The recommendations, from a working group of the National Cancer Institute, were published on Monday in The Journal of the American Medical Association. They say, for instance, that some premalignant conditions, like one that affects the breast called ductal carcinoma in situ, which many doctors agree is not cancer, should be renamed to exclude the word carcinoma so that patients are less frightened and less likely to seek what may be unneeded and potentially harmful treatments that can include the surgical removal of the breast.

…So this is probably not the best time for news to emerge that Illinois is having some trouble with its foray into privatized lottery operations, having failed to reach its profit targets for a second consecutive year.

In his attempt to wrest the 1964 Republican presidential nomination from arch-conservative Sen. Barry Goldwater, Mr. Scranton warned that his party and the nation could not prosper if the GOP had “one foot in the 20th century and one in the 19th.”

Obama wants to cut the corporate tax rate of 35 percent down to 28 percent and give manufacturers a preferred rate of 25 percent. He also wants a minimum tax on foreign earnings as a tool against corporate tax evasion and increased use of tax havens.

Of the nine insurers that existed before the financial crisis, almost all have either failed or are in runoff. Assured is the only one still insuring new bonds. The other active insurer is Build America Mutual, which was formed only recently and is owned by policyholders.

Today, everywhere, the season for 85 to 90 per cent of the players is over at the end of June. The playoff process to get to Williamsport eats up summer’s remainder, but for only about one-in ten players, narrowing down each week.

An article in the Lancaster Sunday News entitled “Trend raises concerns about full-time work with benefits” reports: “Between 2009 and 2013, the number of temporary jobs available in Lancaster County grew by 50 percent. That’s four times the national average, and large enough to rank Lancaster ninth among the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the nation for its share of temporary jobs.”

First of all, what does LGH consider “true cost of care”? They have set rates that way overcharge those without insurance while offering say 25% discount to the Amish and greater discounts to health insurance companies.

LANCASTER SUNDAY NEWS Column: …When my congregation [Reform Jewish Shaarai Shomayim] first began doing what we call “Mitzvah Trips,” we went to the Katrina-devastated Gulf Coast. The work was hard but gratifying.

….In his campaign for president and again in recent weeks, [Hassan] Rouhani has made it clear that he is deeply concerned about his country’s growing economic troubles and is determined to soften the harsh tone and intransigent tactics of his predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, which have stalled nuclear negotiations and cut off relations with most of the developed world.

Strategists say that had the Democrats spent just $20 to $30 million more on fighting for state houses and governorship, they might have had a chance to offset some of those wins, which have ultimately cemented a ten-year grip on the U.S. House and 20 legislatures, pushing the Democratic party out of some states entirely, according to Politico.

“We have got to find a way to make the two-state solution that Democrat and Republican administrations have supported, we’ve got to get there,” he said.