Clark Merrefield

City Health

Clark Merrefield — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:16:23 +0000

The Best and Worst Cities for Health Care, 2012
January 11, 2012
The Daily Beast

The first big bit of data on the Affordable Care Act trickled in recently when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that 2.5 million more young people now have health insurance—a 9 percent hike—since the bill was signed by Barack Obama in 2010.

Cash Cows

Clark Merrefield — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:16:23 +0000

The GOP’s Biggest Donors
The Daily Beast
January 2, 2012

A candidate’s biggest donors say a lot about who the candidate is and where his or her campaign stands. The Daily Beast looks at the top five contributors for the 2012 race as of December for each of the remaining Republican candidates.

Cause of Death

Clark Merrefield — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:16:24 +0000

10 Common and Uncommon Causes of Death
The Daily Beast
December 17, 2011

New Yorkers are up in arms over the death of Young & Rubicam executive Suzanne Hart, who was crushed Wednesday when boarding an elevator in her company’s midtown office.

Person Seven Billion

Clark Merrefield — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:04:59 +0000

World’s Fastest Growing Cities
The Daily Beast
October 26, 2011

Oct. 31 is slated to be a momentous day in the world’s history, as the symbolic date that the 7 billionth person will take her first breath, according to the United Nations Population Division.

Air Travel

Clark Merrefield — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:00:12 +0000

13 Flakiest Airlines
The Daily Beast
October 13, 2011

The American airline industry is mired in seemingly endless doldrums, with carriers ready to cut back on holiday service if the recession continues to shrink demand for flights. With more limited travel options, getting a seat on the right airline could mean the difference between being home for the holidays and spending them stuck in an airport.

Occupy Portland (Photos)

Clark Merrefield — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 04:37:08 +0000

Occupy Portland
Newsweek Tumblr
October 7, 2011

Protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement marched to Lownsdale Square in Downtown Portland this afternoon. Unofficial estimates from the protestors put their ranks at around 10,000.

Moneyball

Clark Merrefield — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:54:41 +0000

Baseball’s Most Overpaid and Underpaid Players
The Daily Beast
October 5, 2011

Long before the first pitch in the 2011 Major League Baseball season was hurled, and long before a strange, twisting September saw near double-digit game leads evaporate for the Boston Red Sox and the Atlanta Braves, the baseball world was abuzz about two big money, multiyear deals involving two of the game’s biggest stars.

College Gridiron

Clark Merrefield — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:46:14 +0000

Top 20 College Football Powerhouses
The Daily Beast
September 28, 2011

College football has garnered exceptional attention over the last year. News broke last summer that the father of former Auburn University star quarterback Cam Newton tried to solicit big-time dollars from rival Mississippi State in exchange for his son’s services.

Simply the Best

Clark Merrefield — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:46:38 +0000

15 Unbreakable Sports Records
The Daily Beast
September 21, 2011

The New York Yankees’ Mariano Rivera finds himself in a unique position: a career record holder, one of the greatest pitchers in the history of Major League Baseball, and still going strong at an age when most players have already hung up their cleats.

Can-Do Cities

Clark Merrefield — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:38:05 +0000

America’s Can-Do Capitals
Newsweek
September 12, 2011

Economic experts fear a 50 percent chance of a new recession, but some parts of the country still have it going on. From business development to sustainability, livability to transportation and infrastructure, Newsweek offers a glimpse not just of how our nation’s 200 largest cities are performing across these categories, but how they’re progressing.