Filed under: Investing, Media, Time Warner, Walt Disney

When "The Walking Dead #100" topped the July comic book sales charts, it sent a message to the rest of the industry: alternate covers are back.

In comics, an alternate cover is pretty much what it sounds like: A guest artist produces a different take on what's to come inside the book and the publisher prints a limited number of comics with said cover in hopes of boosting overall sales volume.

"The Walking Dead #100" had 12 covers you could buy either off the shelf or via special promotion. A...

Are Comic Books a Smart Investment? originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-11-12T06:00:00Z.

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Filed under: Saving Money, Travel & Autos

Many Americans spend the holidays at the same place year after year -- the home of family; a spa weekend with their oldest friends; alternating between in-laws'. From booking the right flight with the right layover, to calculating the shortest drive from the airport to Grandma's, those holiday travelers have the trip down cold.

But even the best-laid plans can fail to account for the time and money it takes to rent a car.

Fly and ... Walk?

According to a new study released by J.D. Power and...

Rental Car Smarts: How to Save When Flying and Driving for the Holidays originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-11-12T06:00:00Z.

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BBC News
Lung cancer in women 'to soar' by 2040
BBC News
The number of women living with lung cancer in the UK is set to rise significantly faster than the number of men with the disease over the next 30 years, experts say. Macmillan Cancer Support estimates cases in women will rise from about 26,000 in 2010 to ...
Lung cancer rates soaring for women after tobacco manufacturers target them by ...Daily Mail
Lung Cancer Awareness Month: What We Can Learn From Celebrities Touched ...Huffington Post
Letter: Early lung cancer often curableThe Advocate
Prescott Daily Courier -UK The Kentucky Kernel -Marshfield News-Herald
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ABC News
Romney to Supporters: 'We Still Believe that...
ABC News
On Friday morning, Mitt Romney and his wife Ann drove themselves to campaign headquarters in Boston. Gone were the secret service detail and the motorcade that had trailed them in the final months of the campaign. Instead of the long lines of supporters ...
Mitt Romney sends note of thanks to supportersCNN (blog)
Romney told by campaign manager Matt Rhoades: 'We would rather lose with ...Daily Mail
Romney sends out campaign 'thank you' emailThe Hill (blog)
UPI.com -TheBlaze.com (blog)
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American News Report
Arthritis pain can turn up in surprising places
USA TODAY
Doctors recommend early treatment for osteoarthritis before it spreads throughout the body. (Photo: Gregorio Borgia, AP). Story Highlights. Osteoarthritis can trigger pain throughout body; Research finds that muscle relaxants, antidepressants can help; Expert ...
Exercise Relieves Pain of OsteoarthritisAmerican News Report
Hospital-Based Exercise Programs Benefit People With Osteoarthritis, Study FindsScience Daily (press release)
Arthritis stats and figuresgulfnews.com

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Novartis drug helps patients with rare inflammatory diseases
Reuters
The 2012 election results and healthcare. On November 8 The Forum at Harvard School of Public Health and Reuters hosted policy experts in a discussion of how the 2012 presidential election outcome will affect the U.S. healthcare system. Event Recap ...

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Forbes
How a Man Found Out He Has Testicular Cancer From Taking a Pregnancy Test
Forbes
Rather strange news was bouncing around Reddit recently, and it all started with a man relieving himself on a pregnancy test stick. In case you don't know how a pregnancy stick works, here's a quick tutorial: remove stick from box, pee on stick, watch to see if ...
Man Takes Pregnancy Test as Joke, Finds Testicular TumorABC News
Man's positive pregnancy test leads to cancer diagnosis with Reddit's helpCBS News
How a pregnancy test can reveal you have cancerFox News
TIME -CTV News -Boing Boing
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Daily Mail
Menstrual cycle hormones 'can make asthma worse', say researchers
Daily Mail
The severity of asthma may be affected by a woman's menstrual cycle according to the results of a new study. Norwegian researches discovered respiratory symptoms become more severe around the time of ovulation. They analysed nearly 4,000 women with ...
Asthma Affected By Hormones In Menstrual CycleRedOrbit
Hormones in menstrual cycle 'affect asthma'BBC News
Menstrual cycle linked to asthma, knee injuries and poverty?Examiner.com
GlobalPost -U.S. News & World Report -Healthcare Global
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Firstpost
Abbott, Gilead impress with upbeat results for oral hep C drugs
FierceBiotech
Abbott Laboratories ($ABT) shed more light on a promising mid-stage study of its interferon-free treatment for hepatitis C, showing the company is among the leaders in the crowded race to advance new all-oral therapies against the liver-damaging virus.
Abbott hepatitis C drugs bring high cure rates in trialReuters
Abbott Presents Promising Phase 2b Interferon-free Hepatitis C Results at 2012 ...Equities.com
Gilead, Abbott Unwrap Dueling Hep C Pill DataTheStreet.com
CNBC.com -WKZO
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Daily Mail
Gargling Sugar Water Can Boost Your Self-Control
Medical News Today
In order to have better self-control, all you have to do is gargle sugar water. The finding came from a study at the University of Georgia, led by professor of psychology Leonard Martin and Matthew Sanders, a doctoral candidate also in the UGA Franklin ...
Study: Gargling Glucose Can Help Smokers QuitCBS Local
Need a Self-Control Boost? Gargle with Sugar Water!Forbes
Self-control need a boost? Gargle sugar water, researchers sayBoston.com
Daily Mail -CBS News -The Sun
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Filed under: Economy, Investing, Industrials, Oil & Gas

Our collective record of predicting what the economy will do next is dreadful. Twelve years ago, few worried about terrorism, many worried about Y2K, and the thought of zero-percent interest rates was preposterous. Not a single person knows what the future holds, and so what I'm about to write isn't so much a prediction, but an observation of potential.

After five years of collapse and stagnation, we could be on the cusp of a new economic boom. Not like the mid-1980s or late 1990s, mind you....

3 Compelling Reasons to Think an Economic Boom Is Coming originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-11-10T06:00:00Z.

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Filed under: Features, Election 2012

While the main event on Tuesday night was the presidential election, many voters also had the opportunity to amend their local or state laws. Some of these changes were major, and will significantly affect the lifestyles of millions of citizens. For example, as numerous news outlets have already reported, two states -- Colorado and Washington -- voted to legalize marijuana for recreational use, while Maryland, Maine and (after a multi-day ballot count) Washington voted to legalize same-sex...

Post-Election Pop Quiz: What Were 2012's Strangest Ballot Propositions? originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-11-10T06:00:00Z.

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If you have a credit card, you've almost certainly gotten promotional checks in the mail that promise the chance to reward yourself by tapping your card for a pricey gift or a dream vacation.

Who reaps the biggest rewards when you use those checks? You guessed it: Your credit card company.

Cash-advance or convenience checks look just like regular checks. You can generally use them anywhere you could write a check.

But that's where the similarity ends. When you use a cash-advance check, your...

Credit Card Cash Advance Checks: Convenient But Costly originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-11-10T06:00:00Z.

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Filed under: Company News, Media, Verizon, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Personal Finance

One thing is becoming clear as cable companies and satellite television providers shell out their latest quarterly financials: Americans are fed up with their ever-growing bills for premium TV.

With the exception of DirecTV's (DTV) -- which gained 67,000 net subscribers during the quarter -- the key players lost more video customers than they signed up.

It's not pretty, but let's look at the net change in U.S. residential video subscribers for the third quarter.

• DirecTV: +67,000
• ...

Still Hate Your Cable Company? 292,000 Defections Show You're Not Alone originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-11-10T06:00:00Z.

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WBIR-TV
Meningitis patient returns home
Weakley County Press
Share. Meningitis patient returns home. Posted: Friday, November 9, 2012 11:36 pm. From staff, AP reports. Ann Bequette of Martin is now back at home after being hospitalized for just over three weeks at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville undergoing ...
Meningitis outbreak toll: 438 cases, 32 deathsBoston.com
Meningitis cases increase to 81 in TennesseeWDEF News 12
Meningitis: Pace of Outbreak SlowsMedPage Today
U.S. News & World Report -Washington Post -WKU Public Radio
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San Francisco Chronicle
National overhaul secure for now, Massachusetts health care leaders still seek ...
Boston Globe
President Obama's reelection lifted much of the cloud that hung over the health care industry in Massachusetts, where caregivers and insurers anticipated a push to repeal the national health care overhaul if Mitt Romney had become president. “This outcome ...
With Obama and the reform law here to stay, big decisions are ahead for ...ModernHealthcare.com
Obama's re-election forces Scott to seriously address health care reformTbo.com
Obama's reelection cements his healthcare lawLos Angeles Times
Town Hall -Lincoln Journal Star -ABC News
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The Associated Press
Malaria Vaccine Candidate Gives Disappointing Results
New York Times
The latest clinical trial of the world's leading malaria vaccine candidate produced disappointing results on Friday. The infants it was given to had only about a third fewer infections than a control group. But researchers said they wanted to press on, assuming ...
Setback for first malaria vaccine in African trialReuters
Experimental malaria vaccine prove less effective in newborns than older infantsThe Seattle Times
Glaxo Malaria Vaccine Offers Less Protection to InfantsBloomberg
Wall Street Journal -Washington Post -Voice of America
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Daily Mail
Genital injuries send 16000 to ER every year
NBCNews.com (blog)
Television shows and movies may portray people getting hit in the crotch as comical, but it's a serious issue that sends almost 16,000 men and women to U.S. emergency rooms every year, according to a study. Bicycles, furniture and clothing are all items ...
Genital Harm More Common Than Dental Injuries, Study ShowsABC News (blog)
Genital Injuries in US Send Thousands to Hospitals Each YearRIA Novosti
Painful truths about genital injuriesEurekAlert (press release)

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Arizona Capitol Times
24 doctors certify most in Ariz.'s pot program
San Francisco Chronicle
PHOENIX (AP) — Health officials in Arizona say a small number of doctors have given the go-ahead for about 75 percent of medical marijuana cards issued in the state, raising questions about whether the program is being abused. A report released Friday by ...
Small group of doctors sign off on most medical marijuanaKJZZ
Report raises concerns about medical marijuana program in Arizonanatmonitor.com
Medical marijuana law will challenge overseersBoston Globe
Boston.com (blog)
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Filed under: Saving Money, Holidays

Every Friday, we scan the weekly ads, deal sites and retailer marketing emails to find the best deals available for the coming week. With Veterans Day coming this Sunday, here are a few of the best deals that retailers and restaurants are offering in celebration, including many freebies for veterans and active-duty military members.

o. A number of restaurants offer free meals for veterans and active-duty military personnel. Coupon site BeFrugal passes along this special menu from seafood...

Veterans Day Deals: The Best Offers and Freebies This Weekend originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-11-09T13:14:00Z.

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