http://www.nwcn.com/news/oregon?fId=151047315&fPath=/home&fDomain=10202

Forget the wax - beauty doesn't always have to hurt that bad. It can actually be pretty sweet. Mix in water, lemon juice and sugar and you get a recipe for sugaring, the all natural way to get rid of unwanted body hair. The biggest benefit to getting sugared  is reducing hair regrowth.

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Too often, we sabotage ourselves. The number one mistake? We eat food that's not real. "When you are eating a lot of fake foods you become nutrition deficient and therefore hungry. That causes us to binge later," said Nutrition Counselor Marjorie Nolan. Not drinking enough water also hurts us. More than half the time we think we're hungry, but instead we are really thirsty. Instead of having a snack, have a big glass of water and wait 10 minutes. If you are just thirsty, the feeling of hunger will go away.

http://www.9wsyr.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=3492415

If you’re not bundling your TV, Internet, and phone service and getting all three as a discount package, you could be missing out on big savings. And the Consumer Reports National Research Center found that there are other ways to cut your telecom bill. A survey of 69,000 readers reveals that bargaining can really pay off. Consumer Reports says that providers may be more willing to deal once it’s clear that you’re serious about dropping them.

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/video?id=8661332&pid=8661327

In a report provided by Nationwide Children's Hospital, researchers say every four hours in the U.S., a toddler gets hurt while using a baby bottle, a pacifier or a sippy-cup. The injuries are often so serious that they require a visit to the emergency department.  Researchers say 80 percent of these injuries could have been prevented if parents stop using pacifiers at six months, stop using bottles when the kids can walk and don't let them carry sippy-cups around. A related study warns of another potentially life-threatening danger: kids swallowing button batteries. The number of children swallowing button batteries has more than doubled since 1990.

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=8661775&pid=8661773

Botox employs botulinum toxin to disable nerves and muscles. Besides relaxing wrinkles, it's also used to treat conditions ranging from pain, to chronic muscle spasms, and even extreme sweating. Now a Bay Area company believes it has a new device that can accomplish much of what Botox can do, but without the toxin. 

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/05/does-it-matter-where-you-go-to-college/257227/

Years of research show that, when it comes to your future paycheck, the name on your degree really does count.

http://www.reuters.com/video/2012/05/16/reuters-tv-paralysis-patient-tastes-freedom-through?videoId=235111028

Groundbreaking new research is allowing quadriplegics to control objects with a robotic arm and the power of their thoughts. A study involving a brain-computer interface developed at Brown University in Rhode Island, shows that people who have lost the use of their limbs can perform basic functions by manipulating the technology with their minds. The findings of the study, conducted in April last year, will be published in the May issue of the science journal ''Nature''.

http://www.futurity.org/society-culture/gaydar-guesses-more-right-than-wrong/

After seeing faces for less than a blink of an eye, college students have accuracy greater than mere chance in judging others’ sexual orientation. 

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/how-reliable-are-the-social-sciences/

Public policy debates often involve appeals to results of work in social sciences like economics and sociology.  For example, in his State of the Union address this year, President Obama cited a recent high-profile study to support his emphasis on evaluating teachers by their students’ test scores.  The study purportedly shows that students with teachers who raise their standardized test scores are “more likely to attend college, earn higher salaries, live in better neighborhoods and save more for retirement.”

How much authority should we give to such work in our policy decisions?  The question is important because media reports often seem to assume that any result presented as “scientific” has a claim to our serious attention. But this is hardly a reasonable view.  There is considerable distance between, say, the confidence we should place in astronomers’ calculations of eclipses and a small marketing study suggesting that consumers prefer laundry soap in blue boxes.

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The 2012 Preakness Stakes has two early favorites in Kentucky Derby runner-up Bodemeister (9-5) and winner I'll Have Another (7-2), but Sporting New horse racing correspondent Brad Telias sees another horse finishing ahead of the pack Saturday at Pimlico. Here's his top four finishers for the Triple Crown's second leg:

PREAKNESS STAKES 2012 PREDICTIONS