to increase voter participation just as its first-ever adoption of online voting has apparently led to unexpectedly high turnout.On Saturday, AMPAS president Hawk Koch sent an email to voters announcing that all 5,856 voting members would be sent screeners of all the nominees...
Well: That Loving Feeling Takes a Lot of Work
Label: HealthWhen people fall in love and decide to marry, the expectation is nearly always that love and marriage and the happiness they bring will last; as the vows say, till death do us part. Only the most cynical among us would think, walking down the aisle, that if things don’t work out, “We can always split.”But the divorce rate in the United States is exactly half the marriage rate, and that does not bode...
Chrysler Pauses to Mark an Unlikely Comeback
Label: BusinessFabrizio Costantini for The New York TimesChrysler introduced a new Grand Cherokee in Detroit on Monday. DETROIT — While its hometown rivals struggle to regain momentum, Chrysler is accelerating its unlikely product revival. The smallest of the American automakers kicked off the annual Detroit auto show on Monday with new versions of two Jeep models, the Grand Cherokee and Compass, that have...
<em>Firefly</em> Fan Tries to Retroactively Save Dead Character With NASA Data
Label: Technology Spoiler warning: Firefly ended over 10 years ago and it’s been 7 years since its subsequent film, Serenity, came out, so the spoiler statute of limitations is officially up. Proceed at your own risk.Like many fans of the Joss Whedon space western Firefly, Kyle Hill was shocked by the end of the Serenity movie, when fan-favorite character Wash (Alan Tudyk) was unceremoniously...
Singer Randy Travis charged with drunken driving in crash
Label: LifestyleDALLAS (Reuters) – Grammy-winning country music singer Randy Travis had a blood alcohol level nearly twice the state’s legal limit when he was arrested last summer after a Texas state trooper found him lying naked on a road after crashing his car, authorities said.Travis, 53, was charged on Wednesday with driving while intoxicated for the August 7 incident near his hometown of Tioga, about 60 miles...
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