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...sign on is Medica, Minnesota's largest HMO, which installed MedVantx machines in 10 clinics this month. According to Medica's medical director, Dr. Ted Loftness, a mere 1% increase in generic prescriptions could save the company more than $6 million a year. --By Julie Rawe and Sarah Sturmon Dale...
...ultra of the ultramarathoners. That is a cultish group of athletes, many in their 40s, for whom a marathon just isn't challenging or interesting enough. If 36,000 people finished the New York City Marathon last year, how hard could it be? The ultras race over hill and dale in 50- to 100-mile painfests, like the Western States 100 and the Leadville Trail 100. Says John Medinger, 54, an investment banker in San Francisco who has run about 130 ultras: "If you think of the whole thing, it's scary, even if you've done it before...
STAR POWER Celebrities on tap for Inaugural events include Hilary Duff, left, Ruben Studdard, Gary Sinise, Buzz Aldrin and Dale Earnhardt Jr. A more eclectic array, including Macy Gray, Dennis Hopper, Lyle Lovett and Andrew W.K., will be at the various unofficial parties
...backpacks are rarely used in the U.S. They cost about $600, twice the price of an avalanche beacon, and they can't be carried as baggage on airlines, which won't accept the pressurized-gas canisters used to inflate the bags. Still, experts hope that will change. Says Dale Atkins, a forecaster at the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, who has participated in 500 mountain searches: "It's the best tool to save lives in avalanches...
...pair of Nike's famous shoes, is then quality checked by another UPS employee, carefully packed and sent out the door within 24 hours. "While Nike is researching how to make a better product or looking for another Michael Jordan, we're handling this side of the business," says Dale Helton, a UPS supervisor...