At a news conference Saturday in Indianapolis, Greg Oden’s physical therapist, Ralph Reiff, said the center is “in full basketball mode” now. “There’s no more rehab. He will be a basketball player on Monday.”Oden, 25, will fly to Miami at 6 a.m. Monday and immediately begin on-court work with the Heat, plus agility drills and more. Click below to read more!
Industry estimates put personal auto insurance fraud at about 10 percent of paid losses and loss adjustment expenses a year. That equates to roughly $13.3 billion in 2011 alone. And the overall trends don’t appear good. According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), questionable claims continue to rise each year, with a 56 percent increase between 2008 and 2012. Click below to read more!
A man who called 911 to complain about his McDonald’s order ended up going to jail.”I went in to order seven McDoubles and one McChicken and one fry,” Lorenzo Riggins told local station WALB-TV. But he says that’s not what he walked away with.”When I got to my truck and I got ready to leave, I looked in my bag and come to find out I had six McDoubles,” the Albany, Ga., resident said. He said he went back into the restaurant to get his other McDouble but didn’t get any satisfaction. Click below to read more!
Are you tired of people who let their smartphones rule their lives to the point they’re rude to those around them? These are violations of cellphone etiquette, which is a subset of what’s referred to as “netiquette.” Click below to check them out!
The games count, back here in Ohio, beginning in 34 days. Based on how the Dolphins’ first-team offense looked in Sunday night’s premiere, they’ll need every one of them. After an offseason of hype — both externally and from within — the Dolphins’ retooled offense was given a cold splash of reality Sunday, a 24-20 loss to the Dallas Cowboys in the annual Hall of Fame Game. And all it took was one play. Click below to read more!
Florida and Georgia, two states where politicians oppose U.S. President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, said this week that insurance rates for individuals would rise sharply in 2014 under the reform. The remarks are part of an increasingly polarized debate over whether “Obamacare” will prove affordable for millions of uninsured Americans when new health plans become available on state-based exchanges as of Oct. 1. Click below to read more!
For the second year in a row, residents of our nation’s capital have proven themselves the most likely to steal a dollar from your pocket. At least, that’s according to one unusual new study, which found Washington, D.C. to be the least honest city or state in the nation. Click below to read more!
In an attempt to hold onto market share, Apple (AAPL_) is reportedly going to announce a low-end iPhone. A picture of the reported packaging, dubbed the iPhone 5C, has been put on the Web for the world to see. Click below to read more!
Tino Martinez resigned as the Miami Marlins’ hitting coach hours after complaints by players that he verbally abused them became public. In one instance, Martinez acknowledged he angrily grabbed a player. Martinez was in his first year as a professional coach this year. He sat in the dugout during Sunday’s 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates, then met with Marlins officials and resigned. Click below to read more!
A Tampa-area woman has sued US Airways, saying she was injured after a rough landing at Tampa International Airport. Nancy Linker, who is 48, said in the lawsuit that she was hospitalized after the front tires of US Airways Flight 1241 blew out upon touchdown in June 2009. According to the suit filed in Hillsborough County Circuit Court, the plane’s front gear collapsed, forcing it to slam “hard onto the runway with tremendous force.” Click below to read more!