2 Are Critically Injured in Bronx Fire The New York Times | Two people were hospitalized with critical injuries after a fire in a Bronx apartment building Saturday evening. | Just before 7 p.m., firefighters arrived at the building, a seven-story brick structure in the Bruckner neighborhood, according to a fire department spokesman. It took 60 to 65 firefi...
Ellen Murphy and Billy Cheung The New York Times | Ellen Irene Murphy, the daughter of Janis Murphy and William T. Murphy of Garden City, N.Y., was married in Manhattan Saturday evening to Billy Lap Kwan Cheung, the son of Man San Cheung of Forest Hills, Queens, and the late Hon Leung Cheung. The R...
Marni Weiss, Michael Friedlander The New York Times | Marni Weiss, the daughter of Stephanie and Richard Weiss of Westhampton, N.Y., is to be married Sunday to Michael Friedlander, a son of Suzanne and Leslie Friedlander of North Woodmere, N.Y. Rabbi Mark Wildes is to perform the ceremony at Temple Is...
Laura Freeman, Joshua Gordon The New York Times | Laura Elizabeth Freeman, the daughter of Marsha A. Freeman of Minnetonka, Minn., and Harvey A. Freeman of Eagan, Minn., was married Saturday evening to Joshua Jady Gordon, the son of Nancy S. Gordon and Mark N. Gordon of Newton, Mass. Rabbi Marjori...
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Growing doubts over standard prostate cancer test Inquirer | WASHINGTON--The most commonly used prostate cancer screening procedure, PSA, is at the center of a growing debate after its discoverer said it had become a "hugely expensive publ...
Mischa's Hollywood home up for sale The Times Of India Hollywood actress Mischa Barton, whose career has been hit by a downturn, has put her sprawling Beverly Hills mansion up for sale for USD 8.4 million. | The 'OC' actress seems to h...
Pelosi blames Obama for demise of the public option The Examiner | In perhaps the first honest acknowledgment by a Democratic leader on President Obama's duplicity dishonesty, weakness and lack of leadership on healthcare reform, Nanc...
An Independent Woman, Nobly Suffering in Silents The New York Times | SHE was perhaps the biggest female star of the silent era. Her dark, depthless eyes gazed from the covers of influential fan magazines, projecting a nobly suppressed pain and longing; in the stories inside, she - or her ghost writers - advised the ...
Parliamentarian in Role as Health Bill Referee The New York Times | WASHINGTON — In the fall of 1968, a serious dark-haired young man arrived in the capital to do what serious young men here do: study law. Alan S. Frumin was calm, analytical and possessed of a dry wit. To his classmates, one trait stood out. ...
The Obesity-Hunger Paradox The New York Times | WHEN most people think of hunger in America, the images that leap to mind are of ragged toddlers in Appalachia or rail-thin children in dingy apartments reaching for empty bottles of milk. Multimedia | Once, maybe. | But a recent survey found that ...
Anti-Government Protesters Head for Thai Capital The New York Times | Filed at 4:55 a.m. ET | BANGKOK (AP) -- Thousands of red-shirted anti-government protesters converged on the Thai capital Saturday, giving the government an ultimatum to dissolve Parliament or face mass marches on key spots in the city. | Although protest leaders stressed they would not resort to violence in their quest to oust the government, ma...
Kate Nash announces North American tour details NME Kate Nash has announced details of her upcoming tour of North America. | Playing in support of her forthcoming second album 'My Best Friend Is You', which is released on April 19, the jaunt will commence with a show in Toronto on April 26. | Prior to the tour, the singer will embark on a tour of the UK, beginning with a show in Dublin on April 7. |...
