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Film: Young stars of 'Twilight Saga: New Moon' amazed at their luck

By TERRY MORROW, Scripps Howard News Service

Of all the rumors about who's dating whom on the set of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," you can definitely eliminate Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner as a real-life couple.

"Taylor and I are really close," said Stewart, 19, of her 17-year-old co-star. "He's one of my best friends."

Dessert: The Shortchanged Generation

By DALE McFEATTERS, Scripps Howard News Service

There's nothing to warm the heart of an aging generation more than reports of sniping, resentment and hostility between younger generations.

Generation X, in particular, feels slighted by its place in the birth order, stuck between the baby boomers and Gen Y, the Echo Generation.

Signs of Internet addiction

San Francisco Chronicle

Here are some questions to ask if you think you are addicted to the Internet:

-- Do you spend excessive time online, or more than you intended?

-- Do you feel more depressed or lonely the more time you spend online?

-- Do you have a heightened sense of euphoria while online or using a computer?

-- Is it interfering with your job or school performance?

When does an addiction to Internet become a problem?

By BENNY EVANGELISTA, San Francisco Chronicle

Technology can be seductive because it provides an instant reward -- a text message from a friend, success in a video game or stimulating news on a Web site -- that is not necessarily harmful.

But mental-health experts say an addiction can form -- just as with gambling -- when people keep seeking that intermittent, unpredictable reward.

Alabama's Mark Ingram keeps lead in SHNS Heisman Poll

By JOHN LINDSAY, Scripps Howard News Service

Ballots for the 75th Heisman Trophy were mailed Monday. And finally, the race appears to be coming into focus.

College capsules including Colorado-Oklahoma State

By JOHN LINDSAY, Scripps Howard News Service

Capsule previews for Thursday and Friday's top college football games. All times Eastern and all rankings Associated Press.

THURSDAY:

COLORADO (3-6) at No. 12 OKLAHOMA STATE (8-2), 7:30, ESPN.

FAVORITE: Oklahoma State by 16.

COACHES: Dan Hawkins (16-30 in fourth year at Colorado) and Mike Gundy (35-25 in fifth year at Oklahoma State).

Editorial: Mummy's curse is not what you think

An editorial / By Dale McFeatters, Scripps Howard News Service

Heart disease has generally been thought to be an affliction associated with modern civilization -- fast food, salt, lack of exercise, smoking, stress. And it's true that as countries like China and India become increasingly developed, heart disease is increasingly prevalent.

Editorial: Obama's long, drawn-out policy review

An editorial / By Dale McFeatters, Scripps Howard News Service

In a series of interviews with the TV networks before he left China, President Barack Obama disclosed that he is angered by the leaks that have accompanied his protracted deliberations over Afghanistan and considered the unauthorized disclosures a firing offense.

Santas worry about H1N1 flu

By ANNA TONG, Sacramento Bee

The thought of kids with runny noses sitting in Santa's lap sharing their deepest desires and germs this holiday season isn't eliciting the usual "Ho, ho, ho." It's more of an "Oh, no, no."

As in, "Oh no, don't give Santa swine flu."

Breaking the pacifier habit

By ANN WEBER, Toledo Blade

Dentists are cautioning parents that children should give up their pacifiers by the time they're 3 years old.

The timing varies, but it's generally 2-1/2 to 3, according to Maumee, Ohio, pediatric dentists Stephen Pero and Michael Glinka, who have been in practice together for more than 36 years.

Ostler: Verdict in on Belichick, Harbaugh

By SCOTT OSTLER, San Francisco Chronicle

Jim Harbaugh and Bill Belichick -- did they blow it?

The complaint against Bad Call Bill is pure nonsense. Tedy Bruschi said if he were still a New England Patriot, "I would look at this decision (not to punt) as a lack of confidence in our ability as a defensive unit to come up with a big play to win the game."

Medical Journal: Docs need to talk money with patients

By LEE BOWMAN, Scripps Howard News Service

Does your doctor talk to you about money?

Chances are, he or she does not. But it is a lost skill of medicine that many providers are finding they need.

Increasingly, patients are finding they need to know how much a particular diagnostic test or prescription or procedure will cost because some or all of the expense will come out of their own pockets.

Smith: TV star Bengals defying the odds

By STEPHEN C. SMITH Sr., Scripps Howard News Service

Here's a joke for you: What does HBO's training camp reality show "Hard Knocks" and the Heisman Trophy have in common?

The answer is that they're both usually considered NFL kryptonite.

Since you're probably not laughing right now, let me save myself by saying that this particular joke may not be funny, but it is true.

Wilf says Favre welcome to return

By JUDD ZULGAD, Minneapolis Star Tribune

OWATONNA, Minn. - Minnesota Vikings owner and President Mark Wilf said Tuesday the franchise has received the boost it was looking for when it signed Brett Favre and made it clear the veteran quarterback would be welcomed back in 2010 to play the second season of the two-year, $25 million deal he received in August.

Erbe: The other side of breast cancer

By BONNIE ERBE, Scripps Howard News Service

I understand the outrage over new federal guidelines suggesting a much more limited (and less expensive) approach to screening women for breast cancer. I just watched Rep.

By ANN McFEATTERS, Scripps Howard News Service

Obama finds out quickly change is not easy

After delivering a startlingly change-oriented inaugural address, President Barack Obama is finding out that change is possible but it is not easy.

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The Obama inauguration will proceed by tradition, clock

Protocol is a tough taskmaster. Thus, almost every Presidential Inauguration proceeds according to tradition and the clock.
Early on the morning of Jan. 20, a butler will climb the stairs to the main guest suite at Blair House, across the street from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and tap gently on the door of the blue, white and raspberry-chintz-covered bedroom.

Investigation of Bush administration hardly worth it

Despite a formidable to-do list, the next president is being urged by some fellow Democrats and human rights groups to investigate the Bush administrations possible transgressions of law.
That would be a bad mistake.

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Obama's presidency may not be a feel-good one

We will not have a feel-good presidency in Barack Obama.

Let's hope that Obama can bring a better 2009

At the stroke of midnight, as the old year slunk away and the new one put its toe in the water, do you suppose Barack Obama thought to himself "What have I done?''

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Want political intrigue? Check the governor's mansion

Usually, we Americans can go weeks, even months, without thinking of our governors. Except of course California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the movie star. Not so this year.

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Watch: What are Obama's health care plans?

When Barack Obama talks about America's deplorable health insurance problems, he speaks with undeniable passion. So what is he proposing?

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Note to Obama: Get some sleep

Have you noticed that everyone is giving Barack Obama advice? OK, here is mine.
Get enough sleep, Mr. President-Elect.

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So far, so good on Obama transition

So, folks, how is he doing?
With every day bringing more bad financial news, with job loss now an equal opportunity experience, with paying the mortgage each month a major hassle, we can at least be glad that Barack Obama is said to be ahead of any previous president-elect in putting together his team.

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Big Three do not have their act together

WASHINGTON -- What are we to think of the Big Three automakers plea to Congress (and each of us) for a $25 billion bailout, euphemistically known as a bridge loan or rescue package?

Dead Wrong

A seven-month investigation into federal mortality records reveals hundreds of thousands of death certificates filed every year in the United States are wrong, meaning we don't really know what's killing Americans. A first-of-its-kind study also found that younger, well-educated and wealthy people are more likely to be autopsied when they die. More men than women are autopsied. And blacks, Hispanics, Asians and Native Americans are more likely to be autopsied than whites.

Autopsy rates differ by race, age, sex, education

Cause of death investigations often dead wrong

Accurate death certificates challenged by poor training

Poll: Doubts persist over accuracy of death certificates

Survey results among different groups

Death poll findings, by questions

What to do if you distrust the death diagnosis

Where to find death records

Deaths by heart disease by state

Editorial: We don't know what's really killing Americans

Editorial: Water puts moon in a new light

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Market decides if you set the right price for a house

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Editorial: 9/11 planners to return to NYC -- for trial

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Autos: Lincoln's flagship these days is the MKS sedan

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Navy to deploy dolphins, sea lions to protect sub base

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Editorial: Cracking down on free speech in name of religion

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Editorial: But go ahead and make plans for next week anyway

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Erbe: Stupak-Pitts shoves women to back of bus

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A mouth guard said to improve strength and reduce fatigue

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Parker: Sodom in the nation's capital

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Recycled Radiation

Thousands of everyday products and materials containing radioactively tainted metals are surfacing across the United States and around the world. But because of haphazard screening, an absence of oversight, and substantial disincentives for businesses to report contamination, no one knows how many tainted goods are in circulation.

Recycled radioactive metal contaminates consumer products

NRC wants to tighten oversight of often-lost radioactive devices

Same batch of radioactive metal from Mexico enters Calif. for 25 years

Radioactive cheese grater case shows lack of oversight

36 states have nowhere to dump low-level radioactive material

Radioactive mesh from China used to make 30,000 filters in Florida

Authorities scrambled to corral radioactive La-Z-Boy recliners

Only U.S. effort to collect radioactive material has 9,000-object backlog

Mandatory screening, reporting needed to stop recycling radiation

Radioactive materials surface in Tennessee scrap yards

Texas has highest number of radioactive metal incidents

Editorial: The hidden radiation around us

Scripps Howard News Service response to comments from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on SHNS' "Recycled Radiation"

The Doctor is Out

A special report by Scripps Howard News Service finds as many as one in five Americans does not have a family doctor. And this translates directly to higher rates of illness and death and higher costs.

Docs: In ERs, more sore throats than cardiac arrests

Interactive database showing U.S. doctors by county

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By ANN McFEATTERS, Scripps Howard News Service

Obama finds out quickly change is not easy

The Obama inauguration will proceed by tradition, clock

Investigation of Bush administration hardly worth it

Obama's presidency may not be a feel-good one

Let's hope that Obama can bring a better 2009

Want political intrigue? Check the governor's mansion

Watch: What are Obama's health care plans?

Note to Obama: Get some sleep

So far, so good on Obama transition

Big Three do not have their act together

Dead Wrong

Recycled Radiation

The Doctor is Out

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