Lifestyle Stories from August 12, 2013 (Change date)
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Lake Bell and her voice-over obsessionAug 13, 2013 6:13 am - NEW YORK — Since she was a little girl putting on nightly shows to stave off bedtime and using her father’s Dictaphone to stealthily record interesting accents, Lake Bel...
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Albuquerque hopes ‘Breaking Bad’ ending a startAug 14, 2013 6:13 am - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — It’s been five years of meth addicts, deadly shootings, violent drug traffickers and hidden secrets of the desert. And throughout the filming of AMC ...
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Improvements in store for the Road to GracelandAug 14, 2013 6:13 am - Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The road to Graceland is not a pretty sight. At least not yet. Elvis Presley Boulevard leads hundreds of thousands of visitors each yea...
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Reality TV meets real world, ‘Mountain Man’ styleAug 13, 2013 6:13 am - TRIPLETT, N.C. — The way Eustace Conway sees it, there’s the natural world, as exemplified by his Turtle Island Preserve in the Blue Ridge Mountains. And then there’s th...
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Boomers battle age, work-related hearing lossAug 14, 2013 6:13 am - When baby boomers were coming along — blasting not only most traditions set by generations before them, but their music too — they probably didn’t think they might some ...
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Billie Jean King talks life ahead of PBS profileAug 12, 2013 2:29 pm - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Billie Jean King said last week that she couldn’t have revealed herself as being gay in the 1970s because it would have damaged the fledgling wom...
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Lady Mary copes with grief in new ‘Downton’ seasonAug 13, 2013 6:13 am - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Lady Mary will be mired in grief as season four of “Downton Abbey” begins, mourning the loss of her husband, Matthew. But a string of suitors awa...
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Your health: A link between sleep and obesity?Aug 13, 2013 6:15 am - Sleep, eat connection According to a new study, a major weapon in the battle against obesity might be as simple as getting a good night’s sleep, says USA Today. A s...
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Sick mouths may play a role in other diseasesAug 14, 2013 1:00 pm - Bacteria-laden mouths and bleeding gums are giving medical researchers plenty to think about. Turns out gum disease is associated with a greater risk of developing diabe...
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Aspirin benefit tied to gene variant, study saysAug 12, 2013 5:10 am - NEW YORK — Aspirin’s benefit in thwarting colon cancer is driven by a gene mutation that makes tumor cells less sensitive to the drug’s effects, according to a study tha...