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CNN News reports here: NEW YORK – New York celebrates the centennial of its most famous New Year’s tradition Monday, as organizers of the Times Square ball drop have given the crystal globe an environmental makeover.This year the 1,415-pound ball has been outfitted with more than 9,500 energy-efficient light-emitting diodes that will illuminate the ball’s more than 600 crystals.
Doctors may be giving the wrong doses of adrenaline because of confusing labelling, a study suggests.
An interrupted night’s sleep may increase the risk of developing diabetes, a US-based study suggests.
ABC News reports here: Health officials continued their 17-state search Sunday for passengers who may have been infected with a rare, potentially deadly form of tuberculosis by a woman on an American Airlines flight from New Delhi to Chicago.
The Top Ten Books in this week’s Bestellers List at Amazon, see The Top Ten Books here for more info including some reader reviews in our online store with those and many more great books that make some nice holiday gifts! (ranking as of writing of this article, might change over time)
And The Top Ten Books This Week are:
• Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
• A Thousand Splendid Suns
• The Complete Far Side 1980-1994 (2 vol set)
• His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass)
• The Kite Runner
• The Dangerous Book for Boys
• You: Staying Young: The Owner’s Manual for Extending Your Warranty (You)
• I Am America (And So Can You!)
• Water for Elephants: A Novel
• Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
Reuters Health reports here at Yahoo News: NEW YORK – Eating a high-fat, high-carb fast food meal produces damaging cellular changes that are greater and longer-lasting in obese people than in normal-weight people, a new study shows.
Two Egyptian women die of bird flu, bringing the number of confirmed deaths from the virus in Egypt to 19.
CNN News reports here: France is extending its ban on smoking to include bars, discotheques, restaurants, hotels, casinos, as well as its fabled cafes. In spite of the health dangers, about 13.5 million people smoke out of a population of 60 million with around 26 percent of 15 year olds estimated to smoke, according to 2002 figures from the World Health Organization.
Spiegel Online reports here: Hollywood stardom beckons for Knut, the polar bear cub who shot to fame in 2007. He is to star in an animated Hollywood movie by the maker of the Garfield films in a deal that could net Berlin Zoo zoo €3.5 million.