Six months into the Obama Administration, a clear pattern of legislative pragmatism has emerged: focus on winning the big votes and don’t fret too much about losing some of the details.
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Can Playing Video Games Slow Mental Decline in the Elderly?
If you or your parents are of a certain age, then you may understand the unique terror of suddenly drawing a blank — that unexpected moment when you can’t remember the name of a lifelong friend or what you had for lunch that day. You wonder, anxiously, “Have I stepped down the long, slow, inexorable road to losing my mind?” There is, of course, no cure for memory loss, and no preventive vaccine
Fewer calories equals a longer life — At least in monkeys
Cutting daily calorie intake by 30 percent may put the brakes on the aging process, have beneficial effects on the brain, and result in a longer life span, according to a new 20-year study of monkeys published in the journal Science.
India: Legal gay sex ruling challenged
A landmark ruling that legalized gay sex between consenting partners in India was challenged Thursday in the country’s high court, lawyers said. The supreme court issued a notice to the nonprofit Naz Foundation that had won a lower-court verdict after a seven-year legal fight to decriminalize gay sex
Small U.S. businesses thrive with Ethiopian woman’s help
Alfa Demmellash grew up on less than a dollar a day, and against the backdrop of torture and murder. But these days she’s living the American dream and helping others do the same. “Entrepreneurs are at the very heart of what the American dream is all about,” says Demmellash, a native of Ethiopia
Roadside Bombs: An Iraqi Tactic on the Upsurge in Afghanistan
The highway that runs between Kabul and the southeastern city of Kandahar is the most brutal evidence of the Taliban’s IED offensive.
Why Rookie Lawyers Get $60,000 Paid Vacations
Volunteering at church. Working part-time at a bookstore. Selling real estate
Bioengineered bugs could lead to malaria vaccine
For most Americans, mosquitoes are pests whose bites leave behind itchy bumps.
Rapper T.I. to be sentenced to prison Friday
World-famous rapper T.I.
Obama’s late-night slip teaches how words hurt
In a quick and clearly unscripted moment, President Obama exhibited the power of words during his history-making visit Thursday with Jay Leno. While joking on The Tonight Show about his bowling prowess (during last year’s campaign trail he shamefully scored 37 in a game), Obama said he’d been practicing at the White House lanes and boasted to Leno, “I bowled a 129. It’s like — it was like Special Olympics or something.” The comment during the taping of the show prompted Obama to pick up the phone on Air Force One and call Special Olympics Chairman Timothy Shriver to preemptively apologize for the remark before it hit television screens.