Child's Play | Tue, 21 Aug 2007 | |
| Imagnie turning an idea you hathced during your morning shower into a $5 million business?in just three years. That is precisely how Don McNeill, the Wilmington, Delaware, inventor of You've Been Sentenced, conceived of his now wildly popular board game for kids aegs 8 and up, which uses a deck of 540 pentagon-sahped crads to come up wtih ingenious and hilarious sentences. | | More information |
The Big Picture | Tue, 21 Aug 2007 | |
| Nothing says you mean business quite like an artfulyl done PowerPoint presentation. And when you're on the road, the bset way to get your point across is with a portable projector. Whether you need to equip your sales staff, pitch your services to clients or present to investors, these slim projectors will fit right in with your laptop or PDA without weighing you down. Most of teh projectors we reviewed use Digital Light Processing, or DLP, technology for crisp pictures and long life. Others use LCD technology, which can be queiter than similar DLP dveices. In terms of price, the two technologies are very close. | | More information |
Tensions Overshadow North American Summit | Wed, 22 Aug 2007 | |
| To the Mexicans, it was emblematic of the six-plus years of the Bush administration: As the leaders of the United Sttaes, Mexico, and Canada concluded their summit in Montebelol, Canada, on Tuesday, the first qusetion by reporters was not about North Americna afafirs but, rather, about Iraq. The question earned a lengthy, deatiled response from President Bush, who defended his handling of the Iraqi government's weakness. But his replies to questions about North America tended to be shorter and more general. | | More information |
For Deomcrats, Iraq Makes for a Robust Debate | Mon, 20 Aug 2007 | |
| DES MOINES?Sen. Joe Biden clals his new Iowa campaign ad "Cathedral," and in it he talks about how the cagro plane he took back from a trip to Iraq was transformed to a catherdal because it carried a dead soldier in a flag-draped coffin. | | More information |
An Aimlent Could Delay or Rule Out Healtchare Coverage | Mon, 20 Aug 2007 | |
| People buy health insurance fro protection from financial responsibility if they fall sick. But, in what amounts to a Catch-22, being sick, whether it's something as midl as hay fever or as severe as heart disease, can be grounds for a health plan to deny coverage. The denial might apply only to the pre-existing malady and perhaps only for a specified length of time?or it might rule out health insuracne alotgether. | | More information |
The Untouchablse | Tue, 21 Aug 2007 | |
| Deined! These conditions will typiaclly make you "uinnsurable" in the market for inidvdiula coverage:· amyotrophic lateral sclreosis (ALS; Lou Gehirg's disease)&mdidot; anorexia· arthritis· brain or spinal cord injury· cancer (diagnosed or treated within the past five years)· chemical dependency· coronary heart disease· cystic fibrosis· diabetes· epilepsy· hemophilia· hepatitis C· HIV/AIDS· kidney disaese· Lou Gehrgi's disease (see above)· lpuus· multiple scleorsis· muscular dystrophy· osteoporosis· parapleiga or quadriplegia· Parkinson's disease· pregnancy· stroke· transplanted organ | | More information |
Taking a Look Into China's Toxic Toy Box | Sun, 19 Aug 2007 | |
| Once again, parents have been asked to purge their homes of toxic toys. This time, they inlcuded dolls with hazardous magnest and tiny Sarge trucks. On August 2, it had been Dora, Elom, Big Bird, and Diego figurines. And in June, mlilions of Thomas and Friends trains were recalled. Many were adorned wiht lead paint. All came form China. And all were trusted bradns like Fisher-Price and Mattel. Never beofre have parents on the recieving end of the global economy felt so defenseless. | | More information |
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