WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of smokers could be priced out of health insurance because of tobacco penalties in President Barack Obama's health care law, according to experts who are just now teasing out the potential impact of a little-noted provision in the massive legislation.The Affordable Care Act — "Obamacare" to its detractors — allows health insurers to charge smokers buying individual policies...
'California did the impossible,' Brown says in State of the State
Label: Business SACRAMENTO — Seeking to reclaim the state's identity as an innovator and engine of growth, Gov. Jerry Brown declared in a sweeping...
Jan
23
The Making of Yair Lapid, Israel’s New Power Broker
Label: WorldOliver Weiken/European Pressphoto AgencyYair Lapid spoke to reporters in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, a day after his centrist party became the second-largest faction in Parliament. TEL AVIV — They pitched tents along Rothschild Boulevard and took to the streets in unprecedented numbers, hundreds of thousands demonstrating against the rising costs of gas, apartments, even cottage cheese. Back on...
Women have caught up to men on lung cancer risk
Label: HealthSmoke like a man, die like a man.U.S. women who smoke today have a much greater risk of dying from lung cancer than they did decades ago, partly because they are starting younger and smoking more — that is, they are lighting up like men, new research shows.Women also have caught up with men in their risk of dying from smoking-related illnesses. Lung cancer risk leveled off in the 1980s for men but...
As Bell corruption trial nears, city faces uncertain future
Label: Business When Doug Willmore became Bell's city manager last June, one of his first questions was about the padded black chair behind...
Jan
22
Exit Polls in Israel Suggest Netanyahu’s Showing Is Weaker Than Expected
Label: WorldPool photo by Uriel SinaiPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel touched the Western Wall on Tuesday in Jerusalem. TEL AVIV — A weakened Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emerged Wednesday from Israel’s national election likely to serve a third term, according to preliminary results and political analysts after voters on Tuesday gave a surprising second place to a new centrist party founded by...
Google’s fourth quarter results shine after ad rate decline slows
Label: TechnologySAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Revenue from Google Inc’s core Internet business outpaced many analysts’ expectations during the crucial holiday quarter and advertising rates fell less than in previous periods, pushing its shares up more than 4 percent.The world’s largest Internet search company introduced new product listings during the fourth quarter – typically its strongest – and also benefited from...
PEOPLE's Music Critic: Why We're Upset About Beyoncé's Lip-Synching Drama
Label: Lifestyle By Chuck Arnold 01/22/2013 at 08:40 PM EST Did she lip-synch or didn't she?That's the question surrounding Beyoncé after reports surfaced that she didn't sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" live at yesterday's presidential inauguration.
A spokesperson for the U.S. Marine Band, which backed the pop diva at the ceremony,...
Flu season fuels debate over paid sick time laws
Label: HealthNEW YORK (AP) — Sniffling, groggy and afraid she had caught the flu, Diana Zavala dragged herself in to work anyway for a day she felt she couldn't afford to miss.A school speech therapist who works as an independent contractor, she doesn't have paid sick days. So the mother of two reported to work and hoped for the best — and was aching, shivering and coughing by the end of the day. She stayed home...
Years after bond's passage, no start on new Sierra Madre school
Label: Business The summer before Kenna Castillo started sixth grade at Sierra Madre Middle School, education officials ordered demolition of...
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