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If you're thinking of celebrating Valentine's Day -- which for many, is a bah-humbug faux celebration -- don't buy red roses. (Unless   it's your sweetie's absolutely favorite flower and color.) The only thing worse than not getting a present, if your heart is somehow set on it, is getting [...]

The world's most popular hybrid, the Toyota Prius, will soon be recalled to fix problems relating to its braking system.  The problem specifically affects the car on bumpy and slippery road surfaces, where there is a noticeable delay between pressing the brake pedal and brake actuation.   In other words: the [...]

When the iPad was announced in late January, the biggest part of the announcement was pricing. While camps were separated on just how great the device actually is, one thing most could agree on is that pricing is reasonable. Well, given Apple's premium nature, of course. Still, for a device [...]

The public's recent embrace of all things zombie has put the factory in overtime mode, churning out a steady stream of undead ghouls who can make a bounty of a single intestine, will crawl if they have to, walk if they can, and run when required by the script, and, [...]

Yet another danger of  obesity has come to light:  inadequate vaccination.

In a new study, the researchers report that using a standard 1-inch needle to immunize obese adolescents against hepatitis B virus produced a much weaker effect than using a longer needle. via For obese, vaccine needle size matters | Reuters. [...]

Remember way back at the beginning of Oscar season (circa last September) when everyone was predicting that precocious pixie Carey Mulligan would be Oscar's latest ingenue princess for her turn as a precocious-pixie high school student involved with an older man in An Education? Then critical opinion slowly turned in Meryl [...]

In an op-ed published today on the chances for immigration reform legislation, Doris Meissner notes that the recession has interrupted a 20-year trend:

The recession has interrupted historically high immigration levels – legal and illegal – that had been underway for almost two decades, and has sidelined the public [...]

The Hamptons are to crazed Manhattanites what Punta del Este is for vacationing Argentinians. The crowded streets of Buenos Aires empty out during the summer months of December through February, and the porteños (the people of BA) flock to Punta del Este, a luxurious beach resort located on the southern [...]