Your Brain Knows When Your Current Fling Has Long-Term Potential
Clues about whether a new romance will grow into a long-term relationship can be found hidden in the way our brains respond when we think about a new partner, scientists have found.Researchers have...
View ArticleThe Very Fine Line Between A Real Business And A Pyramid Scheme
Controversy is again casting a shadow over the multilevel marketing industry, as nutritional supplement company Herbalife Inc., which has thousands of distributors in the Chicago region, has been...
View ArticleThe French Are Turning Down Their Night Lights
The French are taking a stand against light pollution. Starting this summer, most non-residential buildings in the country will have to shut off their lights at night in order to “reduce the print of...
View ArticleSoon Your Car Windows Might Be Made Of Plastic
Traditionally, car windows have been made from laminated glass.It's strong, shatter-resistant, and... err... transparent. Obviously.But it's also rather heavy, and as increasingly weight-conscious car...
View ArticleThis Secret CIA Prison Has Turned Into A Nightmare For Polish Leaders
Documents reveal how American intelligence officers turned a secret training center for Polish security forces into one of the controversial "black site" prisons for terrorism suspects.Please follow...
View ArticleHere's How To Dispute Credit Report Mistakes
The information in your credit reports is what’s used to create your credit scores, so you don’t want to let mistakes on your credit reports potentially throw your credit scores out of whack.An FTC...
View ArticleCalifornia Might Extend Its Carpool Lane Perk For Electric Car Buyers
It's one of the most valued perks for plug-in electric car buyers in California: the coveted green or white sticker that lets them travel in the carpool lane with just a single person in the car.But...
View ArticleWhy Sex Abuse Victims Won't Miss This Pope
For the legions of people whose childhoods and adult lives were wrecked by sexual and physical abuse at the hands of the Roman Catholic clergy, Pope Benedict XVI is an unloved pontiff who will not be...
View ArticleActually, You Can Drive A Porsche In Severe Winter Weather
Earlier last month, a cold wave blasted New England, dropping temperatures to a heart-frosting 22 degrees below zero Fahrenheit in the evening.It’s the type of frigid that freezes exposed earlobes into...
View ArticleAmerica Is Not As Corrupt As It Seems
Corruption is as American as apple pie, or so it would seem.A casual survey of the political and corporate landscape in recent weeks alone provides a troubling reminder that corruption is endemic to...
View ArticleHere's How Much House You Can Get For $650,000
Each week we take a look at how much house you can expect to get at a specific price point. This week, we’re looking at homes priced around $650,000.Oceanside, CA1866 Downs St, Oceanside CA For sale:...
View Article8 Companies That Were Ruined By Their Founders
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View ArticleHas Obama Kept His Open-Government Promise?
After eight years of tightened access to government records under the Bush administration, open-government advocates were hopeful when Barack Obama promised greater transparency.Four years later, did...
View ArticleObama Has Stopped Trying To Win Over Republicans
“THERE is much progress to report,” Barack Obama stated with satisfaction at the beginning of his state-of-the-union address. He was referring to the improving health of the economy and the diminishing...
View ArticleChinese Are Growing Sick Of 'Crazy Dog' North Korea
Chinese social media users berated authorities for their relatively mild response to North Korea's nuclear test, with one likening Pyongyang to a "crazy dog" that had humiliated Beijing.The hostility...
View Article'Extremely Peculiar' Sea Animal Has Disposable Penis
Scientists reported Wednesday on the bizarre sex life of a sea slug that discards its penis after copulation. Then grows a new one."No other animal is known to repeatedly copulate using such...
View ArticleA Young Monk Just Became The 100th Tibetan To Set Himself On Fire
A Tibetan monk doused himself in petrol in a Kathmandu restaurant on Wednesday and set himself on fire, marking the 100th self-immolation bid in a wave of protests against Chinese rule since...
View ArticleRussia Is Supplying Syria And Mali With Arms
Russia said Wednesday it was delivering military hardware and light weapons to the governments of Syria and Mali as it expands sales and maintains its footing in some of the world's deadliest...
View ArticleFrench Driver Trapped In Speeding 125 MPH Car With No Brakes For An Hour
When Frank Lecerf drove off to do his weekly supermarket shop in northern France, he was not expecting to embark on a high-speed car chase that would force him over the Belgian border and on to the...
View ArticleNobody Hates The State Of The Union Address More Than Justice Scalia
WASHINGTON (AP) — While his colleagues got ready to go to the Capitol, Justice Antonin Scalia sat on a stage across town and held forth about why, for the 16th consecutive year, he would not be joining...
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