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DIED. Louis Rukeyser, 73, trailblazing stock market broadcaster whose lively analysis and open disdain for professional investors made Wall Street Week, the low-tech TV program he hosted for 32 years, one of PBS's best-rated shows; of multiple myeloma, a rare bone cancer; in Greenwich, Conn. With his tailored suits and wry delivery, Rukeyser became an unlikely celebrity from the world of economics, and PEOPLE magazine called him "the dismal science's only sex symbol." After PBS replaced him on the show in 2002, he hosted a CNBC program until failing health forced him to retire...
...John Ford would have done that." But when Colbert, who spent 14 years on the project, had no advice except to be really patient, Spielberg was "a little disappointed." Still, it's nice to know that after four Oscars and billions at the box office, the fella likes to bone up on his craft...
...Harvard Law School, Maureen E. McDonagh, expressed exasperation over funding cuts for critical social service programs that sustain those on the verge of homelessness. “When I started my job 10 years ago, I thought programs that helped the homeless had been cut to the bone. I just hadn’t realized they could possibly be cut anymore,” she said. McDonagh, who has represented low-income individuals seeking governmental assistance in court, lamented the termination of a welfare program that paid three months’ rent for those with temporary financial hardship. The program...
...Bones of Contention Confusion surrounds the subject of osteoporosis. That is especially troubling for women, who face the risk of bone loss decades earlier than...
...rest of the population, women who are already weighing the pros and cons of raloxifene for their bone health may decide to add the STAR results to the plus side of the equation. Meanwhile, other studies are under way to determine if a different group of drugs, called the aromatase inhibitors, might be more effective at preventing breast cancer than either tamoxifen or raloxifene. Breast-cancer research is such a fast-moving field that it often seems as though something better is just over the horizon...