Believing in TV romances could hurt your real-life relationship

Believing in TV romances could hurt your real-life relationship


Believing in TV romances could hurt your real-life relationship

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 12:31 AM PDT

If you love tuning into televised romance, a new study finds that your guilty pleasure could spell trouble for your own romantic life. The Ross and Rachel effect?

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China's painful past displayed under political shadow

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 12:09 AM PDT

A group of museums commemorating China's violent Cultural Revolution is opening up normally tightly controlled discussion of the chaotic era -- but only up to a point.

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Obama leads Romney in Ohio and Florida

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 11:19 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama maintains a lead over his Republican rival, Mitt Romney, in the key battleground states of Ohio and in Florida, a new public opinion poll has found.

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Philippines puts 158 caves under protection

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 11:01 PM PDT

The Philippine government has put 158 caves under the protection of the environment department to safeguard them from treasure-hunters, vandals and looters, it was announced Saturday.

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Power, fuel ease U.S. storm woes, but many still waiting

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 10:17 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - While power returned to much of Manhattan and fuel supplies were headed for the disaster zone, residents of some of the hardest-hit areas faced a long wait for electricity and help after superstorm Sandy's devastating strike on the U.S. Northeast.



Insight - Flooded New York plans to tame the sea, but who pays?

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 10:15 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Jeroen Aerts, a Dutchman tasked with crafting a plan to defend New York City from flooding, first looked at its coastline seven years ago, he was taken aback by how vulnerable it was.



New U.S. Congress may have old look after election

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 10:10 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress fell to new depths of public disapproval in the past two years, yet no big shake-up of the Senate or House of Representatives is expected in Tuesday's general election.



French whisky makers take on the competition

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 10:11 PM PDT

(France-AFP) - France is the world's biggest consumer of Scotch whisky per capita, but there are still only a handful of whisky producers. The first, a distillery in Brittany, decided 20 years ago that it would take on the Celtic competition with 'Le Whisky'. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.

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Biologist makes leap with three-fingered frog discovery

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 10:08 PM PDT

On a trek across an Atlantic rainforest reserve in south Brazil, biologist Michel Garey recalled how on his birthday in 2007 he chanced upon a new species of tiny, three-fingered frogs.

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Anger grows over fuel shortage in storm-hit US Northeast

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 08:49 PM PDT

NEW YORK, Nov 3 — Tempers frayed in long queues for petrol, and millions were still without electricity across the US Northeast yesterday as the death toll from superstorm Sandy hit 102 and crews searched for more victims in devastated communities in New York and New Jersey. The US government moved to ease the fuel crunch by tapping strategic ...



India, Asean to explore renewable energy cooperation

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 09:02 PM PDT

Financing of renewable energy, cooperation in research and development, technology transfer and resource assessment will be among issues to be discussed at the meeting of the Ministers of Renewable Energy of Asean countries and India.

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Local shares likely to soften next week

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 08:42 PM PDT

The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) is expected to soften next week after hitting a new historic high recently, dealers said.

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Guan Eng's anti-hopping bill theatric: Shahrizat

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 08:23 PM PDT

Wanita Umno chief Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil regards the anti-party hopping bill which was passed by the Penang state assembly yesterday as another political gimmick and "sandiwara" (drama) of Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.

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Sandy may slow Malaysia's economy in short run: analyst

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 08:04 PM PDT

Hurricane Sandy will not have a major impact on the Malaysian economy as the calamity will only affect the global economy in the short run, said S Das & Associates Pty Ltd consultant Satyajit Das.

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A little place filled with stories

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 08:09 PM PDT

Although it is just a small place, it has its own stories to tell.

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Obama dodges jobs data time bomb

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 08:08 PM PDT

President Barack Obama evaded a last-minute time bomb Friday as the economy pumped out more jobs than expected in October, delivering a boost to his re-election hopes as the final weekend of campaigning begins.

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Overturned fuel-carrying truck explodes in Texas

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 08:07 PM PDT

A tanker truck carrying thousands of gallons of fuel overturned and exploded Friday in Harris County in the U.S. state of Texas, local media reported.

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China's 18th Communist Party congress

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 08:05 PM PDT

China's ruling Communist Party opens its 18th congress in Beijing on Thursday, a major political event to appoint a new leadership to head the world's most populous nation over the next decade.

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'Communism camp' for China's future leaders

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 07:57 PM PDT

In the remote Jinggang mountains, China's future communist elite are being trained in Mao Zedong's former guerrilla base, an effort to buttress the revolutionary roots of a regime striving to maintain its legitimacy.

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New York axes marathon, but some electricity returns

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 07:50 PM PDT

Bowing to mounting pressure, Mayor Michael Bloomberg canceled New York's annual marathon set for Sunday, as the death toll from superstorm Sandy rose and storm-created shortages saw motorists fight over meager fuel supplies.

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