‘House’ effect: TV doc has real impact on care

Wed Sep 9, 2009 8:38 AM EDT

The medical drama "House" is having a real impact on health care, say doctors who report a rise in patients who’ve self-diagnosed a condition they saw on the TV show — and expect costly tests.

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only-on-msnbc-com, health-care, health, doctors, her, patient, house, patients, she, says

Microsoft's 30GB Zune plagued by freeze

Seeded on Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:49 PM EST (msnbc.com)

After droves of frazzled customers flooded online forums complaining about their Zunes freezing up, Microsoft confirmed Wednesday that the 30-gigabyte device was, in fact, troubled with hardware issues.

technology, zune

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Bury me with my cell phone

Seeded on Tue Dec 16, 2008 11:04 AM EST (msnbc.com)

We take them with us to the dinner table, the bedroom, even the bathroom stall. But in recent years, some of us have started taking our beloved cell phones someplace really startling: the grave.

technology, cell-phone, burial

Government aid need rising, as slump widens

Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:15 PM EST

For a long time, Bill Davis thought he was immune to the economy’s ills.

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only-on-msnbc-com, economy-in-turmoil, davis, business, her, paycheck, medicaid, bills, food, health

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Is technology spawning new dating disasters?

Tue Nov 11, 2008 9:12 PM EST

Megan Brinkman was initially psyched to (finally) be going on a formal date with a guy who politely asked her out. So during dinner, her jaw dropped when he began texting wildly.

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only-on-msnbc-com, digital-life, technology, brinkman, woida, dating, business, texting, her, kirschner

Amid slump, singles cut dating costs

Fri Oct 24, 2008 4:09 PM EDT

Earlier this year, Elvert Howard wined and dined women at fine restaurants in Chicago. Now, he's treating gals to happy hour appetizers and drinks at T.G.I. Friday's.

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only-on-msnbc-com, personal-finance, dating, dates, date, restaurants, sarah, economy, singles, money

White House calls AIG spa trip 'despicable'

Seeded on Wed Oct 8, 2008 4:03 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

The White House said on Wednesday it was "despicable" that American International Group Inc. executives spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on a posh California retreat just days after getting a federal bailout.

business

166

Best movies on monstrous business meltdowns

Seeded on Thu Sep 25, 2008 5:18 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Greed. Scandal. Revenge.

business

Outside Lehman building, artist captures scorn

Seeded on Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:00 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Pedestrians scribbled their throughts on a painting of Lehman Brothers' CEO Richard Fuld, by artist Geoffrey Raymond, outside the company's building in New York. Lehman employees wrote in green.

business

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Frazzled? Your boss' gender may be to blame

Seeded on Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:59 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

Bosses in general can be a pain in the ... well, you know, but a new study finds that your boss' gender can affect just how much pain he or she seems to inflict.

business

Anxious freshmen meeting first on Facebook

Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:59 AM EDT

Filled with going-to-college angst, many incoming freshmen have spent plenty of time this summer soaking up campus life … on Facebook.

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States push laws to require paid sick days

Seeded on Wed Aug 20, 2008 2:33 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Some 46 million U.S. workers lack paid sick days, but lawmakers in 12 states — including California, Connecticut, Minnesota and West Virginia — have proposed legislation in the past year that would require businesses to provide them.

business

Study faults news media's economic coverage

Seeded on Mon Aug 18, 2008 12:24 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Media coverage of the economic downturn in the U.S. has lagged behind both economic activity and public interest, according to a study being released Monday by a Washington, D.C.-based research group.

business

Bernanke author defends the Fed chief

Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:04 AM EDT

While Alan Greenspan remains a household name, most Americans don’t know the name of the current Federal Reserve chairman, whose job grows more important as the economy weakens.

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stocks--economy, while-alan-greenspan, federal-reserve

Rising prices, flat paychecks worry consumers

Fri Aug 8, 2008 10:01 AM EDT

The current economic downturn began with a sharp drop in housing prices and has been exacerbated by seven straight months of job losses.

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eye-on-the-economy

In Maine, a laptop for every middle-schooler

Mon Aug 4, 2008 10:29 AM EDT

Does a child learn better when he or she has a laptop to use in the classroom?

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back-to-school

Do you think we are in a recession?

Seeded on Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:29 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

A live vote on msnbc.com of more than 60,000 people so far found that 84 percent of surveyed readers believe that the United States is in a recession.

business

You may be driving up the price of oil

Seeded on Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:13 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

All those speculators getting the blame for driving up the price of oil these days — just who are they? For part of the answer, look in the mirror.

business

Movie robots to be remembered

Seeded on Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:47 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

WALL-E, a robot left to clean up a trashed planet Earth, is rolling into theaters and into the hearts of moviegoers everywhere as he chases his love, the svelte EVE, across the galaxy.

technology

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Eight great extinct species

Seeded on Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:46 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

This month scientists reported that the Caribbean monk seal has joined a long and growing list of species that carry the "extinct" label.

science, extinct-species

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Another hand-raised zoo baby: It's a sloth!

Thu Jun 12, 2008 2:59 PM EDT

When Erin Lewter was thrown into motherhood, she wasn’t sure what to do with her baby — a two-toed sloth.

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science, sloths, sloth, people, environment, baby, media, zookeepers, unknown, lewter

What will you do with your old iPhone?

Seeded on Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:32 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Those customers who bought iPhones since May 27 and later will be eligible to turn in their phones and get a new iPhone — and a refund, less a 10 percent re-stocking fee, for what they paid for the first-generation iPhone, Siegel said.

technology, iphone, cell-phone

Turn to texting for the tough stuff

Thu Jun 5, 2008 7:25 PM EDT

Anna Morales never saw texting as a way to discuss the big things.

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wireless, texting, philadelphia, infidelity, entourage, people, morales, text, space

Top 10 energy alternatives

Seeded on Tue Jun 3, 2008 3:05 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Widespread adoption of alternative technologies could ease the squeeze of high oil prices – and also could curb the pace of global climate change by limiting emissions of heat-trapping gases such as carbon dioxide.

science, alternative-energy, hybrids

The 10 worst jobs in science

Seeded on Thu May 29, 2008 2:34 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

The list starts with researchers who collect and dig through whale dung for a living — and it counts down to the worst job in the entire science profession.

science, jobs

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