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By the Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Lately, the electronic-reader market has been a race to the bottom, wit...

One of my favorite anecdotes about our society's infatuation with fame and the famous appears in a Talk of the Town piece from August 6, 1927. It desc...

Forbes (blog)Lilly Alzheimer's Setback Threatens Rivals' ProspectsBloombergCurrent therapies for the disease, including Forest Laboratories Inc.'s Namenda and Pfizer and Eisai Co.'s Aricept, seen here, address only Alzheimer's symptoms...

Forbes (blog)Drug's Failure Casts Doubt on a Tactic in Alzheimer's BattleNew York TimesThe failure of a promising Alzheimer's drug in clinical trials highlights the gap between diagnosis — where real progress has recently been made — and treat...

Foreign firms helped by US bailouts - panelReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US tactic of pouring money into ailing financial firms during the 2007-09 crisis helped many foreign banks whose governments should have shared some of the burden, a report from ...

NBC News’ Jose Diaz-Balart reports on the latest tactic of Mexico’s drug cartels – intimidating and targeting the media to control how the drug war is portrayed in the news. (Nightly News)...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Couples' chances of becoming pregnant with various forms of fertility treatment may start to fall after two or three tries with the same tactic, a new study suggests....

Australia Trend Today - New Zealand HeraldClimate panel a 'cynical delaying tactic'ABC OnlineMs Gillard today announced if re-elected she would establish a citizen panel to "build community consensus" on the issue. But major environmenta...

msnbc.comUS to hit NKorea with more sanctions in AugustThe Associated PressWASHINGTON — Tightening the screws on North Korea, the Obama administration said Wednesday it would expand and strengthen sanctions against the isolated regime and its nuclear weap...

Jennifer Rubin at Commentary the launch of a new pro-Israel group, the Emergency Committee for Israel: There is a gaping hole in the Jewish community’s response to the Obama administration and in its defense of Israel. In the past, these groups’ close r...