NEW YORK (AP) — The Dave Matthews Band is giving $1 million to help Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts.The band announced Wednesday that the Nov. 30 opening show of its winter tour at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, N.J., will be a benefit concert. All ticket and merchandise sales will go to the Bama Works Sandy Relief Fund, established at the Community Foundation of New Jersey.Sandy's assault...
Well: Thanksgiving From Jerusalem
Label: HealthIf you are looking to add some international flair to your Thanksgiving table, Jerusalem is a good place to start.The city’s diverse Muslim, Jewish and Christian communities have created unpredictable and exciting culinary combinations, the London chef and restaurateur Yotam Ottolenghi writes in the stunning new cookbook “Jerusalem.” The book, which Mr. Ottolenghi wrote with his friend and business...
Wholesale prices fell 0.2% in October
Label: Business Wholesale inflation fell in October as a big drop in gasoline and other energy prices offset a rise in the cost of food. Wholesale...
Nov
13
Secret donation hindered campaigns, GOP advisors say
Label: World SACRAMENTO — An $11-million campaign donation that was secretly routed through an obscure Arizona group might have hurt the...
Storm volunteers mingle with stars at Glamour fest
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Sandra Kyong Bradbury was star struck. She had just spied Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg a few feet away."How can you top that?" asked Bradbury, a New York City neonatal nurse who had helped evacuate infants from a hospital that lost power during the height of Superstorm Sandy. She was amazed that she was being honored at the same event as a Supreme Court justice — the annual...
Lance Armstrong Cuts Officials Ties With His Livestrong Charity
Label: HealthIn the wake of being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles for doping, Lance Armstrong last week cut all official ties with Livestrong, the charity he founded 15 years ago while he was treated for testicular cancer. On Nov. 4, he resigned from the organization’s board of directors; he had previously stepped down as the chairman of the board Oct. 17. He has distanced himself from...
Drop in U.S. mortgage delinquency rates led by California, Arizona
Label: Business WASHINGTON — Fueled by major improvements in California and Arizona, the percentage of homeowners nationwide who were...
Nov
12
Mike D'Antoni to be next coach of the Lakers
Label: World Mike D'Antoni, not Phil Jackson, will be the next coach of the Lakers."We signed Mike D'Antoni to a multi-year deal," Lakers...
Labels maintain new music spend despite sales slump
Label: Technology
LONDON (Reuters) – Record labels say they have maintained high levels of investment in new music despite sweeping changes to their business in the digital age and a decade of falling revenues caused by sliding album sales and online piracy.According to a new study from industry body IFPI published on Monday, record companies invested $ 4.5 billion in...
Laughing in the storm: Comics don't shy from Sandy
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Comedian Dave Attell told a packed house at the Comedy Cellar that New York after Superstorm Sandy had a familiar feel. "It was dark. Toilets were backing up. ... It was pretty much like it always was."Another comic, Paul Mecurio, told the same crowd that he got so many calls from worried family members that he started making things up about how bad it was."I'm drinking my own urine...
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