DebKee's Little Branch of the Vine

Many U.S. TB patients also HIV infected: report

Seeded on Fri Oct 26, 2007 10:34 AM EDT (Reuters)

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report that details the link between TB and HIV in the United States. Worldwide, TB is the leading cause of death among people infected with HIV.

Ark. gov.: When it comes to immigration, 'illegal means illegal'

Seeded on Fri Oct 26, 2007 10:05 AM EDT (kfsm.com)

[Gov. Beebe] also said that he believes the Hispanic community has a "disconnect" when it comes to the subject of illegal immigration.

politics, law, children, arkansas, illigal-immigrants, arkansas-congress, arkansas-senate, governor-beebe

Divorcing A Bipolar Spouse

Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:20 PM EDT

Divorce rates are through the roof, and the reasons are as varied as the colors of a spectrum. Mine is simple - in a complicated way.

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bipolar, divorce, family, marriage, mental-illness, family-dynamics, mania, manic-depression, domestic

Captaining an NFL team is a badge of honor

Seeded on Thu Oct 25, 2007 4:56 PM EDT (The Dallas Morning News)

The players are asked in that one to vote on men they see every day in practice – men they see on a daily basis throughout the spring and summer at minicamps, quarterback schools and training camp.

sports, nfl, team-captains, leadership

Parrot Imitates Fire Alarm, Saves Family

Seeded on Thu Oct 25, 2007 4:03 PM EDT (happynews.com)

A noisy parrot that likes to imitate sounds helped save a man and his son from a house fire by mocking a smoke alarm, the bird's owner says.

odd-news, pets, fire, smoke-alarms, life-saving, family, domestic

Sick of "whatever" with a side of eye-rolling? Here's how to tame the sass and sarcasm preteens are famous for

Seeded on Wed Oct 24, 2007 12:40 PM EDT (MSN)

Seeded by Scott (Scoop) Butki (Clipped by DebKee)

We need a family category although the real reason this quite my eye is because i have to stop myself from being sarcastic a lot because it's so easy to mis-read it

Texas Judge Draws Outcry for Allowing an Execution

Seeded on Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:41 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Seeded by Scott (Scoop) Butki (Clipped by DebKee)

The judge turned away the last appeal of a death row inmate because the rushed filing was delayed past the court's 5 p.m. closing time.

nytimes, us, capital-punishment, courts, texas, sharon-keller

10 of The World's Most Unique Restrooms: Understanding the New Toilet Culture

Seeded on Wed Oct 24, 2007 1:11 PM EDT (socyberty.com)

Seeded by stevetherobot (Clipped by DebKee)

Next to eating, drinking and sleeping, going to the restroom is something that we all do quite frequently. Most of the time, we tend to forget that the design of a restroom, especially public bathrooms, have an impact on the individual and on society as a whole.

travel, restrooms, toilets, public-restrooms, society

Rheem To Temporarily Lay Off 1,100 Fort Smith Workers

Seeded on Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:15 AM EDT (4029tv.com)

Employees of a local air conditioner manufacturing plant will be forced to take temporary layoffs this holiday season.

business, fort-smith-arkansas, rheem, housing, development, layoffs, work-force, housing-market, construction

City trying to help deer, developers live in harmony

Seeded on Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:33 AM EDT (kfsm.com)

in Greenwood, there's one neighborhood that has been living in relative harmony with their wild neighbors for around twenty years.

environment, home-garden, wildlife, deer, deerwood-estates, fort-chaffee, greenwood-arkansas, greenwood-police, new-development

Peeping Tom Watches Woman Through Her Own Webcam

Seeded on Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:53 PM EDT (funtechtalk.com)

Seeded by kimonme (Clipped by DebKee)

"Almost a week passed without the man calling back so I wasn't worrying about it anymore", said Griffin. That changed the next day when she came home to find her laptop background to now show a picture of herself siting in front of her computer.

odd-news, peeping-tom, webcam, laptop, stalker, pervert, hidden-cam

Jackie Chan sings, and it's not 'Kung Fu Fighting'

Seeded on Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:06 PM EDT (USA Today)

I've always loved Jackie Chan but didn't know he was musically inclined! Doesn't surprise me, really. In fact, it's just plain cool!

entertainment, jackie-chan, olympics, music, recording, hong-kong, fu-fighting, mandarin-chinese, china, singing

My husband is a better mother - Kids & Parenting

Seeded on Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:45 PM EDT (MSNBC)

Recently, it happened at a typical family function, which, in my family, tends to involve a gaggle of children at my in-laws' house. As always, the littlest nieces and nephews hover around their mommy. Except for my 20-month-old, who hovers around her daddy.

domestic, parenting, bonding, stay-at-home-mom, stay-at-home-dad, family-life

'Sleepless grumps' seen in brain

Seeded on Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:11 AM EDT (BBC News)

Seeded by Shaun v (Clipped by DebKee)

Brain scans can show how the brain gets "tired and over-emotional" when someone is deprived of sleep. US researchers kept volunteers awake for 35 hours and found huge increases in brain activity when shown images designed to make them angry or sad.

science, brain-scans, tired, over-emotional, sleepless-grumps-seen-in-brain, deprived-of-sleep, harvard-medical-school, fmri, primitive-brain

Despite 6-1, Cowboys Know Tough Stretch Awaits

Seeded on Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:27 PM EDT (dallascowboys.com)

The season isn't exactly at the halfway point, but with seven games down and nine to go, the Cowboys have made it to their bye week with a 6-1 record, the best in the NFC.

sports, tony-romo, wade-phillips, dallas-cowboys, nfl, nfc, oliver-hoyte, jason-witten, terence-newman, thanksgiving-day

Cowboys Rally For 24-14 Win After Blocked FG

Seeded on Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:07 PM EDT (dallascowboys.com)

The Cowboys are the only team in the NFC with six wins, and currently share a half-game lead over the idle Packers (5-1) for the top record in the conference.

sports, dallas-cowboys, wade-phillips, texas-stadium, tony-romo, terrill-owens, nfl, nfc, playoffs, chris-canty

Okla. woman spends two days in overturned car

Seeded on Mon Oct 22, 2007 4:57 PM EDT (The Dallas Morning News)

"A 78-year-old woman spent two days in an overturned car before an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper found her."

oklahoma, car-accident, car-wreck, elderly-woman, oklahoma-highway-patrol, missing-person, seminole-county

The Food of the Gods: A Healthier Halloween Handout

Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:49 PM EDT

By Shaun v (Clipped by DebKee)

--By Shaun Stanert-- Jena, a toddler, peeled the tinfoil from her Hershey kiss and nibbled the alluringly swirled tip of the tempting chocolate treat. Instantaneously bewitched, her cheeks swelled with cherubic radiance under the command of an uncontrollable smile.

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health, halloween, chocolate, tricks, dark-chocolate, treat, polyphenols, healthful, food-of-the-gods, milk-chocolate

Cowboys look to throw on Vikings

Seeded on Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:29 PM EDT (thonline.com)

"Tony Romo should keep dropping back and throwing passes. That's what everybody else has done against the Minnesota Vikings -- with plenty of success."

sports, dallas-cowboys, minnesota-vikings, nfl, football, tony-romo, t-o, terrill-owens

Springs is a Fighter; Nearing Seventh Day of Coma

Seeded on Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:16 AM EDT (myfoxdfw.com)

"By his own count, Ron Springs says he nearly died twice. In exclusive at-home interviews over two years, Springs told KDFW FOX 4 that two emergency room visits in 2005 were life-saving trips."

sports, ron-springs, dallas-cowboys, kidney-transplant, coma, seizures, everson-walls, shawn-springs, faith, prayer

Family Dynamics: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

Sat Oct 20, 2007 7:36 PM EDT

This is a subject close to my heart. I'm raising two grandkids - in fact, I adopted them.

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family, grandparents-raising-grandkids, grandchildren, social-issues, broken-homes, family-unity

Missions mark giant leaps for womankind

Seeded on Fri Oct 19, 2007 5:35 PM EDT (USA Today)

"As one female astronaut commands the shuttle Discovery, another will assume the leadership post on the space station"

science, iss, space-station, nasa, shuttle, pilots, female-pilots, astronauts

Quarter Tank

Seeded on Fri Oct 19, 2007 3:30 PM EDT (dallascowboys.com)

Although he can't play until the Nov. 11th game against the Giants (due to violating the league's personal conduct policy), defensive tackle Tank Johnson began practice with the Dallas Cowboys today.

sports, dallas-cowboys, nfl, roger-goodall, wade-phillips, superbowl, sportstank-johnson

Springs Continues Uphill Battle For Survival

Seeded on Fri Oct 19, 2007 11:21 AM EDT (dallascowboys.com)

Former Cowboys running back, Ron Springs, remains in a coma following surgery to remove a cyst on his arm. His family, including his son Shawn, a starting cornerback for the Washington Redskins, has been at his side all week.

sports, dallas-cowboys, ron-springs, shawn-springs, transplants, diabetes

Patriots-Cowboys has a lot of hype to live up to

Seeded on Sat Oct 13, 2007 5:28 PM EDT (MSNBC)

"Even impartial observers are calling this a possible Super Bowl preview. If nothing else, it will show how the NFC's best stacks up against one of the AFC's big boys."

sports, super-bowl, randy-moss, texas-stadium, dallas-cowboys, new-enngland-patriots, tony-romo, tom-brady, brady-james, terrill-owens

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