Spirit employees group gives $50,000 to help children get hearing aids. The Wichita Eagle | The Good Neighbor Fund of Spirit AeroSystems has donated $50,000 to the Children Miracle Network Hospitals Hearing Aid Fund for pediatric patients, Via Christi Health announced Wednesday. | The donation will go toward hearing aids for children whos...
James Moore: Sainsbury's chief is talking sense, but Osborne chooses to turn a deaf ear The Independent | Outlook Justin King knows a thing or two about employee share ownership. Some 40,000 of his colleagues have shares in Sainsbury's, and 11,000 of them picked up payouts totalling £26.5m last year through the supermarket group's share save scheme. |...
New FCC rules on closed captioning fall short, says deaf community The Examiner Related topics | FCCDeafclosed captioning | Advertisement | Many deaf activists are calling the new Federal Communication Commission (FCC) rulings on closed captioning a step forward, but complain that there are too many loopholes, says the Washingto...
New FCC rules on closed captioning fall short, deaf say The Washington Times | Follow @intxticated | Many deaf activists say they are disappointed with the shortcomings of a new law that requires television producers to add captions to popular shows like “CSI” or “The Office” when they are viewed onlin...
Leclerc role as deaf teen gives her career boost CNBC | NEW YORK - Playing a deaf teen on the ABC Family drama "Switched at Birth" has put Katie Leclerc on Hollywood's radar. | "I was acting for about 10 years before I got 'Switched,' the 25-year-old actress said in a recent interview. "It was all minor...
>Leclerc role as deaf teen gives her career boost Seattle Post | NEW YORK (AP) — Playing a deaf teen on the ABC Family drama "Switched at Birth" has put Katie Leclerc on Hollywood's radar. | "I was acting for about 10 years before I got 'Switched,' the 25-year-old actress said in a recent interview. "It was al...
Contaminated Food Causes More Than 3,000 Death Each Year Huffington Post | Bloomberg View | Contaminated food sickens 48 million Americans, resulting in more than 3,000 deaths and more than 100,000 hospitalizations each yea... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Smoking 'may lead to cataract in elderly' DNA India | In a new study, researchers have found new evidence that smoking may also increase the risk of age-related cataract, which is the leading cause of b... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
The great white shark: Tips on brushing a toddler's teeth The Examiner Related topics | parent 101children's teethdentist | Advertisement | Often brushing a toddler's teeth evokes the same adrenalin rush as reeling i... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)