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• A man robbing his eldely victim in San Diego, Calif., took exeption when a bystander interrupted the crime and punched the robber in the face. The robber responded by calling the police to report the assault. When officers showed up, they arrested the 43-year- caller.(San Diego Union-Tribune).




• Police had little trouble fiding two men who robbed a convenience store in Catawba County, N.C. The suspects called the police shortly after their getaway to request help with flat tire. One of the officers recognized the men from a surveillance video of the robery and arrested Mark Franklin,46, and James Jennings,31. (Charlotte Observer)

A drug that failed tests as an antidepressant is being hailed as "Viagra for women" after surprising but not unpleasant side effects.

In three separate trials, the drug flibanserin did wonders for women's flagging sex drive despite doing nothing to lift mood.

The accidental discovery is akin to Viagra's - it was originally designed as a heart medicine but failed.

The US work was presented at a sexual medicine meeting in Lyon, France.

Lead researcher Professor John Thorp, of the University of North Carolina, told the European Society for Sexual Medicine: "Flibanserin was a poor antidepressant.

It's essentially a Viagra-like drug for women in that diminished desire or libido is the most common feminine sexual problem, like erectile dysfunction is in men

What's the cost of not showing up to court? For PepsiCo Inc., it's a $1.26 billion default judgment. A Wisconsin state court socked the company with the monster award in a case alleging that PepsiCo stole the idea to bottle and sell purified water from two Wisconsin men.

Now the company is scrambling to salvage the situation. The damages award was handed down on Sept. 30. PepsiCo filed motions to vacate the order and dismiss the claims on Oct. 13, saying it wasn't even aware of the lawsuit until Oct. 6.

Our personalities do more for us than determine our social circles. Temperament can impact a person's physical health.
"The idea that behavior or personality traits can influence health is one that's been around for a long time. We're just now getting a handle on to what extent they do," said Stephen Boyle of Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina.
From those with a chill demeanor to the completely frazzled types, mental factors are ultimately tied to physical health. And while a highly neurotic person might deteriorate more quickly than others, not every character trait will kill you. Some might even boost lifetimes.

No. 7: Cynicism

A beauty queen who voiced her disapproval of gay marriage during a Miss USA pageant has become an unlikely pin-up for Right-wingers after she was subsequently insulted by one of the judges.

Carrie Prejean has spent the week since she lost out on the coveted crown standing by her anti-gay marriage views as debate has raged about her remarks.

Saying she "had spoken from my heart, from my beliefs and for my God", she told ABC: "It's not about being politically correct. For me, it's about being biblically correct."

During the beauty contest she was asked for her views on gay marriage, which has recently been allowed by four new states, by Perez Hilton, a celebrity blogger who is openly gay.

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When her husband turned 40, Charla Muller couldn't decide what to give him, so she offered him guaranteed sex every night for a whole year.

Charla Muller was reading Galatians 5.22-23 in her Bible study group when she decided what she was going to get her husband, Brad, for his 40th birthday. Perhaps disappointingly for him, it wasn't an iTunes voucher. Instead, she was going to give him the gift of sex for 365 nights.

Michael Jordan delivered the blueprint for the modern, iconic athlete. He didn’t just transcend basketball, but American sport. Tiger Woods gets compared far more with Jordan than he does Jack Nicklaus. Basketball hasn’t been alone searching for the next Jordan. As it turns out, so is everything else that uses a scoreboard.

Jordan taught sports how to pursue championships with ferocity and flair, style and grace. He always treated Sacramento in February like he did Madison Square Garden in the playoffs. Jordan was an industry, a movement, a happening. As much as Kobe Bryant and LeBron James chase each other, they also chase Jordan’s legend.

The following story came out yesterday in the Independent Weekly newspaper in North Carolina regarding my brother, John Downs, the American Geologist currently imprisoned in Qatar for alleged espionage. For more information visit our website at www.johnwdowns.com.

A Duke student's quest to free his father from a Qatari prison

Crime and punishment

By Lisa Sorg

It was a steamy August evening when Nick Downs pulled up to his family's concrete block home in Doha, Qatar, to find several black Land Cruisers and Range Rovers parked in front.