Category Archives: Lifestyle

Harvard study: coffee may lower suicide risk 50%

Manfred Rutz/Getty Images A 16-year Harvard study published in The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry indicates that caffeinated coffee may lower suicide risk in both men and women by 50%. Keep calm and get your caffeine on. A recent Harvard study revealed that caffeinated coffee may lower the suicide risk in both men and women by 50%, Huffington Post reported. ...

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Thousands of Marilyn Monroe photos by Milton Greene to be auctioned off

Courtesy Profiles in history Thousands of never-before-seen photos of Marilyn Monroe are going up for auction, taken by celebrated photographer Milton Greene during the 1950s. Marilyn Monroe was the most photographed woman in the world. Now you can own some of the most intimate photographs taken of the stunning starlet by famed photographer Milton Greene. Nearly 4,000 photos taken by ...

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Terminally ill San Jose bride to get dream wedding

KNTV Knowing that her time is running out, Jen Bulik decided to get married to her longtime boyfriend. Dozens of strangers have pitched in to give the San Jose, Calif., bride the wedding of her dreams. This bride chose life. After five months of aggressive lung cancer treatment, Jen Bulik’s doctors told her family that she had less than six ...

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In the Now for Friday, July 26, 2013

The free outdoor Lole/Fitist yoga class is clearly a group affair. POGO A GO-GO This weekend it’s okay to feel jumpy. The 10th annual Pogopalooza is bouncing into the Big Apple. Extreme pogo jumpers from across the globe kick things off on Friday, with exhibitions at city landmarks all day. Pogo daredevils will try breaking Guinness World Records, like the ...

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UN declares ‘World Toilet Day’

Getty Providing toilets could save the lives of more than 200,000 children each year, a diplomat from Singapore told the U.N. The United Nations on Wednesday declared November 19 as World Toilet Day following a proposal by Singapore whose envoy said he did not care if jokes are made. “I am sure there will be laughter among the press and ...

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Popeyes to combine chicken and waffles into one tender

Popeye’s If you’ve ever wondered whether to eat the waffle or the chicken first, waffle no more. The new Popeyes Chicken and Waffle tender offers both flavors in a single bite. Which comes first? The chicken or the waffle? Now you don’t have to decide. RELATED: HIT TACO CREATED 15,000 JOBS Meet Popeyes’ latest carb-stuffed creation: Chicken and Waffle tenders. ...

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Ben & Jerry’s comes up with NYC-themed ice cream flavor

Fatty ’Cue is throwing a backyard barbecue party. New to the scene … New York City tastes like beer, butterscotch and brownies, according to Ben & Jerry’s, which just created a new flavor inspired by the city. The ice cream maker used tweets, votes from fans, and even the schedules of subway trains to help concoct unique flavors for five ...

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‘Crack baby’ study overturns common assumptions

Diverse Images/UIG A new study finds that exposure to crack cocaine in the womb is not as harmful to a child’s health as being raised in poverty.  Perhaps the hysteria over “crack babies” was misplaced. Babies whose mothers smoked crack cocaine while pregnant do not face the kinds of health risks that many scientists initially feared, a new study has ...

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NYC street vendors offer hot dogs, $7M in health violations

Tanay Warerkar Brooklyn, N.Y., hot dog vendor Shawki Eldin, right, was hit with 12 Health Department violations in 2012, including dirty equipment and the absence of a required sink for hand-washing, city records say. This number is truly sickening — scofflaw street food vendors, who ignore New York City fines and cleanliness all the same, owe the city more than ...

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