German researchers recorded 2,500 cries from 60 newborns in French- and German-speaking homes and found that by two to five days old the babies already echoed their parents' melodic patterns, suggesting language development starts in the womb.
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The Great Orange Juice Scam
Dr. Mercola argues supermarket orange juice is an industrial product: brands add ethyl butyrate to restore the taste and smell of oranges, a best-before date 60 days out signals heavy processing, and truly fresh juice lasts only a few days. One orange holds more vitamin C than a glass.
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Announcement: Drowsy Driving Prevention Week --- November 2--8, 2009
Drowsy driving contributes to an estimated 100,000 crashes and more than 1,500 deaths a year. The CDC notice names commercial drivers, shift workers, people with untreated sleep apnea or narcolepsy, and drivers under 26 as higher risk, and recommends regular sleep schedules and 15 to 20 minute naps.
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Thankful for the Ability to Give
AICR profiles longtime supporter Doreen Chadbourne, who lost six family members to cancer, has funded three gift annuities, and has named the charity in her will. She credits her mother with teaching her to help others.
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U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
A promotional note for the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Savers website, which offers homeowners tips on saving energy at home and on the road, ranging from simple changes to larger investments.
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Facebook awarded $711 million in an anti-spam case
A federal judge in San Jose awarded Facebook $710,737,650 in damages against spammer Sanford Wallace, who phished members' logins and used their accounts to send more spam, and referred him to prosecutors for criminal contempt over violating a restraining order.
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New domain names will be online soon
ICANN's board announced in Seoul that applications open November 16 for internationalized domain names, letting nations and territories seek internet extensions written entirely in their own scripts rather than the A-to-Z endings in use.
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ING Group: Breakin’ Up is Hard to Do
ING Group will split in two and sell off its insurance operations, including the US retirement services and annuities headquarters in Windsor. President Jan Hommen calls last year's government bailout the catalyst for the divestiture.
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Job Loss: The Emotional Toll On Health and Relationships
In a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation survey, the share of people who lost jobs beyond their control reporting fair or poor health rose 54 percent, and among those with existing conditions the chance of developing another rose to 83 percent. Researchers say the strain reaches children.
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Halloween Health and Safety Tips
Halloween safety tips: keep costume props short and flexible, add reflective tape, carry a flashlight, skip decorative contact lenses, eat only factory-wrapped treats, and hand out raisins, trail mix or pretzels instead of candy.
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What is the history of Halloween?
Halloween traces back to the Celtic festival of Samhain, when the Celts believed the dead could mingle with the living. Americans now mark it with costumes, carved pumpkins, trick-or-treating, parties and parades.
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Should I take the Plunge and Start My Own Business?
An advice column on self-employment that warns most small businesses fail, argues meticulous record keeping matters more than any magic formula, and walks through the fundamentals to weigh once you have decided your business idea is viable.
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Ivanka Trump weds Jared Kushner
Ivanka Trump married Jared Kushner at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, in a Vera Wang gown modeled on Grace Kelly's. The piece covers the Orthodox Jewish customs observed, a December honeymoon in Africa, and her hotel, television and book projects.
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How Do Exchange Rates Work?
An explainer on currency markets: exchange rates follow supply and demand, a cheaper yen makes Japanese goods more attractive to American buyers, and Japanese investors must sell yen for dollars to buy US Treasury bonds when rates are high.
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Toxins in Halloween costumes scarier than ghosts
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics reports that all 10 children's face paints it tested held low levels of lead, and six also carried nickel, chromium or cobalt above industry recommendations, none of them labeled. A second group warns that PVC masks and costumes can leach phthalates.
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Tax Time: Tips for 2009
A rundown of 2009 tax changes: an $8,000 credit for first-time homebuyers who closed by November 30, the first $2,400 of unemployment benefits tax-free, the Making Work Pay deduction, a 30% credit for energy-saving home improvements, and a deduction for new-vehicle sales taxes.
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Was “Cash For Clunkers” Successful?
Cash for Clunkers paid up to $4,500 per trade-in and finally cost $2.77 billion, putting 675,000 new cars on the road in July and August and lifting sales tax receipts. September sales slumped, but the piece argues the program was meant to build momentum, not carry the year.
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The New "Twilight Zone" -- Obama Declares Swine Flu Emergency
President Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, letting HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius bypass federal rules to speed response. Production delays cut expected supply from 120 million doses by mid-October to 11 million shipped. Mercola disputes the declaration's basis.
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