Quench your thirst, refresh your palate with cool drink ideas
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A cold drink on a hot day is one of summer's pleasures. Multiply your refreshment with some new drink ideas. A soda is just a beverage, but a homemade soda is cartoon character reaction good. One sip and your eyes will pop out of their sockets and your mouth will get "WOW" big. That's how good it is. Ripe cherries in the back yard inspired this...

Jun/17/2013 08:11 AM

Most workers hate their jobs or have 'checked out,' Gallup says
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Seven out of 10 workers have "checked out" at work or are "actively disengaged," according to a recent Gallup survey. In its ongoing survey of the American workplace, Gallup found that only 30 percent of workers are "were engaged, or involved in, enthusiastic about, and committed to their workplace." Although that equals the high in engagement...

Jun/18/2013 08:07 AM

Forster battles zombies, and bad buzz, to bring 'World War Z' to the screen
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ORLANDO, Fla. - For much of its production life, director Marc Forster's film of "World War Z" has had another z-sound hanging over it - buzz. Bad buzz. Delayed, pulled from the release schedule last fall for reshoots, the Brad Pitt zombie movie has been branded with the phrase "troubled production." All part of the plan, Forster jokes:...

Jun/17/2013 10:02 AM

Satire: Roll your own
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Dear Readers, We don't have to remind you that the slumping economy is taking a bite out of corporate profits, and newspapers aren't immune. To meet that challenge, we're taking steps to make your newspaper experience easier to read with news you need. We know you're busy, so we have come up with some novel ways to keep you informed while...

Jun/17/2013 08:10 AM

Clandestine caffeine: It's not just energy drinks anymore, it's energy foods
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PHILADELPHIA - If you were unaware caffeine was creeping into foods until last month, when Wrigley was blasted for putting the stimulant in a new gum, here's the latest buzz. The growing list of so-called energy foods includes such famous names as Frito-Lay's Cracker Jack'D. There's also Jelly Belly Extreme Sport Beans, Hershey's Ice Breakers...

Jun/17/2013 08:02 AM

The food journal: A little tech could make it stick
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You already know you should keep a food journal if you want to lose weight, right? So why don't you do it? One weight-loss expert thinks he knows the answer. "It's just not sexy enough," said J. Graham Thomas, a research professor at the Brown Alpert Medical School who helps oversee the National Weight Control Registry, the nation's...

Jun/17/2013 08:12 AM

On-trend, over 50: Embrace fashion and your best features with tips to help you look as stylish as ever
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Today's fashion lines are blurry, and it's not my old 60-plus-year-old eyes that are the problem. No, I see the confusion among many of my fellow baby boomers when it comes to what fashion look is right for our age. Is the line between what is "too young to wear" fading? Have the rules that our moms once held about how to dress for our age...

Jun/14/2013 08:03 AM

When zombies attack, it's time to declare 'World War Z'
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"World War Z" promised to be some sort of ultimate zombie movie experience, and it's hard to call it that. But the first 25 minutes or so of this "Contagion"-meets-"28 Days Later" thriller will leave you breathless. And the rest of it serves up novel and often entertaining solutions to the various "zombie problems" that this overexposed genre...

Jun/17/2013 11:19 AM

Agri-giants trying to solve bee deaths
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ST. LOUIS - One of every three bites of food we consume depends on pollination by honeybees, but these overlooked contributors to our food system are continuing to die in stubbornly perplexing ways. Beekeeping groups have held exhaustive conferences. Researchers have organized task forces. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has contributed some...

Jun/13/2013 01:13 PM

Too much emphasis on fitness: When men have body-image disorders
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DALLAS - They're fixated by fitness magazines, addicted to abs workouts. They measure what they eat, they know what they weigh, and they may not be the gender you surmise. "What's happening," Dallas personal trainer Kevin Durio says, "is that guys are just as susceptible to magazine covers as women are." For a long time, Dallas registered nurse...

Jun/13/2013 08:06 AM

When celebrity interviews go bad
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CHICAGO - Let us consider for a moment the Hollywood performance that never gets nominated for awards but can be just as indelible as any Oscar-winning role. I'm referring to the celebrity interview that goes viral. Typically interviews that are done during a movie's press tour have an ephemeral quality. But every once in a while you get a...

Jun/19/2013 09:51 AM

University of Michigan study links social media and narcissism
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For those Americans unnerved by the popularity of social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, a new study from the University of Michigan will come as little surprise. And it might even add some smugness. The gist of the study: Narcissists "like" Facebook and Twitter. A lot. And social media in general "reflect and amplify" our culture's...

Jun/14/2013 08:07 AM

Fresh beets intrigue beet lovers and lure skeptics
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Thanks to farmers who are growing under polytunnels - also known as hoophouses - fresh, local beets are available practically year round. That's a reason to rejoice, especially for beet lovers. Yes, it's hard to believe that not everyone is a beet lover, but there are skeptics out there. And those are the very folks who should be buying fresh...

Jun/17/2013 08:07 AM

Gina Barreca: Women over 40 — not seen, but heard
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Ever notice how women get noisy as we age? Ever notice how the quiet, deferential, focused good girl hits a certain point and morphs into a combination of Betty White, Bette Midler and Mae West? That's because when women start to feel invisible, we decide to become audible. Over 38, 40, 50 - every woman comes to the stage when she ceases to be...

Jun/14/2013 11:01 AM

Doyle McManus: Obama, Syria and the Aspin Doctrine
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As President Obama contemplates his many bad options in Syria, he may want to consider the Aspin Doctrine, an argument for intervention abroad made by President Clinton's first secretary of defense, Les Aspin. In 1993, the Clinton administration was wrestling with a seemingly insoluble conflict in Bosnia, where Serbian-backed troops were...

Jun/17/2013 09:56 AM