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)