Maddox is a handsome orange striped fellow with soft long hair. He is playful and friendly. Maddox was brought into the shelter after a divorce. He’s still a bit unsure why he’s not sitting in someone’s lap being petted, or watching birds through a window. Maddox has been at the shelter for about four weeks. […]
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By Bruce Kennedy, MoneyWatch Have we really, truly turned into a cashless society? There have been loads of predictions over the years that coin-and-paper currency may soon become museum pieces. And studies agree more and more that financial transactions now involve debit and credit cards — as well as other electronic forms of money transference, […]
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By Marilyn Marchione, AP CHICAGO — It’s National Cancer Survivors Day, and chances are good that you know at least one of them. Cancer survivors now number more than 14.5 million in the United States and are expected to grow to 19 million over the next decade, a report finds. More cancers are cured, more […]
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By Chris Orestis June is Men’s Health Month, a reminder for men to do the things that they generally don’t do as well as women: getting screened for conditions that, detected early, are easily treated; seeking education about health issues, and supporting each others well-being. If being happier with good health isn’t enough, then men […]
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South Tahoe High School pops concerts are June 2 and June 4 at 7pm in the TADA Theater. On Monday night, the Vocal Pops Concert with the Glee Club and Chorale will perform their favorite songs from famous blockbuster movies. The Band & Orchestra Pops Concert will be Wednesday night with special “Dream” songs to […]
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By Warren Withers Death by drug overdose has tripled from 1990 to 2008. In 2008, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 36,450 people died from a drug overdose and 75 percent of overdoses were prescription drug related. Of the prescription drug-related deaths in 2008, the CDC reports 74 percent were opiate prescription […]
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By Dennis Thompson, HealthDay Prescription drugs are playing an increasingly larger role in U.S. life, with nearly half of all Americans taking one or more medications. Among adults, the most common prescription drugs are for cardiovascular disease and high cholesterol. Those are two of several key findings in the federal government’s annual comprehensive report on […]
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By Susan Wood GARDNERVILLE – When California Chrome co-owner Steve Coburn told his wife, Carolyn, he was going to Sharkey’s Casino to bet on their winning thoroughbred to launch his march with destiny, she stood by her man – and her horse. “I gave him the money to do it,” she told Lake Tahoe News […]
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By Brittany Patterson, Atlantic The day that everything changed was a broiling Thursday in July—95 degrees, the kind of dry heat that Sacramento Valley residents are used to. If you have to work outside, you do it before noon, swathed in long sleeves and pants to keep the sun at bay and the mosquitoes from […]
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By Karen Mayfield With so many entrepreneurs and start-up companies, a common question I hear is, “How do people who are self-employed get a mortgage?” Mortgage lenders have different treatments for different types of income, whether it is an annual bonus, commissions, overtime pay, or income from self-employment, either full-time or as a secondary source […]
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