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Tenet Healthcare to pay $1.4M to settle cardiac lawsuit

Tenet Healthcare and its Southern California hospital Desert Regional Medical Center will pay $1.4 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly charged Medicare for implanting unnecessary cardiac monitors in patients February 11, 2020, 9:04 PM 2 min read LOS ANGELES — Tenet Healthcare Corporation and its Southern California hospital Desert Regional Medical Center will pay […]

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NASA Explains Physics To Everyone Freaking Out About Twitter’s Broomstick Challenge

Entertainment / En Sound Media

NASA wants everyone to know that “basic physics” ― not some mythical fluctuation in gravity ― is the reason a broomstick can stand upright on its own. The government space agency shared a video of NASA astronaut Alvin Drew and scientist Sarah Noble answering the trending Twitter #BroomstickChallenge on Tuesday ― a day after what

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Ocado boss Tim Steiner bags £54m bonus

Business / En Sound Media

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mr Steiner co-founded Ocado in 2000 The boss of online shopping company Ocado has bagged a £54m bonus, despite his firm posting a bruising £214.5m loss last year. Tim Steiner got the windfall after an incentive scheme tied to the firm’s share price paid out. It comes on top

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Businesses struggle to fix supply chains disrupted by virus

Travel / En Sound Media

WASHINGTON — Chinese authorities are struggling to strike a delicate balance between containing a viral outbreak and restarting the world’s second-biggest economy after weeks of paralysis. As the death toll from the newly named COVID-19 illness topped 1,000, global supply chains remained widely disrupted for the businesses across the world that have built deep connections

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Dominion announces new greenhouse gas reduction goals

Technology / En Sound Media

Dominion Energy says it will aim to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press February 11, 2020, 10:06 PM 2 min read RICHMOND, Va. — Dominion Energy announced Tuesday that it will aim to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, an acceleration of the goals the company

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González ‘remorseful’ for role in Astros’ sign stealing

Sports / En Sound Media

Marwin González has become the first batter from the 2017 Houston Astros team that won the World Series to publicly apologize for his role in the sign-stealing scandal February 11, 2020, 10:38 PM 3 min read FORT MYERS, Fla. — Marwin González became the first batter from the 2017 Houston Astros team that won the

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Democrats Get the Attention, but Trump Aims to Put New Hampshire in Play

Politics / En Sound Media

MANCHESTER, N.H. — In 2016, Donald J. Trump came within a few thousand votes of winning New Hampshire in the general election. This time around, fueled by a stockpile of donations, his campaign is looking at New Hampshire and its four electoral votes as a key target in its efforts to expand the map. There

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A $4 Million NICU Bill: The Price of Prematurity

Finance / En Sound Media

Eric Brown and his wife, Stacey, were stunned to learn that Stacey was pregnant again and even more surprised that not one — not two — but three more babies were on the way. “They were naturally conceived, so this was a complete and total surprise,” said Mr. Brown, 37, a high school special education

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Frozen-egg storage 10-year limit ‘could be extended’

Lifestyle / En Sound Media

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption There were 1,462 freeze cycles carried out in 2017 in the UK The period of time for which eggs, sperm and embryos can be frozen could be extended, as the government calls for views on the current 10-year limit. It said women’s choices on when to have children were

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Lady Gaga designer to create Blackpool Illuminations installation

Entertainment / En Sound Media

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Lady Gaga wore Jack Irving’s designs during her ArtRave tour A designer whose outfits have been worn by Lady Gaga will create a new deep sea-themed installation for Blackpool Illuminations after winning a contest. Blackpool’s Jack Irving has been awarded £100,000 to create his design, after artists were asked

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