A-Rod will make $28 Million this year playing for the Yankees, more than the entire team payroll of the Florida Marlins (quick, name 2 players on that team) -- or roughly enough to keep all of Community Medical Centers operating for two weeks. Steroids, ticket prices, the cost of garlic fries and stadium parking, millionaire players pretending ...

The story begins like so much nonsense. ''Just in time for the holidays, you'll be able to buy Dad a gift card that pays for his semiannual trip to the urologist.'' That's how a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter described a new health care gift card pushed by Highmark Inc., an insurer. You pay $4.95 for the card and can plop as much as $5,000 on ...