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Gyms take the work out of workout

HealthAug 3, 2011

BALTIMORE ― Go ahead and bang a drum, hang from the curtains and spin that hula hoop. Gym instructors say it’s good for you, even if you don’t realize it.The unconventional workouts are part of a movement to keep the masses focused on their fitness by disguising exercise as playtime, like spinach in
U.S. parents find kids slower to leave home

PeopleAug 3, 2011

Economy forces ‘boomerang kids’ to return home as adultsWALNUT CREEK, California ― A word to parents: You may want to hold off on converting those empty bedrooms into offices and exercise spaces.High unemployment and changing social norms are guiding young ― and not-so-young ― adults to move back ho
Hanwha signs sponsorship deal with Hamburg SV

SoccerAug 3, 2011

Hanwha Group has signed a two-year sponsorship deal with German football club Hamburg SV, the company announced on Wednesday.The sponsorship deal includes making the Hanwha Solar Energy brand visible at the Bundesliga club’s home stadium and on its tickets and homepage, in addition to promotional ev
[URGENT] Senior financial watchdog official attempted suicide

코리아 헤럴드Aug 3, 2011

Kim Jahng-ho, former deputy governor of the Financial Supervisory Service, apparently attempted to kill himself Wednesday. Kim is currently facing investigation in connection with a recent savings banks scandal.Kim Jahng-ho (Yonhap News)He jumped from a bridge over the Han River at 12:30 p.m. but w
Fake Ikea store thrives in China

Aug 3, 2011

A fake Ikea store is operating in Kunming, China, where stores selling Apple counterfeits were recently detected, according to the Netherlands online newspaper nu.nl.The shop is named “11 Furniture,” which sounds similar to “Ikea” in Chinese. The interior and exterior design of the building featurin
Retired Air Force chief indicted for offering military secrets to Lockheed Martin

PoliticsAug 3, 2011

Prosecutors have indicted three retired high-ranking Air Force officers including a former four-star general on charges of providing classified military information to the U.S. defense giant Lockheed Martin in recent years, officials said Wednesday.Among them was a former Air Force chief of staff id
Pet fish addicted to chocolate goes on diet

PodcastAug 3, 2011

A pet fish which had been only fed with Kit Kat bars is to be put on a diet by London’s Sea Life Aquarium, according to reports.When Gary, a 40-cm-long giant gourami native to South East Asia, first came to the new aquarium, staffs were puzzled by the fish’s refusal to eat.It was later revealed that
Long life is in the genes: study

ScienceAug 3, 2011

WASHINGTON, Aug 3, 2011 (AFP) - Israeli researchers studied a population of Ashkenazi Jews who have lived to age 95 and older and found that their eating and lifestyle habits were no better than those of the general population.In fact, men in the long-lived group drank slightly more and exercised le
Parents look for best ways to raise bilingual kids

CultureAug 3, 2011

MIAMI (AP) -- One-year-old Alice Di Giovanni asks for “banane,” not banana, when she's in the mood for one. She'll bid you farewell with a “ciao.” And if she wants more, she says “mas.”The Miami toddler is one of an increasing number of Americans living in homes where a language other than English i
Fatty foods tell your brain to be happy

ScienceAug 3, 2011

A team of Belgian scientists claimed they found out the reason why emotionally stressed people stretch out for sweet junk food.Comfort from absorbing fatty foods is not just derived from the pleasant experience of eating but also through gut-brain signaling, said scientists from University of Leuven
Chinese troubled by chopstick pickpockets

World NewsAug 3, 2011

Pickpockets in China are snatching valuables with chopsticks or long tweezers, the Huffington Post reported.Earlier, Shanghaiist and MSNBC posted video clips showing thieves snatching valuables such as wallet and cell phones out of their unwitting victims’ pockets with eating utensils in China.The s
Desperate, sick Indonesians use railroad 'therapy'

World NewsAug 3, 2011

JAKARTA (AP) -- Ignoring the red-and-white danger sign, Sri Mulyati walks slowly to the train tracks outside Indonesia's bustling capital, lies down and stretches her body across the rails.Villagers lie on a railway track for an electricty therapy in Rawa Buaya, Jakarta, Indonesia. (AP-Yonhap
Asian stocks fall amid worries over US economy

Aug 3, 2011

Asian stocks fell Wednesday amid increasing pessimism over economic prospects in the United States, despite the country having avoided a potentially catastrophic debt meltdown.Japan's Nikkei 225 index declined 1.7 percent to 9,675.46. South Korea's benchmark Kospi fell 2.3 percent to 2,072.59. Stock
Lee calls for thorough probe into savings bank scandal

PoliticsAug 3, 2011

President Lee Myung-bak called on law enforcement agencies and political parties to thoroughly get to the bottom of an influence-peddling scandal involving a corruption-laden savings bank to restore public trust, his aides said Wednesday. His remarks came as a parliamentary investigation committee h
9 rain-damaged areas to be declared special disaster zones

Social affairsAug 3, 2011

Nine areas hit the hardest by last week's heavy downpours are set to be declared special disaster zones, the home affairs minister said Wednesday, making them eligible for state relief funds."Twenty out of all the rain-damaged areas have been selected to receive aid toward reconstruction, and of the