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  • Depression doubles risk of stroke in middle-aged women

    Middle-aged women suffering from depression are more than twice as likely to have a stroke, a new study has warned. In a 12-year Australian study of 10,547 women 47-52 years old, researchers found that depressed women had a 2.4 times increased risk of stroke compared to those who weren't depressed. Even after researchers eliminated several factors that increase stroke risks, depressed women ...

  • Ask a grown-up who invented clothes

    The Flintstones , which is set a very, very, very long time ago, Wilma Flintstone and Betty Rubble wear some absolutely darling dresses, hair accessories and even the occasional swimsuit.No one knows who was the first person to invent clothing, but at some point in the very distant past, your ancestors and mine decided to put on some animal skins to keep themselves warm. But more important than ...

  • Twitter fiction Sabine Durrant

    She told him she was sick of it. He never listened. If he'd looked up from the TV, he'd have seen the gun. He sighed. "Shoot," he said.o Sabine ...

  • 48 Hours Unraveling the lies of Jodi Arias

    Jodi deserves the DP she deserves no mercy she has no redeeming qualities. She premeditated the slaughter of Travis and an overkill only because if she could not have him then in her mind neither would anyone else. She has no ...

  • Book Review Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    "You can't write an honest novel about race in this country," insists one character in Americanah . "If you write about how people are ...


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Movie Review

The Man in the Iron Mask

"The Man in the Iron Mask," based on the classic novel by Alexandre Dumas, is a well-made adventure film that doesn't have much adventure. It has a lot of beautiful French locations, a stunning A-list cast of actors, and technical merit oozing from every corner, but it never really grabs hold of you the way a good swashbuckling adventure should. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the ... ...

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  • Book Review Split Image The Life of Anthony Perkins

    , it was more important that Hollywood believe Perkins, who married photographer Berenson at age 41 after years of gay affairs, was straight. This fascinating book, part standard celeb bio, part posthumous outing -; call it a bioutgraphy -; is the story of life in the Tinseltown closet. It is also one of the first books to examine the dual life of a major gay celebrity. Of ...

  • New US manual for diagnosing mental disorders published

    mental health will face its greatest upset in years on Saturday with the publication of the long-awaited and deeply-controversial US manual for diagnosing mental disorders.Early drafts of the book, the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM-5, have divided medical opinion so firmly that authors of previous editions are among the most prominent ...

  • Dozens injured as commuter trains collide in Conn.

    FAIRFIELD, Conn. Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday's evening rush hour, sending 60 people to the hospital, including five with critical injuries, Gov. Dannel Malloy said. About 250 people were on board the Metro-North trains when one heading east from New York City's Grand Central Station to New Haven derailed about 6:10 p.m. just outside ...

  • Stars at NBA 2013 playoffs

    Rihanna attends Game One of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals of the 2013 NBA Playoffs between the Miami Heat and the Milwaukee Bucks at American Airlines Arena on April 21, 2013, in Miami, ...

  • U.N. panel Sanctions delaying NKorea nuke program

    UNITED NATIONS A U.N. expert panel's report says North Korea is still trying to import and export nuclear and ballistic missile-related material but financial and trade sanctions are slowing progress on their prohibited weapons programs. Key parts of the report, obtained Friday by the Associated Press, provide further information on North Korea's attempts to evade four rounds of ...

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