And we wonder why more celebrities don't have drivers. Jennifer Lopez has sued her former chauffeur for extortion and defamation, claiming Hakob Manoukian threatened to blab...
New Zealand's newest mobile provider has continued its rapid growth, winning the support of more than a million Kiwi consumers and businesses after just three years in the market.
When former Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas signed a gigantic $111 million contract extension back in the summer of 2008, we sharply disagreed with the move, while giving a knowing nod to Arenas' reputation as the NBA's lovable goofball prince. Undeterred, Arenas set to spending that...
With her electric wardrobe and bold fashion choices, Lady Gaga is a natural fit to be made into a doll.But according to MGA Entertainment, the maker of Bratz dolls, Gaga's...
Patients who are frequently hospitalized account for a disproportionate amount of health care spending in the United States. Working with a $6.1 million grant, a new University of Chicago Medicine program will test whether an updated version of the traditional general practitioner can reduce...
Phandroid has announced that a hacker has recently accessed its user database, making off with usernames, email addresses and hashed passwords—and the problem looks like it could affect all of its one million-plus users. More »
A new study finds that the use of drug-eluting stents after angioplasty bears little relationship to patients' predicted risk of restenosis (reblockage) of the treated coronary artery, the situation the devices are designed to prevent. In an Archives of Internal Medicine paper receiving early...
The decisions on both Ryan Suter's and Zach Parise's futures boiled down to just a single decision: Did they want to play on the same team with one another?
That answer, according to Michael Russo of the Star Tribune, is yes.
Russo broke the news on Wednesday afternoon that the two...
Formal negotiations between the NHL and the NHLPA for next season are set to begin on Friday, with a new Collective Bargain Agreement expected by the end of the day.
Bwahahahahaha …
OK, now that the comedy's out of the way, we can focus on economics. Kevin McGran of the Toronto Star notes...
Eleven integrated health systems, with more than 16 million members, have combined de-identified data from their electronic health records to form the largest, most comprehensive private-sector diabetes registry in the nation. According to a new study published in the Centers for Disease Control...
On Sunday, Northern Italy was rocked by a magnitude-6.0 earthquake. In the process, many cheese factories in the region suffered damage—and it is estimated that over 300,000 wheels of cheese, thought to be worth at least $320 million, have been destroyed. More »
Customers might eat up Sketchers' claims that their Shape-Up toning shoes can make you fit without working out, but the Federal Trade Commission isn't amused; in fact they're fining the company to the tune of $40 million for making false claims--to be paid out to customers in the form of refunds...
The Diabetes 2025 Model for the U.S. projects a continuous and dramatic increase in the diabetes epidemic and makes it possible to estimate the potential effects of society-wide changes in lifestyle and healthcare delivery systems. Predictions for individual states and population subgroups are...
The Avengers is the new king of the opening weekend. The superhero movie grossed a unprecedented $200.3 million in its Friday-Sunday box-office debut, its studio estimated. The...
Anyone who thinks this chocolate spread is actually healthy must be living under a rock. Nevertheless, one "unsuspecting" mom chose to believe the hype--while also choosing not to read the labels--and won a cool $3.05 million in a class-action lawsuit. And now, thanks to her, if you too thought...
In what some may consider an odd move, Microsoft has just announced that it's investing $300 million into a "strategic partnership" with Barnes & Noble to develop the future of e-reading. More »
Actor and singer Brandy Norwood (better known simply as*Brandy) was just a teenager when she became the star of the late-90s UPN hit, Moesha. The show not only helped promote Brandy's groundbreaking R&B *career, it also put her in front of the American public, week after week, for all to...
In 1990, the Broad Band X-ray Telescope orbited the Earth aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, gathering data on galactic and intergalactic X-ray energy sources. Now it just gathers dust as government surplus. Unless, of course, you've got $7 million and a hankering for some nifty NASA...