February 22, 2014

Motorist Uses CPR to Rescue Baby Who Stopped Breathing
http://ktla.com/2014/02/21/motorist-uses-cpr-to-rescue-baby-who-stopped-breathing-in-car/
A motorist administered CPR to help rescue a baby who stopped breathing on a Miami highway. (Credit: Al Diaz/Miami Herald). ?That was a red flag for me, because the car was at a standstill, and he'd had a little bit of a cold, and I knew that he was ...


Yaws eradication will need millions of donated antibiotics, says WHO
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/feb/21/yaws-bacterial-skin-disease-who-donated-antibiotics
The WHO set 2020 as the deadline for the eradication of yaws, and has successfully carried out treatment campaigns using the new antibiotic in Congo-Brazzaville, Ghana, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. With a single dose given to everyone, the disease ...


A Billionaire Philanthropist in Washington Who's Big on 'Patriotic Giving'
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/21/us/a-billionaire-philanthropist-in-washington-whos-big-on-patriotic-giving.html?hpw&rref=us
Over the years, Mr. Rubenstein, who has a fortune estimated at $3 billion, has made gifts to the usual array of universities, hospitals and cultural organizations beloved by wealthy donors. But he stands nearly alone in shoring up institutions ...


'Volcano of Energy' Lopez Who Rode Shot Car Roils Venezuela
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-21/-volcano-of-energy-lopez-who-rode-shot-up-car-roils-venezuela.html
?The car had been machine-gunned, with a dozen holes going right up the side, and all the old senior American diplomats and their wives were looking at it and sticking their fingers in the bullet holes,? Towell, who was in Caracas on a trip organized ...


Who's Afraid of Elaine Stritch?
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2014/02/whos-afraid-of-elaine-stritch.html
And there's the recovering alcoholic who seems always on the verge of losing control, whether from the lure of booze (she says she now allows herself one drink a day) or from her dicey memory when it comes to lyrics. That the filmmaker Chiemi Karasawa ...


'Who Is John Galt?' Brings 'Atlas ?
http://www.deadline.com/2014/02/atlas-shrugged-movie-who-is-john-galt-trilogy/
Dave Mason, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of the 1970s legendary band Traffic, will be involved in the music for the film, which just wrapped Friday after only 17 days of shooting. It will bow in September; Aglialoro set ...


Dale Gardner, Jetpack-Flying Astronaut Who Salvaged Satellites, Dies at 65
http://www.space.com/24769-astronaut-dale-gardner-obituary.html
NASA astronaut Dale Gardner, who in 1984 achieved the world's first space salvage during his second shuttle mission, died on Wednesday (Feb. 19). He was 65. Dale Gardner made history becoming the last of six astronauts to use the manned maneuvering ...


A Kid Who Wouldn't Quit
http://www.wcvb.com/chronicle/a-kid-who-wouldnt-quit/24602782
A bachelor in his 30s, he's good-looking and fit, and lives in a big, modern home in an upscale neighborhood just south of Boston. (Which he shares with his Doberman, Superdog.) He is successful in his career, which is increasingly gaining him national ...