| Emerson's friends recall 'that big heart of hers'
The day before she set out for her fateful hike, Meredith Emerson added another trifle to her Amazon.com wish list. This electronic keyhole to modern life gives hints of the 24-year-old's myriad interests. A "Harry Potter" book translated into French. A set of "Sex and the City" videos. A treatise on the power of Christianity. The ideas offered to those shopping for her came with this thoughtful tip: "If you want to buy me a book and can find a used one in good condition, more power to you! Save the money and the tree." As she typed away, adding some environmentally friendly power strips for her computer gear, she sat in the Spartan apartment she shared with a friend from the University of Georgia. The distinguishing features of the place were all about Emerson, said Julia Karrenbauer, her roommate in the Buford apartment.
Road-tested Giants oozing with confidence
How else can you describe the NFC champions' demeanor as they arrived in Phoenix on Monday, dressed in black suits and serious faces and looking ahead to Sunday's Super Bowl XLII against the undefeated New England Patriots like it's a neighborhood scuffle they expect to win? Sure, the Giants (13-6) were the NFC's fifth-seeded team. They had to march through the wild-card route and score upsets over the Buccaneers, Cowboys and Packers to get to the big show, while those picture-perfect Patriots (18-0) held off the scrappy Jaguars and Chargers at home, on cozy Gillette Stadium turf. There was something to all those road wins this season - 10 in a row, seven in the regular season - that gives the Giants reason to stroll into Phoenix this week with some serious attitude.
Ingredient costs hit Kellogg, Kraft earnings
Those increases come as the U.S. economy teeters on the brink of a recession. But executives at both companies said they should be well positioned if the economy were to move into a full-fledged recession. "The most prominent impact of a potential recession will be that people will continue to eat at home more," rather than at restaurants, Kraft Chief Executive Irene Rosenfeld said in an interview with Reuters. FOURTH-QUARTER RESULTS Kraft profit fell to $585 million, or 38 cents a share, in the fourth quarter compared with $624 million, or 38 cents, a year earlier when the company had roughly 100 million more shares outstanding. The maker of Oreo cookies, Crystal light drink mixes and Oscar Mayer lunch meat said profit was 44 cents a share excluding restructuring costs, matching the average analyst estimate compiled by Reuters Estimates.
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Between 2009 and 2010, the Marin Healthcare District will regain control of Marin General Hospital from the private nonprofit Sutter Health. Despite Sutter's dire predictions that MGH can't survive without it, experience is showing the feisty hospital should be able to make it on its own.
Representatives from public hospitals in the Bay Area gave the District Board the good news at a forum on October 24 held at the College of Marin. The head of the Association of California District Hospitals, Ralph Ferguson, said almost all large urban/suburban hospitals are operating in the black and that it's entirely possible to operate a local hospital and make "money in today's world." Hospital executives in Mountain View and Alameda echoed that view.
Of the 73 healthcare districts in the state, local district boards operate 44.
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