Is playing football like falling in love? That question, which would perhaps not occur to most of us watching hours of the bruising game this holiday season, is the focus of a provocative and growing body of new science examining the role of oxytocin in competitive sports.Phys EdGretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness. Oxytocin is, famously, the “love hormone,” a brain peptide known to promote...
Obama designates Elisse Walter as new SEC chief, lauds Schapiro
Label: Business WASHINGTON -- President Obama on Monday designated Elisse Walter as chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, but...
Nov
25
Attack on Pakistani Shia Muslims kills five, injures 70
Label: World ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A bomb blast in northwest Pakistan killed five people and injured 70 others Sunday, provincial and local...
'Twilight,' Bond, 'Lincoln' lead record weekend
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — Bella Swan, James Bond and Abe Lincoln have combined to lift Hollywood to record Thanksgiving revenue at the box office.Kristen Stewart's finale as Bella in "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2" was No. 1 again with $64 million during the five-day holiday stretch that began Wednesday, according to studio estimates Sunday.Daniel Craig's Bond adventure "Skyfall" came in at No....
L.A. Auto Show to serve as stage for vehicles, technologies
Label: Business On any Saturday afternoon, the unlikely mix of exotic coupes, vintage woodies and electric cars sharing Pacific Coast Highway...
Nov
24
Boxer Hector 'Macho' Camacho dies days after being shot in head
Label: World Hector “Macho” Camacho, a former three-division boxing champion who had 88 professional fights against a who’s who of legendary...
'Dallas' star Larry Hagman dies in Texas
Label: LifestyleJ.R. Ewing was a business cheat, faithless husband and bottomless well of corruption. Yet with his sparkling grin, Larry Hagman masterfully created the charmingly loathsome oil baron — and coaxed forth a Texas-size gusher of ratings — on television's long-running and hugely successful nighttime soap, "Dallas."Although he first gained fame as nice guy Major Tony Nelson on the fluffy 1965-70 NBC comedy...
Indian Prostitutes’ New Autonomy Imperils AIDS Fight
Label: HealthMUMBAI, India — Millions once bought sex in the narrow alleys of Kamathipura, a vast red-light district here. But prostitutes with inexpensive mobile phones are luring customers elsewhere, and that is endangering the astonishing progress India has made against AIDS. Indeed, the recent closings of hundreds of ancient brothels, while something of an economic victory for prostitutes, may one...
Toyota on track to become world's bestselling automaker again
Label: Business Toyota Motor Corp. appears poised to regain its position as the world's largest automaker, a remarkable turnaround after years...
Nov
23
Lining up even earlier for Black Friday becomes a shop priority
Label: World In a tradition that seems to take a bigger slice of Thanksgiving every year, hordes of deal-sniffing shoppers descended on Southland...
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