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Help for Homeowners Facing the Loss of Their Home
This site discusses steps to take when you may unable to pay the mortgage on your home. Topics include contacting your lender, talking to a housing counseling agency, prioritizing debts, and exploring loan workout solutions (such as forbearance or mortgage modification). Includes comments about predatory lending schemes, and a link to a list of HUD-approved housing counseling agencies by state. From the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The Works of Norman Mailer
Companion to a fall 2007 exhibition of materials associated with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Norman Mailer, who died in November 2007. It "highlights some of the major works of Norman Mailer housed in the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Thomas Cooper Library [University of South Carolina]."Includes images of book jackets (such as for "The Naked and the Dead"), and a self-portrait. From the University of South Carolina. Teen Suicide Rate: Highest Increase In 15 Years
A new CDC report shows the largest one-year increase in youth suicide rate in 15 years. Suicide rates for 10-19 year-old females and 15-19 year-old males increased significantly in 2004 in the United States. An increase in the suicide rates for three gender-age groups accounts for the increase in the overall suicide rate, the report said. Rates rose for 10- to-14-year-old females, 15 -to-19-year-old females and 15- to-19-year-old males from 2003 to 2004. [Funny] A referee has sent himself off in an English amateur league ma
Andy Wain had to abandon the Sunday league match between Peterborough North End and a Royal Mail side in the 63rd minute after throwing down his whistle and marching up to confront North End's keeper. Antioxidant To Retard Wrinkles Discovered
A new method for fighting skin wrinkles has been developed. Scientists isolated a plant-based antioxidant that delays the aging process by countering the breakdown of collagen fibers in the skin. Antioxidants operate against free radicals which cause a breakdown of many tissues in the body, including the skin. [Odd] Woman Shocked by Claim She Was Slain
A woman was shocked to learn Friday that a photo of what appeared to be her old driver's license showed up on an Islamic Web site along with a claim that she had been captured in southern Iraq and slain. Memory Follows Dynamic Pattern Involving Many Cells In Brain
Memory formation follows a dynamic pattern, allowing for retrieval from different areas of the brain, depending on when an organism needs to remember, said a researcher at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM). Dr. Ron L. Davis, professor of molecular and cellular biology at BCM, found that a memory trace in Drosophila or fruit flies is formed in a pair of neurons 30 minutes after the fact. The study appears in the current issue of the journal Cell. Understanding And Diagnosing An Inherited Pain Syndrome
Yale School of Medicine researchers report the first demonstration that a single mutation in a human sodium channel gene can trigger pain in people with an inherited pain syndrome known as primary erythromelalgia, according to a study published this month in the journal Brain. It’s Semantic: Easier Solution To Annotate And Search Images
Innovative software developed in Europe that makes it easier to organise, search and navigate collections of digital images will soon be available to media agencies, photographers and, potentially, anyone trying to keep up with photo-happy Facebook or Flickr friends. Bird Flu Claims Critically Endangered Mammal
A far wider range of wildlife species could be at risk from bird flu warns Dr Diana Bell of the University of East Anglia following her team's discovery that three civet cats have died from bird flu in Vietnam.
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