Lifestyle

Thursday, 18 October 2012 11:51

Lots of parks, great scenery outside Vegas

Written by By NORM GOLDSTEIN

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- The images of Las Vegas are familiar: gambling, ostentatious theme hotels, gambling, shows, the Strip ... and gambling.......

Published in Travel

Thursday, 18 October 2012 11:40

5 things to do for free when you visit Las Vegas

Written by By MICHELLE RINDELS

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- If you've got the money, Las Vegas has a million ways for you to spend it - the limo, the penthouse suite, the finest champagne money can buy - and that's before you even hit the casino floor. But even in this town of glamour and excess, there's enough for the guys and girls who didn't get so lucky at the tables last night....

Published in Travel

Thursday, 18 October 2012 09:57

NYC exhibition: Katharine Hepburn as fashion icon

Written by By ULA ILNYTZKY

NEW YORK (AP) -- A new exhibition is hailing the fashion sense of Katharine Hepburn, whose trademark khakis and open-collar shirts were decidedly unconventional in the 1930s and 40s, when girdles and stockings were the order of the day.......

Published in Travel

Thursday, 18 October 2012 07:04

Seafood from Asia Raised on Pig Waste, Says News Report

Written by Jeanette Torres

Authors: Jeanette Torres

Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Seafood raised on pig feces and crawling with flies is being sold to U.S. consumers, according to a new report.
The November issue of Bloomberg Markets magazine, in a piece on food poisoning and safety, says that it is common practice in some parts of Asia to feed fish pig waste. ...

Published in Health

Thursday, 18 October 2012 07:01

Texas Couple Auctioning Football Card to Pay for IVF

Written by Jeanette Torres

Authors: Jeanette Torres

ABC News(HOUSTON) -- A Texas couple hope the auction of a one-of-a-kind football card will fund a final attempt at in vitro fertilization, a goal that the NFL Hall of Famer on the card fully supports.
Todd and Ula Nelkin of Houston have been trying to have a baby for several years. When they were unable to conceive...

Published in Health

Thursday, 18 October 2012 08:01

Protests as Ireland's 1st abortion clinic opens

Written by By SHAWN POGATCHNIK

BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) -- The first abortion clinic on the entire island of Ireland opened Thursday in Belfast, sparking protests by conservatives from both the Catholic and Protestant sides of Northern Ireland.......

Published in Health

Thursday, 18 October 2012 06:31

Is Monday Really the Most Dreaded Day of the Week?

Written by Jeanette Torres

Authors: Jeanette Torres

Hemera/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Mondays -- the bane of school kids and working people everywhere -- has gotten a bad and undeserved rap over the years, according to a new study from Stony Brook University in New York.
Researchers took a close look at data compiled by Gallup of the daily moods of 340,000 American men and women...

Published in Health

Thursday, 18 October 2012 05:21

The Latest All-Natural Hair Treatments Hit Los Angeles

Written by Jeanette Torres

Authors: Jeanette Torres

Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- A few bananas, a squeeze of honey, some avocado and a little mayonnaise are normally the ingredients you’d find in a smoothie bar. But now, they’re the products included in a recipe for the latest Los Angeles hair treatment.
The Broot (as in, back to the root) hair...

Published in Health

Thursday, 18 October 2012 06:47

Pope names Vatican official to head Indianapolis

Written by Administrator

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The pope has transferred a Vatican official who openly sought to mend the Vatican's frayed fences with U.S. nuns, naming him archbishop of Indianapolis.......

Published in Religion

Thursday, 18 October 2012 02:46

Scholars: GOP's Jewish moment is a long way off

Written by By RACHEL ZOLL

NEW YORK (AP) -- Like Chicago Cubs fans in spring, Jewish Republicans start every presidential election season hoping this will be their year. They say American Jews, who have voted overwhelmingly Democratic for decades, will start a significant shift to the political right.......

Published in Religion