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Honda has been working on a device that helps elderly people with weak leg muscles, walk with conviction. The device just fits on your hips and thighs which help support your walking. Honda began looking into this technology way back in 1999 and have...
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The nation’s two satellite radio companies have agreed to pay $19.7 million to settle rules violations, a move that is expected to lead to quick approval of their...
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Pamela Anderson is shacking up with Tommy Lee again _ but not like that.
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The nation’s two satellite radio companies say they are negotiating a $19 million payment for violating Federal Communications rules.
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The government reports that the number of newly laid off people filing claims for unemployment benefits bolted past 400,000 last week as companies trimmed their work...
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Qualcomm, the world’s largest maker of chips that run cell phones, issued revised earning estimates Thursday that fall short of Wall Street targets.
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Widespread flooding was expected Thursday from Hurricane Dolly that has loitered as a tropical storm overnight, soaking deep south Texas and northeastern Mexico with...
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AutoNation says its second-quarter profit tumbled 33 percent as its sales fell on a drop in vehicle demand.
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Two friends of former police officer Drew Peterson told a newspaper he made incriminating statements during secretly taped conversations following the disappearance of...
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Qualcomm, the world’s largest maker of chips that run cell phones, issued revised earning estimates Thursday that fall short of Wall Street targets.
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AP, Cleveland
Regional bank National City Corp. on Thursday reported a huge loss for the second quarter, as mortgage loans soured and it took a big charge related to previous...
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Some 90 million barrels of oil and nearly a third of the world’s undiscovered natural gas remain untapped under an area north of the Arctic Circle, government...
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Oil producer Occidental Petroleum Corp. says its second-quarter profit rose 62 percent as record crude prices and higher production propelled results.
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E.W. Scripps says second-quarter profit fell 48 percent on a sharp revenue decline at its newspaper properties and costs related to splitting off its digital...
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AP, New York
E.W. Scripps says second-quarter profit fell 48 percent on a sharp revenue decline at its newspaper properties and costs related to splitting off its digital...
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AP, Dearborn
Ford Motor Co. said Thursday it lost $8.67 billion in the second quarter largely because of a reduction in the value of assets.
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Pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions said Thursday its second-quarter profit climbed 22 percent as it won new clients and prices for brand-name drugs...
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AP, Indianapolis
Drug and medical device maker Eli Lilly says its earnings rose 44 percent in the second quarter as sales growth was helped in part by the weaker dollar.
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AP, Helena
In big, wide-open Montana, a state trooper might have to drive more than 100 miles to answer an emergency call, and routinely puts several hundred miles on the odometer...
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AP, San Francisco
Xerox Corp. says second-quarter profit skidded 19 percent but matched Wall Street’s forecasts.
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AP, Dearborn
Ford Motor Co. says it lost $8.7 billion in the second quarter largely because of a reduction in the value of assets.
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Bent over or sitting at a table, gripping a ballpoint pen, marker or crayon, Frank Calloway spends his days turning visions from his youth into lively murals _ and at...
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AP, Atlanta
The elderly fear breaking a hip when they fall, but a government study indicates that hitting their head can also have deadly consequences: Brain injuries account for...
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AP, Tokyo
The number of elderly Japanese killing themselves surged 9 percent to a record high last year, fueled by mounting health and economic worries among seniors in a rapidly...
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AP, Wellington
Police say an elderly couple, aged 100 and 99, who drove the wrong way along a highway for more than a mile in New Zealand before crashing will probably be asked to...
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AP, Kingston
A 21-year-old robbery suspect was jailed in Luzerne County thanks to the efforts of the 71-year-old victim and his friend in a wheelchair.
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AP, Wausau
Her latest book won’t end up on any best-seller lists, but this 95-year-old woman is proud just to say she’s been published.
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Nepalese climber Min Bahadur Serchan, 77, on Sunday became the oldest person to summit the world’s highest peak Mount Everest breaking the previous record set by...
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AP, Atlanta
An Atlanta police officer has been sentenced to 4 years and six months in prison for lying to investigators after a drug raid ended in the death of a 92-year-old...
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A jury has convicted an Atlanta police officer of lying to investigators after a botched drug raid in which a 92-year-old woman was killed in her home.
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The number of elderly in Japan hit a record high of more than 27 million in 2007, the government reported Tuesday, warning of an imminent pension crisis as the country...
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In a May 14 story about a former Atlanta police officer’s trial in a raid that led to an elderly woman’s death, The Associated Press misspelled the...
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An Atlanta police officer accused in a botched drug raid in which a 92-year-old woman was shot to death hasn’t stopped lying about his part in a cover-up, a...
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A former Atlanta police officer on trial for a botched drug raid that led to the death of a 92-year-old woman said Wednesday he went along with a cover-up because he...
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AP, Provo
A 96-year-old man who outlived two wives is separated from his third _ by immigration problems.
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Insomnia is a chronic sleeplessness, a sleeping disorder. Insomniacs are those who are unable to close their eyes or rest their mind for more than a few minutes at a...
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I had a job working in IT telephone tech support for a couple of months last year for a local Canberra non-profit charitable organisation, Tadaust. The organisation...
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AP, Tokyo
The swelling numbers of elderly inmates in Japan’s prisons has prompted the government to begin a major revamp of its jails to provide elevators, handrails and...
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AP, Sydney
An 81-year-old woman was arrested and charged with growing and selling marijuana in eastern Australia, police said Tuesday.
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AP, Fairburn
Acting to protect her dog, 80-year-old Martha Smith killed a mountain lion at her home along French Creek near Fairburn. She missed with her first shot, went into the...
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This June 2008 handout photo released by the Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation shows artist Frank Calloway, 112, at the Alice M. Kidd Nursing Facility in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
