Some 3,000 passengers from the cruise ship Carnival Splendor are happy to be back on dry land after spending three days stranded on the liner that lost all power following an engine room fire. Spirits were high as the crippled ship was pulled into port in San Diego. With no power, the passengers and crew lived on a diet of Spam, Pop Tarts and canned crab meat sandwiches airlifted to them by the U.S. Navy. Source Link
The cost of health care continues to rise. A new Thompson-Reuters index shows that the cost of hospital care jumped over 8% annually, with doctor’s fees rising about 5% and drug costs up by just over 3%. The increases far outpaced the rate of inflation and reflect a 62% increase in the cost of health care since the index began tracking in 2002. Source Link
The home phone book is fast becoming a relic of the 20th Century. Verizon, the nation’s number-two home phone provider, is asking permission to stop printing residential directories in the 12 states that it serves. AT&T is doing the same. While the Yellow Pages and business and government listings survive in print, the move to online phone directories means fewer people need the paper version. Source Link
The cost of health care continues to rise. A new Thompson-Reuters index shows that the cost of hospital care jumped over 8% annually, with doctor’s fees rising about 5% and drug costs up by just over 3%. The increases far outpaced the rate of inflation and reflect a 62% increase in the cost of health care since the index began tracking in 2002. Source Link
The home phone book is fast becoming a relic of the 20th Century. Verizon, the nation’s number-two home phone provider, is asking permission to stop printing residential directories in the 12 states that it serves. AT&T is doing the same. While the Yellow Pages and business and government listings survive in print, the move to online phone directories means fewer people need the paper version. Source Link
