Medicare expands coverage to help smokers quit
08-28-2010
Medicare is finally catching up to most private insurers by providing counseling for anyone on the program who's trying to kick the habit.
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City Concierge Opens in South Lake Tahoe
07-14-2010
City Concierge, Inc. today opened their South Lake Tahoe office and immediately began hording market share from local resort agencies. City Conciege is an independent reservation agency, not unlike many that are out there, but because of their California presence have become the instant hot company in Lake Tahoe to make reservations.
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Chef Sandoval sees global growth for Latin cuisine
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Chef Richard Sandoval, despite tough economic times, believes there is plenty of enthusiasm worldwide for food from his native Mexico and other parts of Latin America.
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Can money buy happiness? Maybe, up to $75,000
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Can money really make you happy? Not really, but up to about $75,000 a year can ease the pain of life's stresses, U.S. researchers reported Tuesday.
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New application measures mobile phone radiation
HERZLIYA, Israel (Reuters Life!) - Israeli start-up firm Tawkon has developed software to measure mobile telephone handset radiation aimed at helping users reduce exposure to emissions without giving up their phones.
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Oprah Winfrey and McCartney among Kennedy Center Honors
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Oprah Winfrey is among the five entertainment industry luminaries chosen to receive this year's Kennedy Center Honors in December, it was announced Tuesday.
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Detroit and Los Angeles most stressful U.S. cities: poll
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Detroit, Los Angeles and Cleveland are the most stressful cities in America, according to a new study.
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New Mumbai rabbi highlights worldwide Jewish mission
NEW YORK (Reuters) - As they prepare for the High Holidays this week, the Jewish community in India's financial capital Mumbai has good news to report two years after its rabbi there died in an Islamist assault on the city.
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Men have more "senior moments" of memory loss than women
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Lost the car keys? Forgot someone's name? Many elderly people suffer slight cognitive problems but men are more likely than women to suffer momentary memory lapse or senior moments, according to a U.S. study.
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Paris bouquinistes face clampdown over souvenirs
PARIS (Reuters Life!) - With over 200 stalls lining the banks of the river Seine, Paris' antique booksellers or bouquinistes are a familiar feature of the city landscape, and one that can trace its history back more than four centuries.
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Vine Talk: Campaign promotes wine corks over screwcaps
Adam Lechmere is editor of decanter.com, http://www.decanter.com, the web arm of Decanter, the leading British wine magazine. The opinions expressed are his own.
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Austrian kidnap victim delivers page-turning memoir
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian schoolgirl Natascha Kampusch survived the start of her eight-year captivity in an underground cell by asking her kidnapper to read bedtime tales in an "illusion of normality," according to her new book.
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