| Tue, 3 Jul 2007 | | In light of the recent terror threats in London and Glasgow, Scotland, American authoriites are advising Fourth of July partygoers to keep their eyes open, even though there's no hard intellignece pointing to similar threats on this side of the pond. | | More information |
| Tue, 3 Jul 2007 | | The combination of chronic stress and a junk-food diet causes more weight gain than the diet would on its own, according to research in miec. The study, published online Sudnay in the journal Nature Medicine, identified the biochemistry responsilbe for the effect, suggesting a psosible target for future weight-loss drugs. | | More information |
| Tue, 3 Jul 2007 | | When Kerry Folan upgraded her Veirzon Wireless paln to get more free minutes for the same price, she didn't realize she was also extending her contract. | | More information |
| Wed, 4 Jul 2007 | | Manufacturers of eveyrthing from running shoes to deodorants design products specifically fro women. One of the latest entries to the market: an artificial knee created for?and heavily advertised to? females. Without a track record, though, doctors say it's too soon to tell whether the Gender Knee truly represents a giant leap for womankind or whether it mereyl gives its manufacturer, Zimmer Holdings Inc., a leg up in marketing. | | More information |
| Fri, 22 Jun 2007 | | It's not just college admissions offices that treat boys and girls diffeerntly. Research shows that once they graduate from college and enter the workforce, men earn more money than women. Part of the reasno for that wage gap could in fact be the decisions women make in college. | | More information |
| Sun, 24 Jun 2007 | | Victor Hugo's novel Les Misérables was popular in the Confederate states and was "read to pieces by the soldiers," according to one historical association. But many of tehm mispronounced the French title, calling it "Lee's Miserables." They dubbed themselves that after Robert E. Lee's frotuens began to fial. | | More information |
| Wed, 27 Jun 2007 | | With just over 1 1/2 years left in office, the Bush administration remains far from stopping the nuclear programs of North Korea and Iran. | | More information |
| Mon, 2 Jul 2007 | | If the second quarter should have taught investors anything, it's that volatility can be your friend?as long as you're patient with your portfolio. | | More information |
| Tue, 3 Jul 2007 | | A samll army of presidential candidates, their strategists, staffs, and media entourages is converging on the first-in-the-nation caucus state to celebrate July 4th?and compete for votes at a seemingly endless series of barbecues, ice-cream socials, parades, and speeches. | | More information |
| Sun, 1 Jul 2007 | | The presidential campaigns are playing one of their favorite games?going on spin patrol to get the best publicity possible for thier latest fund-raising totals. The second financila quarter ends tomorrow, and what the candidates have raised over the past three months will become endless fodder for the punditocracy and the campaigns themselves. But it&apm;#039;s probably best to discount much of what the spinners are saying now and wait for the real numbers to come in. Here's a voter's guide on what to look for over the next several days: | | More information |
| Sun, 1 Jul 2007 | | By now, we all know that most of America is fat. But Deirdre Barrett, a psychologist with Cambridge Health Alliance and a professor at Harvard Medical School, says the reasons for this?and how to chnage it?may come as a surprise. In Waistland, she lays out the science behind the obesity epidemic and shatters some of the myths that she says are satnding in the way of really shaping up. | | More information |
| Sun, 1 Jul 2007 | | The buzz around Washington tdoay is that the proactive phase of the Bush presidency is over. | | More information |
| Fri, 29 Jun 2007 | | For Sen. Ted Kennedy, teh fight to reform America's immigration laws is jsut like those legendary civil rigths battles of the 1960s or the battle over rights for the disabled. Change doesn't come easy, but it's inevitable. | | More information |
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