Alternative medicine pushes into mainstream

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One doctor calls it "mystical mumbo jumbo," but he's still an advocate because he says patients feel better.

Alternative medicine pushes into mainstream

Also:

• Find more on alternative medicine
• All-natural ways to look younger

Giant Lobster Roll Rolls Into Portland, Maine

What could be the world's longest lobster roll turned out to be even longer than expected.

Giant Lobster Roll

Retrieval Team Finds Mannequin Instead of Remains

A specialized ropes team repelled down a cliff at West Rock State Park to recover what they thought was a body.

Retrieval Team Finds Mannequin

Anti-Syrian bloc celebrates Lebanon election win

An anti-Syrian coalition defeated Hezbollah in Lebanon's parliamentary election on Sunday in a blow to Syria and Iran and a boost to the United States.

Anti-Syrian bloc celebrates Lebanon election win

And I Quote ... well sort of

Beauty is but short lived tyranny.

~ Socrates

But ugly is eternal oppression.

~ Nacktman

Rogue Cops

Hope Steffey was brutally and illegally strip searched while handcuffed and tied to the floor face down by as many as SEVEN police officers - male and female.

Her crime? Being the victim of a crime!

Tour the Lighthouse

Visitors to a famous North Carolina lighthouse will be given a unique opportunity to view it from the inside.

Full Moon Lighthouse Tours

North Korea Returned To Terror List

The communist country has conducted recent nuclear and missile tests, and there are concerns about the North's shipping nuclear material to other nations.

North Korea May Be Returned To Terror List

Best housing markets for the next 10 years

Home prices in these towns are projected to have the best annual returns through the year 2018.

Best housing markets for the next 10 years

Also:

• Fed's mortgage plan backfires
• 30-year home loan rates surge

More bodies recovered near jet crash site

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Searchers have found more bodies in the Atlantic near the area where the Air France plane crashed last week.

More bodies recovered near jet crash site

Also:

• Seat, briefcase among items found

Headlines

Headlines for June 7, 2009

• Brazil recovers 3 more bodies near Air France crash site
• Investors ask Supreme Court to block Chrysler sale to Fiat
• Iraq detains 5 U.S. security contractors in Green Zone death
• Lebanon votes in closely-watched parliamentary election
• Analysis: White House straddles health benefits tax issue
• Carradine family takes action on investigation, published photos
• Studying efficiency of ants could cut down on traffic jams
• Shootout kills 16 in Mexico's Acapulco resort
• Mexico grieves 38 kids killed in day care fire
• Brazil recovers 3 more bodies near jet crash site
• Obama spends time sightseeing in Paris with family
• Iraqis detain 5 Americans in Baghdad
• Hezbollah seeks greater power in Lebanon in vote
• Europe leans right as voters choose EU Parliament

Science News

Science headlines:

• Hawaii Volcano Glows
  
• Japanese Machine Turns Office Waste Into Toilet Paper
  
• Deer Disoriented by Power Lines

Everyday I Write The Book

Elvis Costello

Have you ever noticed ...

... That those who are always yelling to the rooftops about others having 'blood on their hands' are the ones with blood on their hands?!

Pakistan mosque blast prompts attack on Taliban

It looks like the Pakistani people have had enough ...

Hundreds of Pakistanis banded together and attacked Taliban strongholds in a troubled northwestern region to avenge a deadly suicide bombing at a local mosque, a top government official said Sunday.

Iraqi forces arrest five U.S. security contractors

Iraqi forces arrest five U.S. security contractors

Iraqi forces detained five U.S. security contractors in connection with the killing of a fellow American contractor last month in Baghdad's Green Zone.

Iraqi forces arrest five U.S. security contractors

Unusual Holidays and Celebrations

Today is Daniel Boone Day!

Daily Almanac

Today is Sunday, June 7, the 158th day of 2009 with 207 to follow.
The moon is full. (Which explains a lot.)

Today in History - June 7

Yeah, Right ...

A suspected armed robber under house arrest told police in Wisconsin his electronic anklet fell off in a men's room but police say it had been cut.

Accused Bail-Jumper Says Anklet Fell Off

Anything goes in Miami Beach ...

Miami Beach tolerates all kinds of eccentricity, but the south Florida playground of the rich and famous draws the line at a bicycle riding rooster named Mr. Clucky.

Anything goes in Miami Beach, except Mr. Clucky

Sixteen Tons

Tennessee Ernie Ford

Man robs a cab ...

He was caught the next day when he hailed a cab and was picked up by the same driver.

Oh, Hi there Mr. Robber, so nice to see you again

Why does my cheese grater glow in the dark?

A new study warns that common consumer products are being shipped to the U.S. made of scrap metal mixed with radioactive waste.

Why cheese grater was found radioactive

Also:

• Fight against foreign nuke waste in Utah

Readership Distribution

In checking in on our readership distribution we find:

This is sort of what we expected (and the reason we mainly post a list of some of the foreign countries our readers are in on a daily basis - our fingers would be tired trying to list all the domestic readers or even part of them).

Worst shark-attack beaches in U.S.

Known as the shark-attack capital of the world, the top spot on this list is still popular with beach goers thanks to its predictable surf and white sands.

Worst shark-attack beaches in U.S.

Also:

• Sharks thrived in Calif. valley
• Find info on cleanest U.S. beaches

Health insurers want you to keep smoking

Health insurers around the world collectively hold $4.5 billion worth of tobacco industry stock, according to a new study. The Consumerist has great highlights on the story, including this great quote from the study's co-author, David Himmelstein, "[It's] the combined taxidermist and veterinarian approach: either way you get your dog back." Also: Toronto's Sun Life financial lied and said it didn't have any tobacco stock -- it has over $1 billion.

Why is it a big deal? "If you own a billion dollars [of tobacco stock], then you don't want to see it go down," says Himmelstein, "You are less likely to join anti-tobacco coalitions, endorse anti-tobacco legislation, basically, anything most health companies would want to participate in."...

But with $4.5 billion still invested in Big Tobacco, many insurers are reaping profits from a cancer-causing industry. As Himmelstein puts it, "Is this who we want running our healthcare system?"

Health insurers want you to keep smoking, Harvard doctors say

Runaway Brides

The Wall Street Journal reports on the overabundance of Chinese men of marriageable age (currently 32 million more men than women, roughly the population of Canada). As a result women are charging much higher bride prices (equivalent of 5 or even 10 years' farming wages) and then there are the scams in which women show up in rural towns with particularly unequal male-female ratio, and pose as relatives of a town resident. They negotiate a high bride price and then take money and run."

"She called me soon after she left," says Mr. Zhou, a slight man with a tentative smile. He says she asked how he was doing, and apologized for the hardship she had caused. "I told her, 'I will see you again one day....'"

Last December a family friend told his mother that her nephew recently married a girl from neighboring Sichuan province. The bride had three female friends visiting her, who might be interested in marrying local men, said this friend.

Encouraged, Mr. Zhou and his mother met the three girls the next day. After an hour's chat with the trio, who claimed to be ages 23, 25 and 27, Mr. Zhou found himself drawn to the prettiest and youngest, Ms. Cai, who had angular features and an ivory complexion.

He proposed marriage. She agreed, with one proviso: cai li of 38,000 yuan, or roughly five years' worth of farm income. The Zhous agreed, but took the precaution of running a quick background check. Tang Yunshou, Xin'an's Communist Party secretary, said Ms. Cai's identity and residential papers checked...

Meanwhile, Mr. Zhou is still lovelorn. "I feel I can't hate her," says the deserted husband, who is now so depressed his parents have forbidden him to leave the village, as he longs to. "She must have her own troubles."

It's Cold Cash, Not Cold Feet, Motivating Runaway Brides in China

Our Readers

Some of our readers today have been in:

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
Aldershot, England, United Kingdom
Ljubljana, Bohinj, Slovenia
Vitoria, Pais Vasco, Spain
Moscow, Moscow City, Russia
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Warrnambod, Victoria, Australia
Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Brescia, Lombardia, Italy
Paris, Ile-De-France, France
Gampaha, Gampaha, Sri Lanka
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Bath, England, United Kingdom
Hoofddrop, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Granby, Quebec, Canada
London, England, United Kingdom
Quebec, Quebec, Canada

as well as Mexico, Singapore, and the United States

Daily Horoscope

Today's horoscope says:

It's not often that you're tempted to throw your trademark caution to the proverbial winds, but the stars say it may very well happen now.
Perhaps it's taking a big risk professionally that seems alluring, or maybe someone's extremely tempting in the love department.
Being impetuous once in a while isn't necessarily a bad thing -- just make sure you'll come out of this with your ethics intact.

Keep the ethics - will do.