Leaving your Child Home Alone

Health Tip: Leaving Your Child Home Alone (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Knowing when your child is old enough to beleft alone can be a daunting decision.

Finger length and academic potential

Finger length may foretell academic potential (Reuters)

Reuters - The length of children's fingers may hint at their natural abilities in math and language, a new study suggests.

The tale of Icahn

Carl Icahn: The shrewdest investor on the planet - June 11, 2007

Surface computer from Microsoft

Microsoft unveils new Surface computer (AP)

AP - Microsoft Corp. has taken the wraps off "Surface," a coffee-table shaped computer that responds to touch and to special bar codes attached to everyday objects.

Benefits of whole grains

Study confirms heart benefits of whole grains (Reuters)

Reuters - Americans should bulk up on whole grains like oatmeal, barley and brown rice to help lower their risk of clogged arteries, heart attacks and strokes, according to researchers.

Making less than Dad did

Making less than Dad did

American men in their 30's are earning less than their father's generation did, challenging a long-held belief that each generation will be better off than the one that preceded it, according to a new study published Friday.  (CNNMoney.com)

CHeap laptops

IT Matters: Cheap laptops project draws competition

New York — A program to provide millions of low-cost laptops to students in poor countries is set to start production in September even as commercial competitors prepare to offer even cheaper models.

Warming threatens Arctic glaciers

Warming threatens Arctic glaciers (AFP)

AFP - Warming in Canada's far north is melting glaciers that threaten to split into massive chunks and float away, a Canadian researcher told AFP Friday, after tagging an iceberg as big as Manhattan.

1839 camera auctioned for 800,000 dollars

World's oldest camera auctioned for 800,000 dollars (AFP)

AFP - An 1839 daguerreotype camera, ancestor of modern photography, was sold at auction in Vienna Saturday for nearly 600,000 euros making it the world's oldest and most expensive commercial photographic apparatus.

Eco-homes offer glimpse of lunar future

California eco-homes offer glimpse of lunar future (AFP)

AFP - They are eco-friendly, cost next to nothing to build, and in Nader Khalili's dreams, they might one day be housing the first settlers on the Moon.

Pollution turning Tower of London yellow

Pollution is Turning the Tower of London Yellow (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - A moat and fortified walls have protected the Tower of London from vandals for almost 800 years, but against the ravages of pollution, the iconic royal palace doesn’t stand a chance. The entire complex is turning yellow from the exhaust of cars and trucks, according to a new study.The discoloration is most noticeable at the complex’s White Tower, the original square fortress built by William the Conqueror in 1078. ...

Possible Aztec offerings

Possible Aztec offerings found in Mexico (AP)

AP - Archaeologists diving into a lake in the crater of a snowcapped volcano found wooden scepters shaped like lightning bolts that match 500-year-old descriptions by Spanish priests and conquerors writing about offerings to the Aztec rain god.

No landlines by 2013?

Imagine: No landlines by 2013

It could happen, argues one telecom veteran -- and that's bad news for rural areas that are already underserved by the communications industry.

Coffee may cut risk of gout

Coffee may cut risk of gout, study finds (Reuters)

Reuters - If men ever needed a reason to justify that extra cup of coffee, here it is: four or more cups of coffee a day appear to reduce the risk of gout, Canadian researchers said on Friday.

Between-meal snacks OK for elderly

Between-meal snacks OK for elderly (AP)

AP - Jo Spann used to be a steak-and-potatoes, three-squares-a-day type, but as the years have gone by, the 72-year-old now finds herself snacking "all the time." A full meal now is usually a once-a-day event. Researchers say such snacking is OK — in fact, regular nibbling can be good for older people.

Oh, that is why

Overweight people get less out of exercise: study (Reuters)

Reuters - Overweight and obese people get less out of resistance training than leaner people do, researchers said on Friday in a study that suggests the overweight may have to try harder to get results.

Warning on contact lens solution

CDC warns about contact lens solution (AP)

AP - Government officials are warning people to throw away a contact lens solution after an investigation linked it to a rare eye infection.

China-made did it again

Costa Rica seizes tainted toothpaste (AP)

AP - Health officials said Friday they have seized more than 350 tubes of Chinese-made toothpaste tainted with a deadly chemical reportedly found in tubes sold elsewhere in the world.

College - 7x ROI

College shows seven-fold return on investment

A good college yields seven times the public money invested in it over the lifetimes of its students, according to an analysis of the economic impact made by one further education institution.

How to handle an earnings surprise

How to handle an earnings surprise

Research in Motion, which makes the BlackBerry wireless device, announced on April 11 that net income was up from a year earlier thanks to a 66 percent increase in sales.

(CNNMOney.com)

820 million hungry people

Estimated 820 million people go hungry (AP)

AP - An estimated 820 million people around the world do not get enough to eat, despite delivery of 2.5 million tons of American food a year worth more than $1 billion, the U.S. Office of Food for Peace told Congress on Thursday.

South Korea launches $1B destroyer

South Korea launches $1 bln advanced destroyer (Reuters)

Reuters - South Korea on Friday launched a destroyer, its first with an advanced weapons system for shooting down enemy missiles and aircraft, in a move to strengthen its defenses amid an arms build-up in the region.

Heavy-drinking college kids make worse decisions

Heavy-drinking college kids make worse decisions (Reuters)

Reuters - Young adults who binge drink frequently are more likely to show disadvantageous decision-making patterns than their peers who don't drink as heavily, a new study shows.

More households forbid smoking

Study: More households forbid smoking (AP)

AP - Smoking is forbidden in nearly three out of four U.S. households, a dramatic increase from the 43 percent of homes that prohibited smoking a decade ago, the federal government reported Thursday.

Tv linked with poor diabetes control

TV linked with poor diabetes control (AP)

AP - Diabetic children who spent the most time glued to the TV had a tougher time controlling their blood sugar, according to a Norwegian study that illustrates yet another downside of too much television.

38% of people not really entitled to their opinion

Study: 38 Percent Of People Not Actually Entitled To Their Opinion

The Onion

CHICAGO—In a surprising refutation of the conventional wisdom on opinion entitlement, a study conducted by the University of Chicago's...

Americans let vacation days slip

Nearly half of Americans let vacation days slip (Reuters)

Reuters - Almost half of American workers did not take all of their vacation days last year, even though many reported being "burned out" by their jobs, according to a survey conducted by Yahoo Hot Jobs.

First mobile call from Everest

No escape as mobile phone reaches Everest's summit (AFP)

AFP - A British mountaineer has set a world record by making the first mobile telephone call from the summit of Mount Everest, taking the blessing -- or curse -- of the cell phone to new heights.

Control freak

Joke of the Day

'Knock, knock.'

'Who’s there?'

'Control freak. Now this is where you say, ‘Control freak who?’'

45 Million votes for Seven Wonders of the World

Most Emailed Photos on Yahoo! News Photos

The Acropolis in Athens is one of the top 10 "new wonders" of the world that have been chosen by 45 million people in an Internet campaign.(AFP/File/Aris Messinis)

In the most recent count published on May 7, the top 10 were the Acropolis in Greece, the ancient Mayan city of Chichen Itza in Mexico, the Coliseum in Rome, the Eiffel tower in Paris, the Great Wall of China, the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu, Petra in Jordan, the statues on Easter Island, Britain's Stonehenge and the Taj Mahal in India.

Guinness lists another book for Biggest Record Book

Guinness Forced To Recognize Bigger Record Book | The Onion -

LONDON—Once thought to be the most definitive reference of its kind, Guinness World Records was forced to formally recognize The Ultimate Book of World Records as the world's largest collection of exceptional human achievements and natural phenomena, its publishers announced Tuesday.

Route 66 motels an endangered species

Route 66 motels an endangered species (AP)

AP - The Riviera Courts motel is crumbling away and nobody seems to care. Once a stop along Route 66, the 2,400-mile neon carnival that connected hundreds of communities from Chicago to Los Angeles, this late-1930s Mission Revival is just a weather-worn building on the side of a country road in far northeast Oklahoma.

***So is Bates Hotel.

NAV messed up big time

Latest Norton Antivirus Update Causing The Blue Screen of Death

I’m hoping our readers who use Norton Antivirus on a Windows XP machine haven’t updated their software in the last few days. On May 17, the Norton database was upgraded and by noon millions of users’ PCs were crashing. Norton’s latest update accidentally tagged two essential system files as viruses and cleared them away. Users were met with a blue screen subsequently followed by an error message regardless of rebooting the PC. Symantec has acknowledged that the upgrade was mishandled and that they’re working on a solution to better monitor such upgrades. In other words, they messed up real bad and someone is going to get fired for this mishap.

Millions of Computers Crash after Norton’s Antivirus latest update [Far East Gizmos]

(Article from CrunchGear)

Overcooking vegetables destroys anti-cancer properties

A mountain of fresh vegetables outside a shopping mall in Manila ...

(AFP/File) - A mountain of fresh vegetables outside a shopping mall in Manila from 2006. Researchers at the University of Warwick Medical School say that over cooking vegetables destroys anti-cancer properties contained in most members of the Brassica genus, which include broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower and Brussel sprouts.(AFP/File/Jay Directo)

20 Great Employers for New Graduates

20 Great Employers for New Grads - Lehman Brothers (1) - FORTUNE

Headquarters: New York, NY
2006 Revenues: $46.7 billion
Full-time employees: 27,090
Website: www.lehman.com
Get quote: LEH
Type of company: Finance

What makes it so great? Wall Street is rolling in dough, and wherever the cashflow goes, you can expect young hopefuls to follow. Lehman is a popular destination: Last year, 530 new college grads were hired for jobs in the company's U.S. offices and analysts received an average starting salary of $60,000. Almost 90% of new hires are mentored. And if you like to travel or want to experience life outside the U.S., you're in luck: the company has offices in a number of cities, including London, Paris, Milan, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, and Tokyo.  (contd. Follow the link to CNNMOney.com/Fortune)

New fuel for 21st century?

New fuel for 21st century -- aluminum pellets? (Reuters)

Reuters - Pellets made out of aluminum and gallium can produce pure hydrogen when water is poured on them, offering a possible alternative to gasoline-powered engines, U.S. scientists say.

Massachussetts Castle for sale

Newsvine - Get Smarter Here

Mass. Castle for Sale for $15 Million

The Searles Castle has towered over this Berkshire town for 120 years, its seven turrets and blue dolomite exterior creating a fortress at the end of Main Street. It has been walled off from the public as a home to the uber-rich and as a private school, and has opened its gates as a conference center and cultural attraction. Now, the French chateau-style castle is for sale — a $15 million property joining a small niche of the world's luxury real estate market.

Business books: Seduced by success

Business Books: When success is a company's biggest threat (Reuters)

Reuters - In the climb up the ladder of success, the most perilous rung can be the one at the top.

All cashed up, ready to grow

All cashed up and ready to grow

Question: I'm 24 years old and have about $65,000 in an Internet savings account and about $25,000 in mutual funds. Do you think I should dump everything I have in savings into mutual funds for maximum growth? -Nick, New York

Life expectancy statistics

WHO unveils life expectancy statistics (AP)

AP - A boy born in San Marino, a tiny republic surrounded by Italy, will likely live to age 80, the world's longest male life expectancy, but newborn girls in Japan and 30 other countries have even better prospects, the World Health Organization said Friday.

Study promises real treatment for balding

Study Promises Real Treatment for Balding (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Chopping off an amphibian’s arm is fairly inconsequential, considering a brand-new one can regenerate in three months. Now, research shows that a mouse’s hair follicles can do the same when its skin is wounded, sparking stem-cell-like machinery into action to produce fresh follicles.The finding tears down 50-year-old dogma about mammals’ inability to regenerate hair-growing tissue, investigative dermatologists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine said. ...

Uncle bites nephew to show him that biting people is wrong

Police: Uncle bit boy to teach a lesson (AP)

AP - A man was charged with assault for allegedly biting his 3-year-old nephew all over his body to teach the toddler that biting people is wrong, police said.

Get a grip on your email

10 ways to get a grip on your e-mail

Here is a startling bit of arithmetic: If you get and send 100 e-mails a day, that adds up to 24,000 messages annually, on which you probably spend an average of 100 workdays. If you could manage to reduce the amount of e-mail you send and receive by 20%, you'd free up 20 workdays a year to use for other things, like thinking up new ideas that could help further your career or, heck, taking a longer vacation.

Study: How to prevent falls

Pa. researchers explore preventing falls (AP)

AP - Richard Grove, 73 years old and a robust 6 feet tall, set out with confident strides across a laboratory floor the other day. His first five steps went great, then his left foot hit a slippery patch and skidded.

Many Americans confused about cancer

Many Americans Confused About Cancer: Survey (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) -- The first national survey in ageneration to look at Americans' feelings on cancer prevention findswidespread confusion about the disease.

Study peeks at how normal brains grow

Study peeks at how normal brains grow (AP)

AP - Can you get smarter than a fifth-grader? Of course, but new research suggests some of the brain's basic building blocks for learning are nearing adult levels by age 11 or 12.

No guarantees

Paid vacation? U.S. workers have no guarantees (Reuters)

Reuters - When it comes to guaranteed paid vacation, U.S. workers don't seem to get a break.

Chromium in water causes cancer

Chromium in drinking water causes cancer: U.S. agency (Reuters)

Reuters - A type of chromium highlighted in the film "Erin Brockovich" causes cancer in lab animals when they drink it in water, and it could be harmful to people, the U.S. National Institutes of Health said on Wednesday.

Ask Bing: When to look for a new job

When to look for a new job: Advice from Stanley Bing - May. 17, 2007

Fortune's Stanley Bing helps readers decide when to stick it out - and when to head for the door.  (CNNMOney.com/Fortune)

US scenario: Getting real about early retirement

Ask the Expert: Aiming to retire by age 62 - May. 16, 2007 (CNNMoney.com)

NEW YORK (Money) -- Question: I'm 32 years old and average about $100,000 a year in salary. I have $35,000 in my 401(k) and have just started saving $500 a month. My company matches 4 percent of my salary. How do I stand on being able to retire at 62? -Darin, Canby, Oregon

Second hand smoke harms underweight babies

Secondhand Smoke Harms Underweight Babies (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- Full-term babies with a low birthweight (5.5 pounds) have a significantly increased risk of developingrespiratory symptoms such as coughing, wheezing and pulmonary infectionsup to age five, and that risk is even greater if these children areexposed to secondhand smoke, says a Dutch study.

Sunset

Most Emailed Photos on Yahoo! News Photos

Crows fly as the sun sets. West Nile virus, unknown in North America a decade ago, is the likely culprit in the dramatic, continent-wide decline of several bird species, according to a study released Wednesday.(AFP/File)

Up 52% - work-related suicides in Japan

Work-related suicides up 52 percent in Japan

TOKYO -- The number of Japanese who killed themselves because of work jumped 52 percent last year, while work-induced mental illness also hit a record high, a health official said Thursday.

Dark matter evidence

This photo supplied by NASA-ESA on Tuesday, May 15,2007, shows ...

(AP) - This photo supplied by NASA-ESA on Tuesday, May 15,2007, shows a ring of what NASA says is dark matter, which measures 2.6 million light-years across, which was found in the cluster ZwCl0024+1652, located 5 billion light-years from Earth. An international team of astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope has discovered the ghostly ring of dark matter that was formed long ago during a titanic collision between two massive galaxy clusters. It is the first time that a dark matter distribution has been found that differs substantially from the distribution of ordinary matter. Astronomers have long suspected the existence of the invisible substance of dark matter as the source of additional gravity that holds galaxy clusters together. Although astronomers don't know what dark matter is made of, they hypothesize that it is a type of elementary particle that pervades the Universe. (AP Photo/NASA-ESA)

Cancer rise in China due to pollution

Health expert blames pollution for China's cancer rise (Reuters)

Reuters - Worsening air and water pollution and frequent use of food additives and pesticides made cancer the top killer in China last year, state media reported on Wednesday, citing health experts.

Even limited exercise helps overweight women

Even limited exercise helps overweight women: study (Reuters)

Reuters - Just 10 minutes of exercise a day can help even the most inactive overweight women, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.

5 big mistakes new grads make

5 big mistakes new grads make

It's a great time to be graduating from college. The skilled labor force is shrinking, thanks in part to Baby Boomers' quitting the corporate scene to retire or start new careers, and that means employers' hunger for fresh talent is keen. According to a new survey of over 2,500 hiring managers by job site CareerBuilder, 79% expect to hire new grads this year, up from 70% last year.  (Read full article on CNNMoney.com)

***Wish I read something like this back in 91.

Too much multivitamins may raise risk of prostate cancer

Heavy Multivitamin Use May Raise Prostate Cancer Risk (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- Popping more than onemultivitamin a day could boost a man's risk for prostate cancer by nearly a third, according to a new study from the U.S. National CancerInstitute.

Reasons why children wet the bed

• Genetics. Bedwetting tends to run in families.
• Difficulty waking up.
• Delayed development of the central nervous system.
• Hormonal imbalance.
• Urinary tract infection.
• Abnormalities in the urethral valve or ureter.
• Small bladder, leading to an inability to hold urine for long periods.

Health Tip: When Your Child Wets the Bed - Yahoo! News

Diabetes drug use spikes in girls

Study: Diabetes drug use spikes in girls (AP)

AP - The number of adolescent girls taking drugs for Type 2 diabetes nearly tripled in just five years, while use of chronic medicines for psychotic behavior and insomnia roughly doubled among boys and girls aged 10 to 19, a study shows.  (Yahoo! Science)

Maggie the elephant

Firefighters lift Maggie the elephant (AP)

AP - Firefighters had to use straps and a winch to lift Alaska's only elephant, 7,500-pound Maggie, after she had been lying down for several hours at a zoo.

New desk at Mayo clinic

Making work even more of a slog takes weight off (Reuters)

Reuters - Think work feels like a treadmill now? Try a new desk designed at the Mayo Clinic.

Thousands of sex offenders discovered on MySpace

Thousands of sex offenders discovered on MySpace (Reuters)

Reuters - Thousands of convicted sex offenders have registered for profiles on social networking Web site MySpace, posing a risk to children who are among the site's most avid users, eight U.S. attorneys general said on Monday.

BP rising around the globe

Blood pressure rising around the globe (AP)

AP - The numbers are a shock: Almost 1 billion people worldwide have high blood pressure, and over half a billion more will harbor this silent killer by 2025. It's not just a problem for the ever-fattening Western world. Even in parts of Africa, high blood pressure is becoming common.

Mars experiment to help insomniacs here?

Mars experiment might help Earthling insomniacs (Reuters)

Reuters - An experiment aimed at finding ways to help astronauts adapt to life on Mars could end up helping insomniacs on Earth, researchers said on Monday.

World Whiners - French

A study by the FDS research group reveals that French workers ...

(AFP/Illustration) - A study by the FDS research group reveals that French workers are the world's biggest whiners while the Irish complain least about their lot.(AFP/Illustration)

Why gas boycott won't work

Why a gasoline boycott won't work

It's easy to hate Big Oil. Gasoline prices are at record highs, over $3 a gallon. Oil companies have so much cash they can't figure out where to spend it.  (CNNMOney.com)

Cat exposure in infancy may boost allergy risk

Exposure to cats in infancy may boost allergy risk (Reuters)

Reuters - Children exposed to higher levels of cat allergen in their first 2 years of life may be at greater risk of becoming allergic to the animals, a new study from Germany shows. However, the risk of sensitization at 6 years old seems to disappear.

Doctors look for early autism signs

Doctors look for early autism signs (AP)

AP - Within days of their birth, healthy babies will look you in the eye. By 4 months, they will delight in others. And by 9 months, they will exchange smiles. Jacob Day did none of those things.