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Insurance Coverage for Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Procedures Insurance will cover the cost of some procedures if they are considered reconstructive (as opposed to purely cosmetic) in nature. For example, breast reconstruction after a mastectomy is covered, and this coverage is now actually required by law, called the Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act (WHCRA). A breast reduction may also be covered in cases where the patient experiences moderate to severe chronic pain as a result of having very large breasts....
The top programs rarely skip a beat — that’s why they are the nation’s top programs. In this week’s 10 Spot, we look at 10 college football programs replacing quarterbacks and who’s in line to step up to the challenge. Alabama Who’s out: AJ McCarron The leader: Jacob Coker. Coker announced he was transferring to Alabama after spending the 2013 as Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston’s backup at BCS champion Florida State....
The Libby verdict now brackets politically—suffocates politically—the Bush Administration’s Iraq policy. One side of the vise was already in place: the vivid, all-too-photogenic story of the human cost of the war to young American men and women. That, story, of course, is about Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the shoddy care given to outpatient casualties there. Now comes the rest of the story: lies that were told to cover up the story of how the war was sold....
Where is Finland? Known as Suomi in the native language of Finnish, the country is located in the Nordic region of Northern Europe. It borders the Baltic Sea, the Gulf of Bothnia and the Gulf of Finland, and is surrounded by Norway to the north, Sweden to the northwest and Russia to the east. Its capital city is Helsinki. It is part of the European Union, joining in 1995 and signing the Lisbon Treaty in 2007....
Ville Pokka and Hannes Bjorninen each scored a goal and Harri Sateri shut out ROC over the final two periods Saturday night to give Finland a 2-1 win. Finland ended the men’s tournament with a perfect 7-0 record. Mikhail Grigorenko scored the lone goal for ROC in the first period, but overall, scoring opportunities were hard to find. ROC settled for the silver medal after capturing the gold medal at the 2018 Olympics with a 4-3 overtime win over Germany....
The meteor, which NASA estimates was about a foot wide and weighed 50 pounds, was moving at around 55,000 miles per hour before it burned up in Earth’s atmosphere—producing a flash of light that was captured by cameras across southern Ontario and Quebec. It traveled about 80 miles through our upper atmosphere, slowing to a speed of roughly 17,000 miles before it broke apart 16 miles above Little Anstruther Lake—near the town of Apsley, NASA said....
Erik Zuma, 31, who is based at the fire station on 44th Street and Ashland Avenue, is still responding to calls, according to CBS 2. Zuma works as a firefighter-emergency medical technician, specializing in calls to the Chicago Fire Department from people who need medical help. According to a court document obtained by CBS, he has been charged with five felony counts, including one count of rape. According to the document, the alleged rape in February was captured on a security camera....
Swimming is Australia’s national sport, behind cricket, or possibly ahead of it–and it will be in the pool that this Olympics, only the second ever to be held in Australia, will be judged a success or failure by 19 million Australians. Although the team boasts a handful of gold-medal favorites, nobody is more important to the outcome than Thorpe, who in the last few years has repeatedly broken the world records in the 200- and 400-meter freestyle....
BOOKMARK: Sporting News Fantasy SPLITS TO KNOW Jay Bruce is hitless with eight Ks in 16 at-bats against Michael Wacha. Billy Hamilton (1-for-14) and Brandon Phillips (2-for-16) have also struggled against the righty. Jon Jay is 12-for-27 (.444) with three homers against Johnny Cueto, while teammate Jhonny Peralta is just 3-for-20 (.150) with seven Ks against him. Aramis Ramirez and Khris Davis are a combined 3-for-30 (.100) against lefty Jeff Locke....
3 Up Zack Greinke, SP, Dodgers. Greinke improved to 5-0 in a win against the Twins. He allowed no earned runs on seven hits and one walk with six strikeouts. Greinke has allowed two earned runs or less in 18 consecutive starts. That’s money in the bank. Allen Craig, OF, Cardinals. Craig enjoyed a four-hit game against the Brewers. He finished with three RBIs on two doubles and a homer and increased his average to ....
The verified account, with the handle @Transition46, had already amassed more than 60,000 followers early Sunday morning. It is following two people: President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Launched hours after Biden and Harris delivered their victory speeches, the account has posted one tweet so far—a video narrated by Biden, highlighting the priorities of his administration, and urging Americans to visit the transition’s website—buildbackbetter.com—for more information. “We stand together, finally, as one America,” Biden says in the 50-second clip....
Mechanic Gregory D’Alessio from Alexandria, Virginia, took to Reddit to share a snapshot of the unique discovery he made while fishing near Maryland’s Solomons Island: a glass bottle filled with handwritten notes. The post proved popular, earning more than 59,000 upvotes on the social media platform as users began to speculate over what the notes inside the bottle said. According to the book Flotsametrics and the Floating World: How One Man’s Obsession with Runaway Sneakers and Rubber Ducks Revolutionized Ocean Science by Curtis Ebbesmeyer and Eric Scigliano [via Vox] as of 2009 an estimated 6 million bottled messages had been released into the world’s oceans, including 500,000 from oceanographers keen to learn more about the way currents work....
The expression “fishing for compliments” refers to the fact that some people “bait” others into complimenting them, fishing for praise the same way other people use a line and bait to catch fish. “Fishing for compliments” is typically a negative thing since many people get annoyed when someone very obviously drops hints that they’re looking for compliments. Low self-esteem can come from a lot of different places, including childhood trauma (like neglect or abuse) and disorders like anxiety or depression....
Fitzgerald cites Wilson’s covert status as part of his argument—advanced in two strongly worded memos filed in recent days—that I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff, should be sentenced to up to three years in prison. Libby was convicted last March of four counts of obstruction of justice, false statements and perjury relating to what he knew, and with whom he shared information, about Valerie Plame Wilson in the weeks prior to her outing by columnist Robert Novak in a July 14, 2003, newspaper column....
Attendees tried to maintain social distance and many wore masks at the funeral to honor the life of 78-year-old Francis Perreault, who suffered from Parkinson’s disease and strokes. He was described by his daughter as a “wonderful” man. “We tried to do everything right, but of course when you’re grieving, you let your guard down,” said Stephanie Schindler, Perreault’s daughter. “One of my friends that got sick was wearing a mask the whole time,” said the daughter to Star Tribune after the funeral at St....
Cheney had emerged as one of the most prominent anti-Trump Republicans, voting to impeach the then president following the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, then serving as vice-chair of the House committee investigating the attack. Of the 10 House Republican members who voted to impeach Trump, eight will not be running on the GOP ticket in November, with four having retired and another four, including Cheney, losing primary battles....
Whilst Grand Slam tournaments allow us to watch the big stars face off, they also provide opportunities for lesser-known players to explode onto the scene. Alternatively, we can see experienced players enjoy a mid or late-career boom after years of grinding it out on the circuit. The Sporting News takes a look at five players who could make their mark at this year’s Australian Open. Jannik Sinner A relatively established player despite his age, Jannik Sinner has all the right traits to become a Grand Slam tournament champion....
