Rescuers seeking three missing boaters, including two NFL players, continued their search through the night and into early Tuesday off Florida’s Gulf Coast. With 2,000 square miles of water to search, the hope was the three were still alive despite having been dumped into the sea during a storm
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48 hours pass as search continues for 3 missing boaters
The search for three missing boaters, including two NFL players, continued throughout the night and into early Tuesday off Florida’s Gulf Coast. The search had passed its 48th hour.
Doctors: No definitive answers on flu deaths among young
For most, the flu is a winter inconvenience — stuffy nose, fever, body aches and a few days of bed rest. But what seems fairly routine also can become life-threatening
Boater found; NFL players still missing, Coast Guard says
One of four boaters who went missing off the Florida coast Saturday has been found, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. Three others, including two NFL players, remain missing
Mass stranding of whales, dolphins in Australia
Rescuers have saved more than 50 whales and five dolphins that stranded themselves on a beach in Tasmania, officials said Monday.
Why Are Large Companies Losing More Jobs Than Small Ones?
If it feels like big companies are doing more than their fair share of letting employees go these days, that’s not just because mass layoffs at blue chip firms are the ones that make headlines. New research suggests that in times of recession, large employers disproportionately lose workers, while small companies, as a group, fare better
FDIC Reports That Bank Failures Are Rising
Sheila Bair, head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation , is working hard to reassure everyone that her banks, all 8,305 of them, are safe. Repeating her familiar mantra Wednesday on the CBS Morning Show, Bair said of FDIC-protected accounts, “Nobody’s ever lost a penny of insured deposits.” Bair had good reason to be out on the stump
Do TV Commercials Make You Happier?
Human beings are innately trained to do certain basic things: Eat. Drink. And despise television commercials
Study: Doodling Helps You Pay Attention
A lot of people hate doodlers, those who idly scribble during meetings . Most people also hate that other closely related species: the fidgeter, who spins pens or re-orders papers or plays with his phone during meetings. We doodlers, fidgeters and whisperers always get the same jokey, passive-aggressive line from the authority figure at the front of the room: “I’m sorry, are we bothering you?” How droll
Japan’s industrial production falls steeply
Japan’s industrial production in January dropped 10 percent from the previous month, a decline for the fourth straight month, the government said. Harlyn Geronimo has sued Yale and the society — the Order of Skull and Bones — to try to recover the remains. “I think what would be important is that the remains of Geronimo be with his ancestors,” he said.