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...income. FNC's head, Roger Ailes, with whom Murdoch has clashed before, is likely to oppose any switch to an online fee model. It would be commercial suicide for FoxNews.com to charge for content until CNN.com and MSNBC.com do. And even if - and it's a big if - most major news websites were to follow Fox's lead, the BBC wouldn't, because it's not supposed to make money...
However, DiPascali is viewed as a major linchpin in the case, having worked alongside Madoff for 33 years, where he supervised the taking and tracking of client orders. He described himself as director of options-trading, even though no actual trading took place during the Ponzi scheme. Some experts speculate that DiPascali is cooperating in exchange for leniency...
...experimental drug has successfully reduced hip and spine fractures in the two largest patient populations at risk for osteoporosis - postmenopausal women and men being treated for prostate cancer - according to two major studies published online on Aug. 11 by the New England Journal of Medicine. The new compound, denosumab, is being reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration. If approved, it has the potential to become a standard treatment for certain patients...
...second phone call, and I'm like, "What? That's all he's got for me?'" MARK BUEHRLE, of the Chicago White Sox, joking about President Barack Obama, an outspoken White Sox fan, who called to congratulate him on becoming the 18th pitcher in major league baseball history to throw a perfect game...
...interference, and mandated the government to create dedicated agencies to handle public complaints against the police and to regularly evaluate their performance. But the federal government and most of the state governments have either completely disregarded the court's order, or significantly diluted it. "The police [are] definitely a major stakeholder in change," says Patil of CHRI, "But they're not the only ones. The media has abdicated their responsibility of highlighting police excesses. And the force of public opinion must be brought to bear down on the political class, to make the cost of not reforming the police high...