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Superhuman or super sleepy: Short sleepers function on four hours

By doris | Published: March 12, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — For most of us, setting the clock forward in the spring is a sad occasion, a sign that we’re losing an hour of sleep. Daylight saving time begins Sunday at 2 a.m. in most of the U.S. — except for Hawaii and Arizona. But for some genetically blessed people, [...]

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Skyrocketing water bills mystify, anger residents

By doris | Published: March 1, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Atlanta (CNN) — Imagine paying as much for water as you do for your mortgage. Residents throughout Atlanta are outraged by hundreds, even thousands of dollars in monthly spikes in their water bills, and have questioned the legitimacy of the charges for years. Now, they’re demanding answers. “I thought we were [...]

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Fourth Child Dies After Houston Day Care Blaze

By doris | Published: February 26, 2011

Full Story ataolnews.com A fourth child died today as a result of a fire in a Houston home day care center, a local television station reported, and investigators are trying to determine whether the center’s owner was out shopping when the deadly blaze ignited. Eighteen-month-old Elias Castillo died this morning, Houston television station KTRK reported. [...]

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Sheriff: Three adopted children suffered horrific abuse

By doris | Published: February 25, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Three adopted children who allegedly suffered burns and were forced to eat pet food lived in “inhumane conditions” and might never fully recover, an Oklahoma sheriff said Thursday. “They have been raised worse than dogs,” Canadian County Sheriff Randall Edwards told CNN of the three malnourished juveniles, who are [...]

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Rising wholesale prices spur inflation concerns

By doris | Published: February 16, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com WASHINGTON – Steady improvement in the economy may soon come at a price — faster inflation. Shoes, clothes, tires, plastics and other products all cost more at the wholesale level last month, putting pressure on businesses to pass the increases along to their customers. The hikes also give ammunition to critics [...]

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Canada’s Ice Hotel warms hearts

By doris | Published: February 12, 2011

Full Story atnews.Yahoo.com QUEBEC CITY, Canada (AFP) – A winter wonderland on the outskirts of Quebec City has become one of Canada’s hottest attractions and most sought out accommodations. Guests huddle for warmth in sleeping bags on beds of ice, bonnets pulled over their ears to prevent frostbite, while sipping cocktails in glasses also made [...]

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2 arrested in fatal Ohio fraternity house shooting

By doris | Published: February 6, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Two men have been arrested and charged in a shooting at an Ohio fraternity house that killed one student and injured 11 people at a party near Youngstown State University campus, police said Sunday. Each man is charged with aggravated murder, shooting into a house and 11 counts [...]

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Stacy Pagli, N.Y. Woman, Pleads Guilty to Killing Teenage Daughter Who “Pushed My Last Button”

By doris | Published: February 2, 2011

Full Story at CBS News.com CBS/AP) Stacy Pagli, a suburban New York woman who said she strangled her 18-year-old daughter because she “pushed my last button,” pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree manslaughter. Pagli, 38, had been charged with murder in the Feb. 22, 2010 killing of her daughter Marissa at Manhattanville College in Purchase. PICTURES: [...]

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Oprah’s secret? She has a half-sister

By doris | Published: January 24, 2011

Full Story atTODAY.msnbc.msn.com CHICAGO — Oprah Winfrey has discovered she has a half-sister — a Milwaukee woman who was given up for adoption by Winfrey’s mother nearly 50 years ago, when the talk show host was eight years old. An emotional Winfrey introduced her newly found sibling to viewers Monday and explained the woman’s persistent [...]

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Daughter snatched from hospital reunited with mom 23 years later

By doris | Published: January 20, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — In 1987, an anguished, trembling Joy White pleaded for someone to help her find her infant daughter. “I hope she’s all right,” the heartbroken mother told reporters at the time before collapsing in tears. Now, 23 years later, White is crying tears of joy as the decades-long mystery of [...]

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Oldest elephant in N. America dies at 71

By doris | Published: January 19, 2011

Full Story at news.blogs.cnn.com Taj, an Asian elephant who could hold a paintbrush to create art on canvas, has died at age 71, her keepers announced. “As the oldest elephant in North America, we mourn the loss of this gentle soul who touched millions, but we also celebrate an extraordinary life,” Six Flags Discovery Kingdom [...]

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Johnson & Johnson recalls 45 million more products

By doris | Published: January 14, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Johnson & Johnson’s McNeil division announced a recall of certain Tylenol brand products Friday after a review of cleaning procedures at a plant in Fort Washington, Pa. Conducted in consultation with the Food and Drug Administration, the recall covers certain lots of Tylenol 8 Hour, Tylenol Arthritis [...]

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Jailed Mississippi sisters freed for kidney donation

By doris | Published: January 7, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — After 16 years behind bars in Mississippi, two sisters were released Friday on the condition that one donate a kidney to the other. Gov. Haley Barbour suspended the sentences of Gladys Scott, 36, and Jamie Scott, 38, who were serving life sentences for armed robbery. Gladys agreed to donate [...]

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Court: No warrant needed to search cell phone

By doris | Published: January 4, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com The next time you’re in California, you might not want to bring your cell phone with you. The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that police can search the cell phone of a person who’s been arrested — including text messages — without obtaining a warrant, and use that data as evidence. [...]

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Wild horse roundup triggers controversy

By doris | Published: January 3, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Silver Springs, Nevada (CNN) — The helicopter is on the chase. At first, you can only hear it. Then, from behind the hillside, you see a herd of wild horses running for their freedom, with the helicopter close behind. One escapes the trap, barely. The crowd cheers. This is the scene [...]

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Alert George Carlin — you can’t say them on the bus, either

By doris | Published: December 27, 2010

Full Story at  msnbc.com Terry Duncan tells WISN-TV that he considers it un-American to get slapped with a $500 disorderly conduct fine for saying two words. The words in question started with the letters “f” and “s.” After Duncan uttered them last Tuesday, an undercover deputy ordered him off the vehicle and handed him the [...]

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Mother gives hours-old baby girl to California firefighters

By doris | Published: December 26, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Thank God for that law to help the children. I think all states should have that law, maybe we would not have babies in trash cans. (CNN) — A 27-year-old mother surrendered her baby girl to firefighters in Los Angeles on Christmas Eve, authorities said Saturday. She told firefighters at Fire [...]

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Moms, dads of gang kids ordered to parenting class

By doris | Published: December 13, 2010

Full Story atnews.Yahoo.com LOS ANGELES – It’s a Saturday morning and a half-dozen adults are sitting in a high school classroom, staring at grim photos of sickly drug addicts and hearing about the deadly consequences of gang crime. They’d rather not be here, but a judge made them come. The moms and dads were ordered [...]

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Is being frugal really worth it?

By doris | Published: December 10, 2010

Full Story at moms.TODAY.com he Economides, a.k.a. America’s cheapest family, joined TODAY this morning to share their frugal gift ideas. Some sound great, like baking pumpkin bread. But making a wreath out of 50 plastic grocery bags? Would you do that?

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Kick ’em off: Do you know what your shoes are doing to you?

By doris | Published: December 5, 2010

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com.com Introduction: Why bare your feet? “Footgear is the greatest enemy of the human foot.”— Dr. Samual Shulman “There’s no such thing as a sensible shoe.”— Dr. William Rossi These quotes encapsulate the basic premise of this book — that feet and shoes are at odds with each other. The war between [...]

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