Older People Need Less Sleep (Undated) -- Researchers have discovered older people sleep less than younger people. "USA Today" reports a new report in Current Biology details research involving individuals of various ages who stayed in bed for 16 hours in the dark each day for several days ...Read More
Open Letter To The Pope: Lift Ban On Contraception (Rome) -- Over 50 dissident Catholic groups have published an open letter to Pope Benedict the 16th urging him to lift a church ban on contraception because of its, quote, "catastrophic" effects. The letter takes up half a page in Italy's largest newspaper ...Read More
First Non-Surgical Obesity Procedure In U.S. Performed (St. Louis, MO) -- Two doctors at Washington University School of Medicine are being credited with performing the first non-surgical procedure in the United States that restricts the stomach to treat obesity ...Read & Hear More
Garlic Lovers' Favorite Weekend (Gilroy, CA) -- The smell of garlic is often in the air over Gilroy, California and surrounding areas, with several companies growing and shipping the stuff, sometimes called "nature's wonder drug." This weekend, about 100-thousand garlic lovers willonce again converge on Christmas Hill Park for the annual Gilroy Garlic Festival, but there's some controversy in the air as well as a familiar odor ...Read More
Richard Simmons Shares Childhood Obesity Prevention Project With Congress (Washington, DC) -- Fitness fanatic Richard Simmons wants America's kids to get physical, and is threatening to take up public office to see his vision through. Simmons exercised Congressional ears Thursday, speaking about his new project to preventchildhood obesity ...Read & Hear More
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Obama Defends Berlin Speech (Undated) -- Barack Obama says his Berlin speech was not meant as a rebuke to President Bush. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee spoke to large crowds in the German capital as he closed in on the end of his overseas trip ...Read More
Insurance Adjusters Headed To South Texas (Brownsville, TX) -- As Hurricane Dolly victims assess damage, insurance adjusters prepare for thousands of claims. Insurance Council of Texas spokesman Mark Hanna says adjusters are located along the coast including in Cameron County where Dolly made landfall as a Category Two hurricane ...Read & Hear More
Qantas Plane Makes Emergency Landing In Manila (Manila) -- A Qantas Airways plane made an emergency landing in the Philippines today after a hole in the plane caused a loss of cabin pressure. No one was hurt in the incident during a flight from Hong Kong to Melbourne ...Read More
Tightrope Walker Philippe Petit Documented In "Man On Wire" (Undated) -- Opening in select theaters this weekend is the new documentary "Man On Wire." This is the story of tightrope walker Philippe Petit and his daring high wire stunt performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974 ...Read & Hear More
Britain's Russell Brand To Host MTV Video Music Awards (Undated) -- This year's MTV Video Music Awards will feature a host from across the pond. The cable channel has announced that 33-year-old British comic Russell Brand, who American audiences may recognize from his role in the film "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," will front the event ...Read More
