NEW YORK (AP) — The last time Mark Stella went to the dentist he didn’t need an insurance card. Instead, he pulled out a Groupon. Stella, a small business owner, canceled his health insurance plan more than three years ago when his premium rose to more than $400 a month. He considered himself healthy and […]
Archive for December, 2011
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The 10 Most Ridiculous Lawsuits of 2011
We’ve all heard about crazy lawsuits and 2011 was no exception when it came to the filing of frivolous – even ridiculous – lawsuits. A lawsuit by a kidnapper against his victims for not helping him evade police tops the U.S. Chamber of Commerce‘s Institute for Legal Reform’s (ILR) survey of the Top Ten Most […]
Top 10 Health & Happiness Lessons of 2011
A lengthy job search promotes worry, stress and anger, but a bad job is worse for happiness than no job at all. Those findings are on the Gallup polling agency’s list of most compelling findings about health and happiness in 2011. The agency queries tens of thousands of Americans every year about their health, well-being […]
Uncork With Care, Eye Experts Warn
A bus driver in southern China who contracted the bird flu virus died Saturday, health authorities said, in the nation’s first reported human case of the deadly disease in 18 months. Views: 0
Britain reviews data on French breast implants
BEIJING (Reuters) – A man in southern China’s Guangdong province died of bird flu Saturday a week after being admitted to hospital with a fever, state media reported. The 39-year-old bus driver living in Shenzhen, just across the border from Hong Kong, developed symptoms on December 21 and was admitted to a hospital on … Views: […]
We should only eat meat on feast days to help tackle obesity, says Government food adviser
By Charles Walford Last updated at 1:37 PM on 30th December 2011 We should return to ancient traditions and only eat meat on feast days to help tackle obesity, a government food adviser has claimed. Our meat consumption is ‘out of control’, according to Tim Lang, professor of food policy at City University, London. He […]
Nightmare neighbours could have benefits cut under new plan to tackle anti-social behaviour
By Leon Watson Last updated at 1:37 PM on 30th December 2011 Nightmare neighbours could lose more than £500 a year in benefits under a pioneering council plan. More than 23,000 people in Westminster have been warned their council tax benefit in future is likely to be linked to how they act. The central London […]
Porn, gambling, inciting violence and vulgar language: What police officers and civil servants have been getting up to online
Two officers sacked, seven quit, 150 disciplined over inappropriate photos or comments in four years Dozens of government officials also taken to task for using Facebook and making defamatory remarks By Simon Tomlinson Last updated at 3:48 PM on 30th December 2011 Dozens of government officials and police officers have been disciplined for accessing pornography, […]
Heavens above! Cloud Appreication Society’s beautiful 2012 calendar is a hit with sky-gazing fans
By Jill Reilly Last updated at 5:05 PM on 30th December 2011 Calendar manufacturers take note – scantily clad celebrities, flowers, and cute kittens are not as popular as they once were and it now seems that 12 different types of clouds are what some customers want hanging on their wall in 2012. The Cloud […]
Huge blow for the High Street as shoe chain Barratts sheds 1,600 jobs after administrators fail to find buyer
Job loses will mostly be at concessions in Dorothy Perkins and Outfit stores Stand-alone Barratts stores will continue to trade until a buyer is found 400 jobs are also at risk at Hawkin’s Bazaar, which is going into administration By Leon Watson Last updated at 5:27 PM on 30th December 2011 Barratts Priceless, one of […]
UK weather: 2011 is 2nd-warmest year on record after hottest-ever spring
This year, the UK enjoyed its warmest April since 1910 Huge difference from 2010 which was the 12th coldest year on record By Jill Reilly Last updated at 6:45 PM on 30th December 2011 After the balmiest Boxing Day for 28 years, it may come as no surprise to learn that 2011 is predicted to […]
Angry Birds take over the kitchen! iPhone App gets a marzipan makeover
By Anna Edwards Last updated at 6:52 PM on 30th December 2011 After becoming a sensation on the mobile gaming world, the popular iPhone App Angry Birds is now looking to swoop in to the kitchen. A YouTube video by a user called mraakko has become an internet hit, showing an anonymous person making an […]
I warden do that if I were you: Traffic attendant’s car caught on camera parking illegally
By Anna Edwards Last updated at 7:30 PM on 30th December 2011 They are known – and despised – for their draconian approach to parking laws. But it would appear that these traffic attendants lowered their standards in this instance – when they were the ones doing the parking. Staff working for Plymouth City Council […]
Overdue library book turns up 123 YEARS late… but woman who returned it doesn’t have to pay £4,500 fine
By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 7:38 PM on 30th December 2011 A library book that’s 123 YEARS overdue has been unearthed at an historic Lake District home. The Victorian miscellany Good Words for 1888 was borrowed from the Troutbeck Institute library shortly after it was first published. But was never returned. It sat […]
Asda worker wins £21k payout after chain spied on her because they didn’t believe she’d broken back slipping on an egg
Grandmother didn’t know she had been followed until compensation hearing three years later ‘I felt sick when I saw the footage, it just left me numb’ By Andy Dolan Last updated at 7:40 PM on 30th December 2011 A supermarket sent a private detective to film one of its workers as she recovered from a […]
Man accused of faking his own death arrested as he lands at Heathrow
By Tom Kelly and Will Stewart Last updated at 7:58 PM on 30th December 2011 Dressed in a polo shirt and flip flops, this is the moment a British psychologist accused of faking his death was arrested after arriving home at Heathrow Airport. Father-of-two Stephen Kellaway was detained as he stepped off a plane from […]
Send for Bananaman! Quick thinking cashier chases thief while dressed in giant fruit costume
By Jill Reilly Last updated at 11:50 PM on 30th December 2011 In a stunt that would make Bananaman proud, a Tesco worker earned his superhero credentials by chasing and capturing an alleged thief while dressed as a giant banana. Checkout worker Luke Summerhayes, 21, was wearing the 6ft 7ins outfit as part of a […]
Family nurse ‘dying’ gran back to life after doctors give up on her: Granddaughter sleeps on floor to give her food, water and 24-hour care
By Sam Greenhill Last updated at 12:09 AM on 31st December 2011 When 89-year-old Margaret Park’s family were told she had only hours to live, they gathered by her hospital bed to say goodbye. But baffled as to how a pensioner who had gone to hospital with a bad back could now be at death’s […]