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The Stink in Farts Controls Blood Pressure (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - A smelly rotten-egg gas in farts controls blood pressure in mice, a new study finds. The unpleasant aroma of the gas, called hydrogen sulfide (H2S), can be a little too familiar, as it is expelled by bacteria living in the human colon and eventually makes its way, well, out. The new research found that cells lining mice's blood vessels naturally make the gas and this...

Distant stars send good vibes (AFP)

AFP - French astronomers on Thursday said they had measured vibrations from distant stars for the first time, a technical feat that could also help answer questions about naturally-caused climate change on...

Warm Hands Make People Generous (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - That morning cup of coffee could give you a rosier outlook on the world. New research reveals that individuals who held the warm beverage viewed a stranger as having warmer personality traits than when holding an iced coffee.

US working on plan to help homeowners refinance (AP)

AP - Federal regulators told Congress Thursday they're working on a plan that could help many distressed homeowners escape foreclosure in a global financial crisis that Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned will get worse before it gets...

The Nation's Weather (AP)

AP - Heavy snow was to blast Nebraska and Kansas on Thursday, while clear skies dawned over the East and sunshine drenched the...

OPEC ministers demand cut in oil output (AFP)

AFP - OPEC ministers began arriving here Thursday on the eve of a key meeting at which the cartel is set to cut its oil output, to help lift crude prices hit by a drop in demand caused by an economic...