Friday, January 2, 2009
EAGAN, Minn., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- More than 1 in 4 young U.S. adults say they have attended at least one party in the last year where minors were served alcohol, a survey indicates. The survey, by the legal Web site FindLaw says 28 percent of people between the ages of 18 and 24 encountered underage... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Blood sugar linked to elderly cognition
NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Maintaining optimal blood sugar levels, even in the absence of diabetes, may help in preserving cognitive health in the elderly, U.S. researchers suggest. Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center in New York say that although it is widely known that the early... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Fake heart attack stops home invasion
EXETER, England, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- A 54-year-old British woman stopped a violent home invasion by three armed men by faking a heart attack, her husband says. Graham Eaton of Ashington, England, said his wife, Lesley, reacted to the presence of three men in their remote home by faking a heart attack... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Five rescued from Md. water main break
BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Rescue crews using boats and a helicopter Tuesday plucked five Maryland motorists whose cars were swamped by water from a broken utility main, officials said. The rupture of a 44-year-old, 66-inch diameter water pipe created a fast-rising, 4-foot high cascade of... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Felt, Watergate 'Deep Throat,' dies at 95
SANTA ROSA, Calif., Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Mark Felt, an FBI official who became known as "Deep Throat" in the Watergate scandal, has died, his family said. Felt, who lived in Santa Rosa, Calif., was 95. Felt died Thursday, his grandson, Rob Jones, told The New York Times. No cause of death was disclosed.... Sign in to see full entry.