March 08, 2014

Who Made That Progress Bar?
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/magazine/who-made-that-progress-bar.html
?People wait for all sorts of things every day, sometimes more happily than others,? wrote the interface designer Bob Stahl in a 1986 article for Computerworld. ?The problem is how the user feels about waiting.? At the time, machines were often slow ...


Mom Who Drove Into Ocean Charged With Attempted Murder
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/minivan-mom-case/attempted-murder-charges-filed-against-mom-who-drove-kids-ocean-n47146
The woman who drove her minivan into the Atlantic Ocean, endangering her three children until rescuers charged into the water to pull them out, has been charged with three counts of attempted first-degree murder, authorities in Florida said Friday.


Frank Jobe, Surgeon Who Repaired Pitchers' Elbows, Dies at 88
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-07/frank-jobe-surgeon-who-repaired-pitchers-elbows-dies-at-88.html
Frank Jobe, an orthopedist who had served in the Los Angeles Dodgers' organization for... Read More. Frank Jobe, an orthopedist who had served in the Los Angeles Dodgers' organization for the past 50 years, poses for a photograph in this 1990 file photo.


Six fans who beat odds to win contests ... and what happened next
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/news/20140307/prizewinning-shots-miami-heat-lebron-james/
Because we know that maybe one day it could be us who wins a car or money or tuition for a semester. But every big win has its own story, one that stretches far beyond what we see in those clips. Who were those people before they made the shot and what ...


Second time around: TV stars who reprised iconic roles
http://popwatch.ew.com/2014/03/07/isaiah-washington-greys/
ABC announced a big shocker Thursday: Isaiah Washington, who played heart surgeon Dr. Preston Burke on three seasons of Grey's Anatomy, will soon reprise the role he left in 2007. Washington exited the show after his contract was not renewed, following ...


Judgment Day for Surgeon Who Admitted to Fake Surgeries
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/judgment-day-surgeon-admitted-fake-surgeries/story?id=22814868
An orthopedic surgeon who admitted to botching and faking thousands of surgeries over a five-year period was sentenced today to four-and-a-half years in federal prison for one count of health care fraud. Dr. Spyros Panos, who practiced medicine in ...


Who is Prince Karim Al Husseini Aga Khan?
http://abcnews.go.com/International/prince-karim-al-husseini-aga-khan/story?id=22819856
The Harvard Graduate who has a degree in Islamic History is the founder and chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network, an organization that helps to improve people's lives in the developing world. Relying largely on donations that flow in from ...


WHO proposed guidelines not so sweet
http://www.wsbt.com/news/health/WHO-proposed-guidelines-not-so-sweet/24843080
In draft guidelines proposed this week, WHO is encouraging people to consume less than 5 percent of their total daily calories from sugars. The organization's current guidelines, published in 2002, recommend eating less than 10 percent of your total ...