With Amtrak on pace to set another ridership record this year, it appears millions of Americans are reserving seats on the nation’s rolling stock. Some are going a step further and reserving entire cars.
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Travelers looking forward to a little luxury in the coming months may want to look backward instead. From Boston to Beverly Hills, iconic hotels are celebrating their 100th anniversaries with historic tours, special events and package deals.
Read More »Aimee Copeland, 24-year-old with necrotizing fasciitis, remains in critical condition
Her father Andy also updated her condition on Friday in a blog post, saying she is alert and trying to mouth questions
Read More »Al Jazeera’s Secret Gaddafi Tapes: Dictatorship In The Age Of YouTube
Al Jazeera's news special on wiretaps implicating Gaddafi's inner circle in assassinations and staged funerals for media will be fully integrated with social media. "The Dictator" this is not.
Read More »What Art-School Kids In Savannah Teach Us About Urban Renewal
Some of the most interesting revitalization work in Savannah is coming not from the traditional--and often unsuccessful--saviors of decayed neighborhoods. It’s coming from design students, who are earnestly trying to find ways to work with local residents without igniting suspicion of outsiders wielding big ideas. UNITED STATES OF INNOVATION New Ideas, New Markets, New Insights All around the country, Americans are dreaming big
Read More »HIV advocates say Truvada could save lives
Doctors are allowed to prescribe Truvada "off-label" for HIV prevention, but FDA approval would allow the pill's maker Gilead Sciences to market it for that use
Read More »200-lbs. Ohio boy returned to mother’s custody after losing 50 pounds
The nine-year-old boy was placed in foster care, then with an uncle after he was determined to be obese by social workers
Read More »FDA considers approval of OraQuick In-Home HIV test
Experts estimate one-fifth, or about 240,000 people, of the 1.2 million HIV carriers in the U.S. are not aware of their status
Read More »America’s hatred of fat hurts obesity fight
It may be the nation's last, accepted form of prejudice. But the stigmatization of obesity has repercussions beyond the pain it inflicts on its targets: It threatens to impede efforts to fight the obesity epidemic.
Read More »3 Things Professional Women Should Stop Apologizing For
While chatting with a business colleague yesterday, she made a statement that I hear all too often from my female friends. As an independent contractor, her client asked her to do a significant amount of additional work that was not part of their original deal.
Read More »Panel advises FDA to approve lorcaserin obesity pill
Panel voted 18-4 with one abstention to recommend approval of Arena's lorcaserin, concluding its benefits "outweigh the potential risks when used long term" in overweight and obese people
Read More »Pucker Up–The Wisdom Of Small Bets Means Kissing A Lot Of Frogs
Each day thousands of small and midsize companies make big, one-shot bets--and fail. We don’t hear about most of them, just as we don’t hear about people who lose the lottery; they aren’t front-page news
Read More »"Social jet lag" is a problem for most of us, and it’s fueling the obesity epidemic, study suggests
Researcher estimates two-thirds of the population experiences "social jet lag"
Read More »30-second therapist: Why don’t women like ‘nice guys’?
Relationship expert Dr. Gilda Carle cuts through the fluff with her relationship advice in TODAY.com's "30-second therapist" series
Read More »Go Mobile: 6 Baby Steps
Sure, "mobile marketing" sounds intimidating. But check out these easy ways to get your feet wet.
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