Are Today’s Students More Narcissistic?
College students say social networking makes them more narcissistic, a national survey reports today – and they also believe their generation is the most narcissistic of all. That’s what a majority of 1,068 college students said when asked about narcissism in a poll on social networking sites in June by Ypulse. More than half (57 [...]
Lawmaker Takes on Oversize Carry-Ons
Tired of overhead bins stuffed to the point of bursting, some frequent fliers say they would welcome a strictly enforced limit on the size of carry-ons that is being proposed in Congress. Legislation proposed by Rep. Dan Lipinski, D-Ill., would set a federal standard for the maximum size of bags a passenger can carry on [...]
Organize Your Home For ‘Back To School’
By now, kids have pretty much settled in to the new school year. But have parents settled in to the daily grind? Erika Gentner, who owns a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based professional organizing business, says a lot of moms will soon find out. “Usually, it’s after (their kids) go back to school because they realize, ‘My house [...]
Oil Stocks Making a Comeback?
While the stock market has rallied significantly this year, largely on the back of banks and financial companies, one sector that has not felt the love has been big oil. Who could blame investors? With the Obama administration injecting itself into the marketplace and all the talk about global warming, major oil companies like Exxon [...]
‘Pitchmen’ Will Carry on Without Billy Mays
James Tupper is already feeling the pangs of missing family time with Anne Heche, their 5-month-old son, Atlas, and Heche’s 7-year-old, Homer. “Fatherhood — oh, my God, there’s no way to express it,” declares the actor, who’s now gearing up for the launch of NBC’s Sept. 23-debuting “Mercy” medical drama, in which he plays a [...]
Sarah and the Death Panels
“The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama’s ‘death panel’ so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their ‘level of productivity in society,’ whether they are worthy of health care. Such a [...]
Court Foils Delaware Sports Betting Plans
PHILADELPHIA – Delaware’s bid to offer unlimited sports betting was thwarted by a federal appeals court Monday, a ruling that severely curtails what the state’s three casinos can offer. In a decision by the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Theodore McKee said single-game betting – the main draw of the state’s sports gambling efforts [...]
What To Do When A Kid Pulls The Trigger?
Trisha Babcock was twice the age of the person who allegedly shot and killed her. And she was only 24. Which makes the alleged “gunman” only 12. So here comes another hand-wringing debate over whether children are still children when they kill like adults. Try these sentences on for size: The kid was sixth-grade age. [...]
NFL Heightens Look Into Dallas Screen
When a punt during the first game played at the luxurious, $1.25 billion Dallas Cowboys Stadium on Friday hit the gigantic four-sided video board hanging 90 feet above the field, eyebrows were raised and league action was initiated. After all, no matter how majestic the screens are, if they interfere with rather than enhance the [...]
Insurance Panel Likely to Hear From McCarty
Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty will likely go before a House insurance panel in the coming months to discuss the property insurance market as questions continue over just how much solid coverage is available in the face of a pull out by State Farm. Rep. Pat Patterson, R-DeLand, chairman of the House Insurance, Business & Financial [...]
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