Month: November 2013

The big shopping day of the year has finally arrived: Black Fridayis here. For many people, the thrill of the hunt is motivationenough to endure overcrowded parking lots, 4 a.m. lines andcrushing amounts of people. But for others, it seems ludicrous thatpeople would willingly wake up at an ungodly hour to wade throughcrowds and snatch up items that may only continue to go down inprice as the holidays draw nearer. So why do we do it? What is itin our brains that makes the positive outweigh the negative when wedecide it's worth

By Thomas Grove MOSCOW (Reuters) – A prominent former Bolshoi Ballet principal told a Russian court on Monday that the victim of an acid attack had denied roles to the main suspect in the crime, a younger dancer he said could have had a "brilliant career" at the renowned theatre. Nikolai Tsiskaridze, who lost his job at the Bolshoi in the aftermath of the attack on the ballet company's artistic director Sergei Filin, testified in the trial of dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko, who faces up to 12 years in prison if convicted. Tsiskaridze, who had feuded with Filin and longtime former Bolshoi director Anatoly Iksanov, told the court that Filin had more than once engineered Dmitrichenko's removal from roles that the theatre had already advertised he would play.

ATLANTA (AP) — A government study offers a new theory on why the whooping cough vaccine doesn't seem to be working as well as expected.

Pay attention to your meals. While you’re eating, be here now. In the moment. When your attention strays, bring it back. Do it over and over again, for the rest of your life. If you don’t meditate, then boom. Now you do.

Thanksgiving is, without a doubt, primarily a feast holiday. Butthat doesn't mean you can't add a little family fitness bondinginto the mix. In fact, parents can have an important effect ontheir children's overall health by modeling active behaviors. Notonly is a family hike or jog around the park a good way to stayfit, it's also a lot of fun, as the following stories attest. Wantto share yours? Click below to add your own smiling bunch to thecrowd:

If you've ever cried about getting a B+ or ending up in secondplace, there's a good chance you're a perfectionist. As a culture,we tend to reward perfectionists for their insistence on settinghigh standards and relentless drive to meet those standards. Andperfectionists frequently are high achievers — but the price theypay for success can be chronic unhappiness and dissatisfaction."Reaching for the stars, perfectionists may end up clutching atair," psychologist David Burns warned in a 1980 Psychology Todayessay. …

Though I feel pain and loss, I have to come to a point where I have to do something that will motivate me and perhaps shed some light on all this mess, that I know everyone at some time or another has to deal with.

The typical Thanksgiving can clock in at as many as 3,000 to 4,500calories, an uncomfortably-full belly and a day of "physicalactivity" that includes little more than lifting fork to mouth.However, some of the season's healthiest superfoods are present atyour Thanksgiving table — although many may be disguised bybutter, oil or whipped cream. It's fitting, considering the originsof the holiday as a celebration of the autumn harvest, that some ofSeptember, October and November's best produce shines in thisfestive meal. …

NEW YORK (Reuters) – An investigation into last year’s shooting rampage at a Newtown, Connecticut elementary school has been closed and questions surrounding the gunman’s motivation “may never be answered,” the State’s Attorney said in a report issued on Monday. On December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza, 20, forced his way into the Sandy Hook Elementary School, which he once attended, and shot and killed 20 children and six adults before turning the gun on himself. The shooting rocked the suburban town of 27,000 people and sparked national debate about school violence and access to firearms. …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration has ordered Google-backed genetic test maker 23andMe to halt sales of its personalized DNA test kits, saying the company has failed to show that the technology is supported by science.

Honeybees don’t have noses, but their feet, tongues, antennae fill in.        

Bees may soon be able to take some of the sting out of cancer by detecting it early and getting patients into treatment sooner. Honeybees are known for their exquisitely sensitive sense of smell. They don’t have noses, but their feet, tongues and antennae are…