“Be aware that smokers have different experiences when they quit,” Dr. Norman Edelman, the American Lung Association’s chief medical officer, said in a news release. “Some people may feel tired or even easily excitable. Others may feel lightheaded, nervous or irritable, and experience headaches in addition to craving tobacco or sweets. It’s important to know that these feelings are normal, and may last for several weeks, but eventually they will pass.”
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There’s an episode of the animated show “South Park” in which the young protagonists stumble upon a netherworld inhabited by gnome-like creatures whose sole purpose in life is stealing people’s dirty underwear.
Curious, the boys investigate and uncover the underwear thieves’ master plan, which goes like this:
Step 2: ?
Step 3: Profit!
At first glance, John McCain’s
makes about as much sense. The policy — typically light on details to avoid Read the rest of this entry »

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The Lance Armstrong Foundation will host Stand Up for Cancer Survivors, a comedy fundraiser to benefit the Wellness Community Valley/Ventura. The event is put on by cancer survivor Merv Kopp and will feature six to eight comedians from the Comedy and Magic Club in Hermosa Beach. The show takes place 2 p.m. Sunday at the Scherr Forum Theatre at Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks. Tickets are $20 to $30 at the Wellness Read the rest of this entry »

HARTFORD, Conn. – A Hartford police officer has been released from a hospital after being treated for injuries from a hit-and-run incident earlier this week.
City police spokeswoman Nancy Mulroy says the officer left the hospital on Thursday. His name is not being released.
Authorities say the officer pulled over a car on Monday night and was injured when the driver sped off as he approached the vehicle. Police in Windsor and Bloomfield had been Read the rest of this entry »

IT WAS “Law & Order” meets “The Sopranos” in New York yesterday, where
, who played a bumbling aspiring mobster on the hit HBO drama, was cleared of second-degree murder in the shooting death of an off-duty policeman during a drunken, late-night search for drugs.
The jury did convict Brancato of attempted burglary. He faces a minimum of three years in pris for that, but he could get credit for the nearly three years he has served.
Brancato showed Read the rest of this entry »

Hackensack, NJ, December 13, 2008 –(
)– Amy Bento’s new DVD “Absolute Beginners: Kettlebell 3 in 1″ is being shot on December 18, 2008 for BayView Entertainment. This exciting new project replaces the original Amy Bento Power Body: Kettlebell 3-in-1 that had been scheduled for release earlier in 2008. BayView feels that the fitness market will be better served by a DVD aimed squarely at novices to kettlebells and that Amy is the perfect Read the rest of this entry »

Narcotics unit finds drugs, weapons next to newborn baby during drug bust
10:56 AM CDT on Monday, October 6, 2008
By Rosalinda Martinez / KHOU.com
HOUSTON — The Brazoria County Sheriff’s Narcotics Unit found a newborn baby with drugs and weapons nearby while executing a search warrant in Freeport, Texas.
After a two-month investigation, sheriffs issued the search warrant for the home located in the 900 block of Read the rest of this entry »

ALEXANDRIA, VA
,
Jan. 17
/PRNewswire/ – The American Peanut Council today joined the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in urging consumers to postpone eating products made with peanut butter pending information about which products contain ingredients produced by a plant in
Blakely, Georgia
. Products from that plant have been linked to salmonella contamination in
,
. Retail peanut butter brands on grocery shelves are safe and Read the rest of this entry »

Dayton-area experts are worried a shrinking number of primary care physicians in the area could leave residents without proper medical care.
Dayton is being affected by a national shortage of primary care physicians in family and internal medicine leading to declining health outcomes and higher costs as fewer physicians are asked to do more with less.
The number of graduating medical school students entering primary care and internal medicine Read the rest of this entry »