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RELATED DEAL WITH THE NFL • Hall of Famer Tony Dorsett and Super Bowl MVP Mark Rypien will be among the thousands of former players with concussion-related health problems receiving compensation under an agreement with the NFL. • • 5. WHY TYLENOL CAPS ARE GETTING NEW WARNING LABELS • Overdoses from acetaminophen send 55,000 to 80,000 people to the emergency room in the U.S. each year and kill at least 500. • • 6. 2 IVY LEAGUE-TRAINED ECONOMISTS, 1 JOB • Lawrence Summers, a White House insider, and Janet Yellen, a veteran of the Federal Reserve, are seen as leading contenders to replace Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Fed, the nation's central bank. • • 7. BAN ON STRAIGHT-TO-GAY PSYCHOTHERAPY STANDS • A federal appeals court upholds the nation's first-of-its-kind law in California prohibiting health practitioners from offering psychotherapy aimed at making gay youth straight. • • 8. A FATAL JOYRIDE • A 6-year-old girl was killed when she and her brother went for a joyride in the family car and crashed into a pole. Initially, the mother called the police thinking the two had been kidnapped. • • 9. WHAT A TOOTH IS WORTH THESE DAYS • The Tooth Fairy is keeping up with inflation. This year kids are getting an average of $3.70 per lost tooth, an increase over last year's $3 a tooth. • • 10. CHIMPANZEE 'ENRICHMENT SESSION' PAYS OFF • A 37-year-old primate that paints with his tongue wins an art contest and $10,000 for his sanctuary, Chimp Haven, in Louisiana. •
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