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Every surgery poses risk, as doctors will inform you, but in most cases it’s a necessary one. The benefits of going under the knife frequently outweigh the risks of infection or complications, or the dangers associated with anesthesia. But balancing the benefits and risks is more difficult when the patients are babies, the most fragile population
Every day, unemployed men gather under the elevated 7 train in Jackson Heights, Queens. Many of them are homeless. All of them are hungry
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Last fall, soon after congress decided it would spend $700 billion to shore up the nation’s flailing financial system, about 100 shareholders of Reunion Bank of Florida gathered for a party. Over crab fondue and London broil, they toasted the start of their spanking new bank
Bangladeshi authorities found seven bodies in the charred remains of a massive shopping complex that caught fire Friday afternoon. Along with the seven deaths, 15 people were injured, said Mahabubor Rahman, deputy commissioner of police.
At least eight people have died from eating tainted peanut products in recent months, and the Food and Drug Administration has absorbed much of the blame. It is the latest in a series of black eyes for the FDA over unsafe foods, dangerous medicines such as Vioxx and allegedly cozy ties with the pharmaceutical industry it regulates
What’s the last thing people want in a recession? More kids, apparently.
Every Thursday afternoon, the San Geronimo Valley Community Center opens its doors to the needy. It becomes a food bank to serve the most vulnerable citizens of Marin County, California. Bread, fruit, canned vegetables, meat and cereal are all available for free.
Some people feel a twinge of guilt at hotel checkout time when they see the small bottles of complimentary soap and shampoo that will be thrown out when they leave the room. For cruise lines the guilt is all that much greater.
Despite anything you may have heard to the contrary, whale meat does not taste good.