- What We Don't Know About Caffeine and Headaches Does caffeine cure headaches? Or does it cause headaches? The L.A. Times reports on a study that says Yes. And Yes. The study, published in the Journal of Headache Pain, (yes, there really is a Journal ...
- Chocolate May Keep Your Heart Pumping No, chocolate is not just for kids. And it's not for lovers. It's for all of us, and mainly, it's for those of us whose hearts could use some backup. US News & World Report directs our attention ...
- High-Fat Foods Make You Lazy (and Dumb) Yes. It sounds a bit harsh, but it's also a bit true. ScienceDaily reports on research conducted at Cambridge University showing that just nine days of a high-fat diet reduced the distance that rats ...
- Why Men Don't Go To the Doctor Real men don't go to the doctor. But intelligent men do. HealthDay reports on research conducted at Rutgers Univeristsy that attempted to determine if the male macho attitude was really the major forc...
- Researchers Find Midlife Cholesterol Latelife Alzheimer's Link Anyone need yet another reason to keep cholesterol in check? Here's one: The New York Times reports that people who had even slightly elevated blood cholesterol when they were in their early 40s were ...
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Faux News replaces Stock Analysts with doorknobs, sees a 40% increase in accuracy.
Faux News replaces Stock Analysts with doorknobs, sees a 40% increase in accuracy.
Cocaine contaminates majority of U.S. currency
For cocaine users, a rolled up $20 bill may be the most convenient tool for snorting the powder form of the drug. or so it would seem from a new analysis of 234 banknotes from 18 u.s. cities that found cocaine on 90 percent of the bills tested.You knew it was coming ...
Mexico replaces customs staff, revamps borders
Mexico has replaced all 700 of its customs inspectors with agents newly trained to detect contraband, from guns and drugs to TVs and other big-ticket appliances smuggled to avoid import duties.
New Delhi to Curtain Off Slums During 2010 Commonwealth Games
Admittedly the Commonwealth Games don't generate the revenue of the Olympic games, but the clean-up effort that New Delhi is taking on for the 2010 Commonwealth Games looks pretty lame in comparison to what China did for the Beijing Olympic Games. Officials have given up, and are going to curtain off slum dwellers during the games.
Florida population drops for 1st time since 1946
Researchers say Florida's population has declined for the first time in 63 years and economists are blaming - what else? - the recession.The head of the University of Florida's Bureau of Economic and Business Research says Monday that the state's total population dropped by 58,000 in the past year.
Florida population drops
Florida population drops
Ex-wife started fire at former husband's wedding
A spurned ex-wife started a fire at the second marriage of her former husband which killed 43 women and children, according to police sources in Kuwait.
Electric car sticker shock around the corner
As U.S. consumers abandon gas guzzlers they also face confusing claims about their greener rides.
Electric car sticker shock
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First Atlantic hurricane expected to strengthen
Hurricane Bill could grow into a "major" Category 3 storm, forecasters warn.First Atlantic hurricane
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What exactly is the 'public option'?
With news that the government-run health-care option may be doomed, people are still interested in its specifics.'Public Option'
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Household fixes that can and can't wait
Peeling paint is one project you're safe to put off. But these others will only get much, much worse.
Household fixes that can and can't wait
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Jersey stolen
Someone broke into a Lake Wylie barbecue restaurant and stole an autographed Carolina Panthers jersey and a laptop computer, according to a York County Sheriff's Office Report.
The break-in happened around 10 p.m. Friday when someone pried open a locked back door at Q-2-U BBQ on Charlotte Highway near Clover and stole the jersey, signed by Panthers star Steve Smith, which was hanging in a frame on the wall, the report stated. A laptop also was stolen, according to the report.
The thief also pried open the cash register, but it had been emptied earlier that night, the report states.
Damage to the back door and cash register was estimated at $1,500.
There are no suspects.
Wheat gets worse as CO2 rises
We might grow more crops thanks to all the CO2 we're pumping into the atmosphere – but they'll be poorer quality and not as good for us.Wheat gets worse as CO2 rises
Statistics could help decode ancient scripts
A branch of mathematics called information theory could help computers pick out the most significant words in a text.Statistics could help decode ancient scripts
Did asteroids flock together to build planets?
Swarms of boulders may have collapsed spontaneously under their own gravity in the early solar system, forming the building blocks of the planets.Did asteroids flock together to build planets?
Science News
From BBC-Science:
 | | The US space agency has completed the assembly of its Ares I-X rocket ahead of a test flight scheduled for October. |
| Genetic flaws that increase the risk of the most common form of childhood leukemia have been uncovered by British scientists. | | Researchers have shown that engineered, self-organizing DNA chunks could be used to build smaller, faster computers. |
Schools gear up to be swine-flu shot centers
Hundreds of schools will set up flu-shot clinics this fall, in what could be the most widespread school vaccinations since the days of polio.
Schools to be swine-flu shot centers
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Five job-hunting mistakes to avoid
These common errors are easy to overlook, but could prevent you from landing a new job.5 job-hunting mistakes to avoid
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How to spot a liar
If they are a repugican - it's easy ... everything they do (much less say) is a lie.
TV cop shows get the signs of dishonesty wrong, says a forensic scientist out to reform police interrogation.
How to spot a liar
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Scientists Force Fungus to Have Sex to Create Biofuel
Due to the fact that sexual organisms exchange and mix their genetic material when they breed, their traits can be more easily manipulated artificially.
Sad, but true
- Nobody believes the official spokesman ... but everybody trusts an unidentified source.
- ~ Ron Nesen
85-Year-Old Woman Breaks Powerlifting Record
A local group of women are demonstrating that age doesn't matter when it comes to physical fitness.
85-Year-Old Woman Breaks Powerlifting Record
85-Year-Old Woman Breaks Powerlifting Record
Plus-size search frustrates shoppers
When a little woman is looking for a little black dress, shopping can be easy.
But when a bigger woman is looking for the same, shopping gets complicated.
Search frustrates shoppers
But when a bigger woman is looking for the same, shopping gets complicated.
Search frustrates shoppers
Colleges with the most billionaires
These schools boast alumni bases with the highest number of 10-figure fortunes.Colleges with the most billionaires
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You've been dispensing excellent advice lately and you should admit to yourself that you have played a key role in other people's success.
You've also been doing a wonderful job of walking the line between helping people find their own answers and telling them what the answers are.
Everyone must arrive at conclusions on their own schedule, as slow as it may feel.
You will arrive at quite a large conclusion today -- and it could greatly affect future earning potential.
Ain't that the truth.
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