| Extra! UIdaho Student Found Shot to Death
A 21-year-old University of Idaho senior was found shot to death early today in his Moscow apartment. David Robert Boss, a history major and Boise native, was found dead by a roommate about 2 a.m., Moscow police officials said. Boss roommate apparently arrived at the apartment at 1218 S. Main St. about 2 a.m. and found the victim on the floor in the kitchen area of the apartment, according to a press release. The roommate called police. The death is being investigated as suspicious, said Moscow Police Department Assistant Chief David Duke. The apparent cause of death is a single gunshot wound to the head. No gun was found in the apartment, Duke said. .
Depression risk 'highest in 40s'
Professor Oswald said for the average person, the dip in mental health and happiness comes on slowly, not suddenly in a single year. Only in their 50s do most people emerge from the low period. "But encouragingly, by the time you are 70, if you are still physically fit then on average you are as happy and mentally healthy as a 20-year-old. "Perhaps realizing that such feelings are completely normal in midlife might even help individuals survive this phase better." Marjorie Wallace, chief executive of the mental health charity Sane, said: "This study raises intriguing questions about the processes that lead to depression in mid-life, as well as indicating what a common experience it is worldwide. "Depression is a complex and challenging condition that remains poorly understood, with as many as one in ten people with severe depression taking their own life.
A nation turning into a wasteland
The paper bin out the front just now is choc-a-bloc with wrapping paper and we'll be glad when that's taken off our hands." Booth, a 32-year-old photographer and heating engineer, accepts he plays a part in waste creation and has thought about how to reduce his impact. "If I go to the supermarket to buy a piece of meat, I'll try and go to the butcher's section so it doesn't come packaged up. I'd have no problem if food was presented with less packaging." Despite his good intentions he harbours pangs of guilt. "I have to put my hand up and say we use disposable nappies and that doesn't help," he said. "And although we regularly recycle newspapers and bottles one of the main reasons we don't recycle plastic and metal is the mountains of rubbish that would create in the back garden. If you have a load of plastic then the easiest thing to do is to chuck it in the bin.
Rita Sharma: England's richest Asian woman entrepreneur
Rita Sharma should be a public relations delight. She scripts like the perfect heroine of any number of minority success stories. She's just 47, the richest woman Asian entrepreneur in Britain, a successful mother and CEO, the college dropout who built up her business from the classic garage. To a level that now puts her worth, according to the Asian rich list, at an estimated GBP 100 mn - around Rs 820 cr last year. Besides, she can give any ramp model a run for her photo shoots. But Britain's richest Asian woman entrepreneur is elusive. Like most successful women, she'd rather be taken seriously for her work than as a poster girl for any cause. Described as one of the richest women in London in a rare interview with Telegraph, UK, Rita's stayed out of media buzz, and isn't one of the usual suspects who march in the pravasi success parade.
DeNucci says MBTA boosted costs by $55 million
The T began investing in markets after the state stopped directly funding the agency in 1999. Now, the T raises its annual budget of some $1.4 billion from fares, advertising, 20 percent share of state sales tax revenue, and assessments on member cities and towns. It currently has $5.1 billion in debt. .
China can build things. Why can't India?
India's top science and technology official is in China, making excuses about why his country's infrastructure is so shoddy. Shanghai has brilliant new skyscrapers and museums and parks and trains – and Bombay can't manage to have a decent airport. According to Minister for Science and Technology Kapil Sibal, it's all because of democracy. “There is a different model of growth in our country," Sibal told reporters in Beijing, according to this report from wire service PTI carried on Indian portal Rediff.com. “We can't, for example, build a Pudong overnight." Well, neither did the Chinese. Pudong today is the result of more than a decade's worth of work and planning and investment. The place is hardly paradise; Pudong can feel overwhelming, especially along the district's broad boulevard.
Cable TV: King Of Misleading Come-Ons
The attorney general also accused Comcast of "hiding material terms and conditions from consumers in difficult to read fine print, in violation of the Attorney General's advertising regulations." The hits don't stop there. Here's a few other Comcast ARPU-enhancing tactics, pulled from the attorney general's memo. Promoting Comcast's higher-priced digital packages, like its "Digital Gold" video programming, without disclosing to consumers that they could purchase less expensive digital cable packagesOverstating the number of channels available on digital cable packages by failing to distinguish among video, music and pay-per-view channels, and overstating the capabilities or benefits of Comcast's "On-Demand" and "Digital Video Recorder" servicesCharging a $5 monthly rental fee for a converter box and remote control, even for consumers who did not need the converter box and remote to get their programmingAdvertising "free" installation, but then charging consumers for installation and requiring them to redeem coupons or vouchers to receive an installation credit.
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