Thanksgiving – the mother of all diet-busters – is a dozen days away.
Why not take steps to try to minimize the damage to your waistlines by losing a few pounds before the holiday season begins? Here, a nutritionist spells out small steps that can shed pounds ahead of the holiday season (or anytime).
READ the article at CBS News Early Show)
Nearly all career pickpockets known to prey on riders in New York City subways are age 50 or older, transit detectives say.
“You don’t find young picks anymore,” NYPD Transit Bureau Detective Nelson Dones said. If trends continue, “It’s going to die out.”
(READ more at the NY Daily News)
A massive elm tree, 217 years old and the largest left in New England, finally succumbed to Dutch elm disease and had to be cut down earlier this year.
But, “Herbie,” as the town of Yarmouth affectionately called the 110-foot-tall giant, is leaving a lasting legacy thanks to local artisans who were given segments of the tree to craft into decorative items, bowls and cutting boards.
A massive elm tree, 217 years old and the largest left in New England, finally succumbed to Dutch elm disease and had to be cut down earlier this year.
But, “Herbie,” as the town of Yarmouth affectionately called the 110-foot-tall giant, is leaving a lasting legacy thanks to local artisans who were given segments of the tree to craft into decorative items, bowls and cutting boards.
A disabled veteran raising more than $94,000 for the Wounded Warriors project with an online gaming website was surprised Thursday with a giant check for his lifelong cause.
While participating in a Veterans Day parade in New York City, the casual gaming site IWon.com presented Frederick J Wendt III with a check for $100,000 after he won the company’s sweepstakes this year.
More than 7,000 online gamers have joined Wendt’s charity effort at IWon.com raising money each time they win — for a total of more than $94,000 since 2008.
A disabled veteran raising more than $94,000 for the Wounded Warriors project with an online gaming website was surprised Thursday with a giant check for his lifelong cause.
While participating in a Veterans Day parade in New York City, the casual gaming site IWon.com presented Frederick J Wendt III with a check for $100,000 after he won the company’s sweepstakes this year.
More than 7,000 online gamers have joined Wendt’s charity effort at IWon.com raising money each time they win — for a total of more than $94,000 since 2008.
In a pioneering experiment, a California woman became the first person to have embryonic stem cells injected into her brain to try and cure her lethal cancer.
Dr. Karen Aboody in Los Angeles has been working on the ground-breaking procedure developed for patients with the very worst brain tumors called glioblastomas. With stem cells, she created the first treatment ever designed for this invasive, deadly cancer.
WATCH the video below…
A British couple kidnapped off their private yacht by Somali pirates more than a year ago were set free Sunday, ending one of the most drawn-out and dramatic hostage situations since the rash of piracy began off East Africa.
READ the AP story at NPR…
Supermodels have joined forces to create a charity initiative that draws upon the generosity of the international fashion community to raise money for solar lighting installations and health clinics in Africa.
Supermodel Elettra Wiedemann is the co-founder of OneFrickinDay.org, the website where charity is modeled, and high fashion is harnessed.
Cindy Crawford, Iman, Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell, Heidi Klum, Brooke Shields, Tyra Banks, Elle Macpherson, and others have donated their favorite dresses for a celebrity auction that also features exclusive experiences and hook-ups.
Supermodels have joined forces to create a charity initiative that draws upon the generosity of the international fashion community to raise money for solar lighting installations and health clinics in Africa.
Supermodel Elettra Wiedemann is the co-founder of OneFrickinDay.org, the website where charity is modeled, and high fashion is harnessed.
Cindy Crawford, Iman, Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell, Heidi Klum, Brooke Shields, Tyra Banks, Elle Macpherson, and others have donated their favorite dresses for a celebrity auction that also features exclusive experiences and hook-ups.
After her brother died in Britain a woman in her 70’s was cleaning out his flat and came across a dusty oriental vase propping up books amid cobwebs on the man’s tall book shelf. One month later when it was put up for auction in London, it sold for a record $69 million (plus fees) and was called “unbelievably rare, with nothing like it outside the Palace Museum in Beijing.”
Even though the intricate porcelain vase was fired in the kilns of a Chinese Emperor around 1740, the family was told the piece was worthless, according to the Sun newspaper, when they took it to an Antiques Roadshow-style show, Going For a Song, 40 years ago.
“If only this had happened 30 years ago,” exclaimed the woman, who had to recover outdoors once the gavel came down and the final price rang in the air.
(READ the family’s story in the the UK Sun)
After her brother died in Britain a woman in her 70’s was cleaning out his flat and came across a dusty oriental vase propping up books amid cobwebs on the man’s tall book shelf. One month later when it was put up for auction in London, it sold for a record $69 million (plus fees) and was called “unbelievably rare, with nothing like it outside the Palace Museum in Beijing.”
With a name like General Electric, it stands to reason GE would want to embrace the electric car.
Thursday the company announced plans to embrace 25,000 of them with a pledge to convert half of its corporate fleet by 2015.
The first mass-market electric cars are expected to go on sale next month, including the Chevy Volt and the Nissan Leaf.
(READ the AP story at WTOP News)
British rock band Coldplay is set to make its long awaited live return with two intimate U.K. gigs that will include an auction of 200 tickets with meet and greet opportunities, all for the benefit of the British homeless charity organization Crisis.
(READ the story from Billboard in Reuters)
A spontaneous pillow fight breaks out in the coach section of a passenger jet. Eventually someone even suggests they all throw their pillows into first class!
See the fun by watching the video below… or at YouTube.
Sir Richard Branson visits Africa often, and recently declared, “It is apparent that a “yes, we can” attitude is spreading across the continent” — particularly among small business people and entrepreneurs.
“Africa’s most valuable assets are its wonderful people, particularly its entrepreneurs.”
Branson’s nonprofit foundation, Virgin Unite, established the Branson School of Entrepreneurship in Johannesburg in 2005 to support and celebrate young South Africans as they launch new ventures, helping them expand their businesses by connecting them with entrepreneurs from SA and around the world.
Sir Richard Branson visits Africa often, and recently declared, “It is apparent that a “yes, we can” attitude is spreading across the continent” — particularly among small business people and entrepreneurs.
“Africa’s most valuable assets are its wonderful people, particularly its entrepreneurs.”
San Francisco’s first medical clinic staffed by volunteers is full of health professionals who’ve failed – at retirement.
The Clinic by the Bay opened Tuesday to serve uninsured residents as the first free clinic in Northern California.
“People who are our age want to work in a field in which we’re comfortable and can contribute,” said a 72-year-old nurse.
You can attend a volunteer orientation on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
(READ the story from the San Francisco Chronicle)
Aung San Suu Kyi, the detained democracy leader who has been under house arrest in Burma since 2003, is set to be released this weekend.
Her term of house arrest ends Saturday and people have already begun to gather, holding her portraits in anticipation near her house and party headquarters, according to news reports and witnesses.
(READ the story at CS Monitor)
A Yorkshire terrier was returned to its owner Wednesday evening after being stolen during a purse snatch in California.
The 6-year-old Yorkie was stolen on Oct. 30 when its 80-year-old owner was out for a walk near her home. She tried to hang onto the dog’s leash, but let it go when one robber claimed to have a gun.
Thus began a journey with many twists and turns that, thankfully, led back home, to an owner who was overwhelmed with happiness.
(READ the story at ABC’s KGO) – The video at ABC is broken.
Photo credit: Jordan Wilson, CC license
