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Court disallows class-action lawsuit for mortgage violations during pandemic
A Hamilton County man is entitled to a $250 payment from his mortgage lender for the company’s failure to report within 90 days that the mortgage had been paid off, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled last week. However, a class-action lawsuit by others experiencing the same issue during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic c ... (full story)
Transportation Department says more than 550 driving schools must close over safety failures
More than 550 commercial driving schools in the U.S. that train truckers and bus drivers must close after investigators found they employed unqualified instructors, failed to adequately test students and had other safety issues, the federal Transportation Department announced last week.
The move marks the Trump administration's ... (full story)
Sports
Lindsey Vonn's skis didn't come off in her Olympic crash. A different binding system isn't close
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The images of Lindsey Vonn down on the snow, screaming in pain and then being airlifted off the course by helicopter after her crash at the Olympics were a stark reminder of the dangers of the downhill.
So is this: Her skis didn’t come off.
Vonn’s boots remained locked into h ... (full story)
Olympic figure skaters offer wellness tips for weekend athletes. The 'hard ice always wins'
The figure skaters at the Winter Olympics make it look easy; sheer elegance on hard ice.
But elite skaters also fight injuries, much like the rest of us who work out, go to the gym or swim to stay fit.
“No athlete at this level is 100% fully healthy,” Gretchen Mohney, the director of medical and performance servi ... (full story)
The annual belly fat conundrum
Have you begun yet another new year with the same burning desire that you had the previous new year, and maybe even the new year before that…to loose excess belly fat?
Well, unfortunately that desirous New Year’s resolution is fast becoming the grandaddy of all New Year’s resolutions because according to an Oc ... (full story)