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Mortgage Industry Hashes out Rate-Freeze Plan

December 2nd, 2007 at 6:01 pm » Comments (0)

Mortgage industry executives worked on Saturday to hammer out details of a homeowner rescue plan that would freeze interest rates on some U.S. subprime mortgages for up to seven years, but questions remained over how to avoid investor lawsuits and other legal challenges.



Anorexia Visible With Brain Scans

December 2nd, 2007 at 5:58 pm » Comments (0)

Even young women recovering from anorexia who have maintained a healthy weight for over a year had vastly different brain activity patterns.



12 Ways to De-Commercialize the Holidays

December 2nd, 2007 at 5:50 pm » Comments (0)

For many people, Christmas means a severe case of holiday dread, directly tied to a sense of obligation to spend money in order to have a meaningful celebration.



Cat, 26, Could be Record Breaker

December 2nd, 2007 at 5:45 pm » Comments (0)

Pussywillow lives in Ratlinghope and is still "sharp in her mind and her eyes", according to owner Lin Brown.



Toddler Fools the Art World

December 2nd, 2007 at 5:42 pm » Comments (0)

To the untrained eye, they appear to be simple daubs that could have been created by a two year old. Which is precisely what they are. But that didn’t stop the supposed experts falling over themselves to acclaim them. The toddler is Freddie Linsky, who has fooled the art world into buying and asking to exhibit […]



China’s ”Me” Generation

December 2nd, 2007 at 9:52 am » Comments (0)

Ten months after they tied the knot, Li Lei and Wang Yang, both 20-something Chinese professionals, decided it was time to break up so they could spend more time with their lovers.



Very Lonely Man Collects Every Super-Soaker Ever Made

December 2nd, 2007 at 9:35 am » Comments (0)

This dude, for some unholy reason, owns every Super Soaker ever.



Google will Apply to Participate in FCC Spectrum Auction

December 2nd, 2007 at 9:32 am » Comments (0)

Google announced today that it will apply to participate in the Federal Communications Commission’s upcoming auction of wireless spectrum in the 700 megahertz (MHz) band



Court Rules Employee Worked to Death

December 2nd, 2007 at 9:27 am » Comments (0)

A Toyota Motor Corp employee died of overwork after logging more than 106 hours of overtime in a month, a judge ruled Friday, reversing a ministry’s earlier decision not to pay compensation to his widow.



Condom Machines to go Into Brazil High Scools

December 2nd, 2007 at 9:19 am » Comments (0)

Brazil’s government announced plans to put condom-dispensing machines in public schools to help teenagers reduce the spread of AIDS