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Soft Drink Consumption Could Lead to Respiratory Problems
If you’re one of those types who always has a soda in your hand, you may want to drink something else instead. New research suggests downing a lot of soft drinks could increase your risk of getting asthma and/or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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Men Change Their Speech Patterns Around Fertile Women
Even the most debonair men will likely tell you they’ve been tongue-tied around women at some point in their lives. Now a new study suggests that when young men interact with a woman who’s ovulating, they actually alter their speech patterns.
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Why Is a Woman in New York Suing the City for $900 Trillion?
There are million-dollar — and even billion-dollar — lawsuits. But if a woman in Staten Island, NY has her way, she’ll get trillions in damages.
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Just How High Will Gas Prices Go in 2012? – Dollars and Sense
Remember the summer of 2008 when the highest gas prices on record occurred and the price for a gallon of fuel hit $4.11?
Hate to break this to yah, but a warm winter and tensions in the Middle East have some analysts predicting current prices will top $4 by this spring — and could even climb as high as $6.50.
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Valentine’s Day Spending Expected to Soar This Year
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Is Cheating on Your Taxes Okay? More Americans Say ‘Yes’ — Dollars and Sense
Tax day is right around the corner — but that doesn’t mean we’ll all pay our fair share.
An IRS survey last year found the percentage of people who thought it was acceptable to cheat “as much as possible” on their returns doubled compared to 2010.
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Entire Town Wins Lottery — Except for One Person
We’ve all seen those stories about groups of people who routinely buy lottery tickets together, only to have one member of the pack fail to do so the week they strike it rich.
Now something similar has happened again — in Spain.
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Do You Lie When You Text?
If you want a truthful answer to a question, don’t ask it via text message — recent research suggests people are more likely to lie when using the modern form of communication.
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Iowa Mom Gives Birth to 14-Pound Baby Boy [VIDEO]
In news that will likely make mothers everywhere wince in sympathetic pain, a 14-pound baby boy has been born in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Girl’s Chicken McNugget Fixation Finally Catches Up with Her
We all go through phases of having favorite foods, but for one 17-year-old British girl, it’s gotten a bit out of hand — the teen has eaten almost nothing but McDonald’s chicken nuggets and french fries for the past 15 years.
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When Is The Cheapest Time to Book a Flight? — Dollars and Sense
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Your Smartphone May Someday Diagnose Diseases
Soon you’ll likely turn to your smart phone for medical tests instead of the hospital. Scientist in Korea are in the process of developing an app to do medical tests.