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Wal-Mart, Humana to Offer Healthy Food Discount

09/21/2012 at 10:48 am

PRNewsFoto/Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.(NEW YORK) -- Health care giant Humana, Inc. is partnering with Wal-Mart to give its HumanaVitality participants a deal on fresh fruits, vegetables, low-fat dairy and other "Great for You"-emblazoned products starting next month.

The new program kicks off Oct. 15 and will allow the more than one million Vitality customers (all under age 65) to get a 5 percent discount on Great for You products, a logo the retailer created last year to make it easier for shoppers to spot healthy items without having to read dozens of nutrition labels each trip. read more ≫

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Arizona Hospital to Reduce High Price for Antivenom

09/21/2012 at 9:41 am

iStockphoto/Thinkstock(CHANDLER, Ariz.) -- What may have stung worse than Marcie Edmonds’ scorpion bite was the $83,046 hospital bill she was slapped with after treatment.

Now, the Arizona hospital where Edmonds was treated says it’s reviewing its pricing on the costly antivenom used to treat her, which was the main cost on the bill.

Edmonds, 52, who was stung in the stomach while opening a box of air conditioner filters, rushed to Chandler Regional Medical Center, where doctors injected two vials of an anti-venom called Anascorp. read more ≫

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Death After Surgery May Be More Common Than We Think

09/21/2012 at 9:33 am

Keith Brofsky/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- In 2006, an otherwise healthy 53-year-old Ezekiel C. Mobley Jr. underwent routine surgery to remove an infected appendix. A Los Angeles native, he was planning to get back to hosting Pittsburgh's first Spanish-speaking television show. But he **** before leaving the hospital.

"I was really shocked -- very, very shocked," said Ora Mobley Sweeting, a human rights activist and Mobley's mother. "Why did this happen to my son?"  read more ≫

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Catch Carole King, John Fogerty and Mavis Staples Performing on a New PBS Special Friday Night

09/21/2012 at 9:00 am

Photo: Kirsten ShultzCarole King, John Fogerty and Mavis Staples are some of the many music luminaries appearing in a new PBS special premiering Friday at 9 p.m. ET.  From Dust to Dreams: Opening Night at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts documents a March gala celebrating the debut of the new Las Vegas facility.

The two-hour show features performances by stars from various genres, including Train frontman Pat Monahan, R&B singer Jennifer Hudson, and country stars Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Martina McBride and Emmylou Harris. read more ≫

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Forget Fake IDs: Can Kids Buy Alcohol on eBay?

09/21/2012 at 6:53 am

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The online marketplace eBay is a popular site for bidding on rare finds and selling your own household treasures, but resourceful teens might also find another use for it: scoring booze.

While eBay prohibits the sale of all alcohol with the exception of some wines sold by licensed wine sellers, it does allow for the sale of collectible alcohol containers. The site's alcohol policy states that the seller of the container "will take all appropriate steps to ensure that the buyer is of lawful age in the buyer's and seller's jurisdiction."  read more ≫

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