Posts Tagged ‘finds’

King James finds his queen: LeBron gets engaged

LeBron James proposed to his long-time girlfriend Savannah Brinson at a party to celebrate New Year’s Eve and his 27th birthday, which was Friday, The Associated Press reports.

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Audit: NYC city not monitoring school food contracts  Controller finds $400,000 in waste 

The city spends a lot of cheddar on overpriced school food, a city controller’s audit has found.

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Michelle Williams finds inner sex goddess in ‘Marilyn’ 

Throughout “My Week With Marilyn,” there’s an air of jaunty efficiency. It’s 1956, and on the set of the lesser romantic comedy “The Prince and the Showgirl,” gofers run errands, costumers fix ensembles, and the star and director, Laurence Olivier, hold court.

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HRW finds ‘crimes against humanity’ in Syria (AP)

In this image from amateur video made available by the Ugarit  News group on Thursday Nov. 10, 2011 shows the body of a anti-Assad supporter who was believed to attending a funeral lies next to a car  in Damascus on Wednesday Nov. 9, 2011.  (AP Photo/Ugarit vai APTN)  TV OUT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIAL. TV OUTAP – Syrian forces have tortured and killed civilians in the rebellious province of Homs in an assault that indicates crimes against humanity, and the Arab League should suspend Syria’s membership, an international human rights group said Friday.


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Poll finds more boomers working past retirement (AP)

Susan Webb and her husband Bob hold their dog Max in their West Liberty, Iowa, home, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011. An Associated Press-LifeGoesStrong.com poll finds a baby boom generation planning to work into retirement years — with 73 percent planning to work past retirement, up from 67 percent this spring. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP – So much for kicking back at the lake house, long afternoons of golf or pretty much anything baby boomers had dreamed about in retirement. For many, the plan now calls for logging more hours at the office and renewed worries about money, according to a new poll.


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Study finds over-prescribing of antibiotics may contribute to spike in drug-resistant diseases 

A new study found over 10 million antibiotics prescriptions are written for children unnecessarily each year – a practice that is contributing to frightening spikes in potentially drug resistant diseases, Reuters reported.

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Occupy Wal Street anti-Obama, poll finds  

More than half of the Zuccotti Park protestors voted for President Obama in 2008. But 73% now disapprove of the commander- in- chief and 25% plan to skip the 2012 election, according to a survey by Fordham University.

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