Monday January 25, 2010

WEB BOHEMIAN (Monday January 25, 2010)
(1)- SCIENCE SAYS -- Scientists have found that eating a plate of bacon and eggs could help pregnant women boost the intelligence of their unborn child. It is well documented that a pregnant woman's diet can affect her unborn baby.

(2)- HONEST NYC CABBIE -- On finding that an Italian tourist left a handbag containing more than $21,000 - not to mention valuable jewelery - on his backseat Christmas Eve, the Bangladesh-born cabbie knew what to do. He returned it...

(3)- MEN VS WOMEN - Women may think of men as primitive, but new research indicates that the Y chromosome — the thing that makes a man male — is evolving far faster than the rest of the human genetic code.

(4)- NOT SAFE -- More than 3 percent of "sudden deaths" in a region of Spain are related to cocaine use, a study said. Even modest amounts of the illegal drug cannot be considered safe for so-called "recreational use," the study warned.

(5)- GERMAN PROTEST – Protesting use of the so-called naked scanner, German Pirate Party members organized a “fleshmob” of people who stripped down to their skivvies and converged on the Berlin-Tegel airport. They posted a YouTube video.

(6)- NEW FACE -- Eva Uhlin recovered her looks after suffering a once-in-a-million allergic reaction to a commonly used household pain killer. The deadly condition, known as Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis, caused her skin to blister, burn and to scab.

(7)- MARRIAGE PROPOSAL -- James García wasn’t going to let something like jail time get in the way of marrying the love of his life. That’s why García proposed to his girlfriend, Mary, in front of the Taos County Adult Detention Center while in Taos for a hearing in his case.

(8)- ICELAND -- Iceland is famous for its sagas. But the latest one is truly dramatic: the balance sheets of its privatized financial sector grew from twice to 10 times gross domestic product, in five years, But the story had to end badly.

(9)- RUSSIAN STRAYS – Poyarkov says there are 30,000 to 35,000 stray dogs in Moscow, while the wolf population for the whole of Russia is about 50,000 to 60,000. Population density determines how often there is contact among the animals.

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