Health Nuts and Bolts

Source:  Reuters
New U.S. national weather analysis says the world is experiencing the hottest year on the books, with heat causing droughts worldwide and extending  U.S. farmers’ concerns about upcoming crops.
For the first six months of the year, 2010 has been warmer than the first half of 1998, the previous record holder, by 0.03 degree Fahrenheit, [...]

Source: Los Angeles Times
Muslims across Temecula and Murrieta have saved and pressed for some time to complete construction of a new mosque.
But as the Islamic Center of Temecula Valley moves ahead with plans to build on a four-acre plot of vacant land near Temecula’s gentle hills and invading housing developments, plans for the new mosque [...]

SOURCE:  Associated Press
The oil gushing from the Gulf coast has been stopped, but no one knows if it’s corked for good, which has many residents and lawmakers alike on edge.
The clock expired on BP’s 48-hour observation period and the government added another day of critical monitoring. Scientists and engineers were optimistic that the well showed [...]

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
The number of U.S. foreclosure hit a record high in the second quarter despite a rise in the number of short sales and loan modification efforts, according to data to be released Thursday.
This growing supply of lender-owned properties could set back the nation’s housing recovery but probably won’t sink it completely if [...]

Source: Los Angeles Times
Soon, it could be possible to buy a cellphone that may be used on any of the major U.S. carriers, but some have doubts it’s going to be a flawless operation.
A change to Sprint Nextel’s cellular infrastructure that the wireless telecom is considering could have profound effects on the country’s mobile environment.
Sprint, [...]

Source: Los Angeles Times
If you had a choice, would you pick 8 a.m. or 8:30 a.m. to start your school day?
If you chose 8:30, you get an A+. According to a new study, students were far more likely to get eight hours of shut-eye at night and were less likely to report being unhappy, depressed, [...]

SOURCE:  CNN
The fact that singer Jason Mraz would wind up in Ghana for a humanitarian mission makes sense to a lot of people.
The singer of hits like “I’m Yours” and “The Remedy” was so moved by a fellow musician Luc Reynaud’s “Freedom Song” that he joined forces with a nonprofit organization, Free the Slaves, to [...]