Dallas Ebola Nurse Slams Hospital, Claims They Used Her For PR
DALLAS, March 1 (Reuters) – The first person infected with Ebola in the United States, nurse Nina Pham, said she was used for publicity purposes by her hospital, which also…
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Jill Abramson, Former Top Times Editor, Signs Book Deal
The book will explore the challenges that traditional media organizations are facing as they seek to survive and flourish in the digital age, and how online media companies are changing…
Are NYPD Officers Watching ‘Road House’ As Training?
including a claim that instructors are showing cops 1980s action movie “Road House” to demonstrate good behavior — has been denounced by NYPD commissioner Bill Bratton as “incredible misinformation.” An…
Why Overweight Workers Have A Hard Time Succeeding At Work
Are fat people less likely to win on Jeopardy? Of course not. Yet people sill believe that the obese make less competent game show contestants, according to a research paper…
Congressman tweets support for transgender granddaughter
READ: House Dems press Boehner to postpone Netanyahu speech People may say, “It’s just a phase or they’ll grow out of it,” Honda told the paper. – “But when you…
Teen killed in Maryland shootout; parents later found dead
Authorities in both states are trying to put together a timeline of events that ended with the shootout Saturday. How did the teen, from Corbin, Kentucky, get from his hometown…
Laundry Basket Phobia And 7 Other Things I Wish I Knew Before Moving In Together
Congratulations! You’ve said yes to the big question — moving in with your partner. Dreams of replacing his bachelor-pad sofa or getting her to pare down her collection of vintage…
Chimps Can Learn To Communicate With Each Other, New Study Shows
Move somewhere new, and it’s not long before you pick up some local slang. As it turns out, chimpanzees might be able to do something similar. Maybe we’re not so…
China Purges a Party’s Rolls (and Tissues)
BEIJING — The authorities in southern China have seized about 8,000 rolls of toilet paper and 20,000 packages of tissues containing unflattering images of Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing chief executive, according…
Jon Stewart, Steve Carrell And Stephen Colbert Bring Sexy Back With Shirtless #TBT Video
“The Daily Show” is trying to pull a Kim Kardashian, and they may just succeed. The Instagram account for Jon Stewart’s Comedy Central show shared a #tbt video on Thursday…
News Anchors Crack Up Over ‘De-Sheeting’ Toilet Paper Report
If you get a kick out of the term “de-sheeting,” you’re not alone. The WGN morning news anchors in Chicago completely lost it while talking about toilet paper Tuesday. –…
Monopoly set being released with real money
Not in France, anyway. As part of the 80th anniversary of Monopoly’s first appearance in France, Hasbro is issuing a handful of special sets in that country with real euros…
Super Bowl 2015: Seahawks vs. Patriots Preview
Patriots vs. Seahawks 6:30 p.m. Eastern, NBC – BENJAMIN HOFFMAN A version of this article appears in print on February 1, 2015, on page SP4 of the New York edition…
Bernice Gordon, Who Toyed With Words, Dies at 101
Bernice Gordon, a self-described ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ who over the last six decades contributed some 150 crossword puzzles to The New York Times, died on Thursday at her home in Philadelphia. She was…
Daughter To Disney: I’ll Take The Tiara, You Keep The Prince
Our hotel room seemed to radiate with pink glitter. The Disney World staff knew it was my daughter’s fifth birthday and that she loves everything princess, so they filled our…
Hallmark’s ‘Put Your Heart To Paper’ Valentine Campaign Features Lesbian Couple
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Hallmark is featuring a same-sex couple as part of its new “Put Your Heart To Paper’ campaign. – H/T AdWeek
Nick Hornby’s ‘Funny Girl,’ About a 1960s BBC Sitcom Star
Books of The Times By JANET MASLIN – Illustrated. 452 pages. Riverhead Books. $27.95. A version of this review appears in print on January 29, 2015, on page C1 of…
Scientists Find Way To ‘Unboil’ An Egg, And Say It Could Streamline Drug Development
It’s pretty easy to boil an egg, but is there a way to “unboil” it? – A paper describing the research was published online Jan. 23, 2015 in the journal…
Why milk, bread and toilet paper when it snows?
Sure, there are some variations including booze, snack foods and even ice cream. Yet these items are the first to disappear from store shelves when the dreaded “snow” word is…
How Uber Fails To Prove Its Drivers Make More Than Taxi Drivers
There’s a lot of uncertainty about how much money Uber drivers make and whether being an Uber driver is, as the company says, an ideal part-time job. Uber released a…