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In the case of shared stories, all rights reside with the original creator. en 2008-08-30T01:07:16 2008-08-30T01:07:16 httpd:/www.citytools.net/essentials/rss_docs.html http://www.citytools.net/images/rss_logo.jpg http://www.citytools.net 182 35 citytools image http://www.citytools.net/showstory/6802082A-7613-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who stay active after being diagnosed with breast cancer -- and even those who take up exercise for the first time after diagnosis -- have a better chance of surviving the disease, a new study shows. <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/healthNews/~3/378324185/idUSHAR96831820080829">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/22651886-75B7-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ Consumers increasingly prepared to compromise as organic food sales suffer sustained fall<a href="http://www.earthwire.org/redirect.cfm?did=2000352462&cid=2100017&aid=0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guardian.co.uk%2Fenvironment%2F2008%2Faug%2F29%2Forganics.food%3Fgusrc%3Drss%26amp%3Bfeed%3Denvironment">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/8938A156-75BF-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ The old adage &quot;sticks and stones can break your bones, but words can never hurt you&quot;, simply is not true, a study finds.<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/health/7587780.stm">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/8C63194C-75BF-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ From the beginning, it seemed that the attraction was about opposites. He loved boats. She loved motor homes. And so it made sense that eventually Eric Smith and Douglass Dillard, married for 10 years, would happen upon a joint venture that would combine their respective passions for boats and movable lodging. This would lead to great things, they were certain. And so this spring, when the couple launched their houseboat sales business behind the historic Trumpy boatyard in Annapolis, their optimism was high. They&#39;d sell fleets of them, populate the Chesapeake Bay ...<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/28/AR2008082803600.html"> (more) </a><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/28/AR2008082803600.html">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/0D6D23CC-75E1-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ Two South African mothers await DNA results after their babies were mixed up and one died, local media reports.<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/africa/7587783.stm">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/B0DEFA0E-7595-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ Dropping gas prices are likely to put more New Yorkers on the road for summer&#39;s last big blast - Labor Day weekend. <a href="http://feeds.nydailynews.com/~r/nydnrss/news/~3/377825039/2008-08-28_dropping_gas_prices_signals_more_travel.html">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/5CF94242-75D0-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ In the state’s northwestern towns, unshowered Appalachian Trail hikers roam the same streets as well-dressed women in great round sunglasses and sweeping wide-brimmed hats. <a href="http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/travel/escapes/29ConnHike.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/651AE982-75A6-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ Is it possible for a global corporation to become a local favorite? <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/fashion/28SKINTwo.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/284D5C0A-7624-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co may shift billions of dollars of health care obligations for retired hourly workers to a trust fund overseen by the United Auto Workers union in 2010, a federal judge ruled on Friday. <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/healthNews/~3/378467827/idUSN2932115120080829">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/95FDB6A4-7602-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Obesity is associated with an increased risk of colorectal adenomas -- growths or polyps that can become cancerous -- but weight loss might reduce the risk, a study hints. <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/healthNews/~3/378317166/idUSHAR96825520080829">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/33DC51A4-75FA-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While influenza vaccination does provide protection against catching the flu, it does not have a major impact on death in the elderly, contrary to what some studies have suggested, a new study suggests. <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/healthNews/~3/378224346/idUSHAR96014920080829">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/027CB516-75F2-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ The 3,800-acre Three Rivers Recreation Area in Oregon is home to more than 500 off-the-grid vacation homes. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/greathomesanddestinations/29grid.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/FE13F6E2-75F1-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ BOSTON (Reuters) - ImClone Systems Inc said on Friday that a trial of its cancer drug Erbitux did not significantly improve overall survival in a trial of patients with the most common form of lung cancer. <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/healthNews/~3/378249719/idUSN2943736420080829">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/6FDFC6D8-75E9-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who go through a traumatic event during or soon before pregnancy may be at increased risk of having an underweight baby, a large study suggests. <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/healthNews/~3/378196963/idUSHAR95731520080829">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/D395BB78-75AE-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ SUMMIT POINT, W.Va. Gentlemen and ladies, start your engines! And we do mean ladies, because pulling out of the pits and onto the track at Summit Point Motorsports Park is Sandy Shapiro, the rookie out of Baltimore! Quite a story here, sports fans: Mom of two college kids, a pediatric speech pathologist, and yet hitting the track with her 500-horsepower 2008 BMW M5 like Danica Patrick on maternal steroids! Shapiro is pulling into the starting lane, shifting into first. She revs that German engineering and -- thunka thunka chunk. Stalls out! &quot;I&#39;m ...<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/28/AR2008082803567.html"> (more) </a><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/28/AR2008082803567.html">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/63AAF5E2-75A6-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ Now seen in its full glory after a major restoration and addition, the once-maligned Yale School of Art and Architecture turns out to be a masterpiece of late Modernism. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/arts/design/28yale.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/A030723C-7595-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines has a lower incidence of HIV than most of its neighbors despite sharing many of the risks, but health officials warned on Thursday that many new cases were now coming to light. <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/healthNews/~3/376983970/idUSSP21147420080828">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/DC645158-7584-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ Marc Newson, an industrial designer, was commissioned to design the cabin of the Airbus A380 double-deck superjumbo jet for the Australian airline Qantas. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/garden/28plane.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/DACBEC16-7584-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ HealthDay - THURSDAY, Aug. 28 (HealthDay News) -- A group of researchers has described hourly changes in a protein in the brain that is thought to play a key role in Alzheimer&#39;s disease.<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080828/hl_hsn/scientiststrackhourlychangesinalzheimersprotein">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/17D094C4-7574-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ A diagnosis of prostate cancer comes with a flow of percentages and test figures, but precision is still elusive. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/health/views/26case.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">[original story]</a>