Nelson Jewell

Maybe you're like me, but the Sandman eludes me pretty much every night. I can't remember the last time I got a good seven to eight hours of sleep. Although I've never tried prescription medication, I have tried some herbal melatonin pills that a friend swore by---they did absolutely nothing for me

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Having skydived twice in my life, I can honestly say that nothing describes the feeling of jumping out of an airplane thousands of feet in the air. And for a 90-year-old woman from Alabama, she can now say she knows the feeling

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It doesn't happen too often, but every once in a while the right person at the right place and time is present to subdue, rescue, or otherwise keep some bad thing from happening or continuing.

Recently, at a Lenexa, Kansas, BP gas station, a would be robber pulled a knife on the clerk

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Ladies still go 'ga-ga' for actor Tom Cruise. Ever since he hit the screen with the 1983  blockbuster, 'Risky Business,' and let's not forget the 1986 smash, 'Top Gun,' Cruise has been one of the most sought after actors of our time. But how does he manage to stay so young?

Sure, he's still goo

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With our own minimum wage battle underway here in Maine, the fight for higher wages goes on everywhere. In NYC, some fast food workers are picketing for increased wages and the establishment of a union

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It's great to look back at old technology once in a while, if not only to help us appreciate the technology we use today and can expect in the future. With that said, the cellular phone celebrates 40 years of existence

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It's always funny when dogs break away from the traditional bark that we are so used to and start making funny sounds. Our Miniature Pinscher, Baxter, works hard to communicate in a language that just cracks us up

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His name is John Hunter. He is a 4th grade teacher in Virginia who decided that it was time to teach kids critical thinking skills with the end result of world peace. A pretty heady task.

His invention is a multi-tiered, four by four by four plexiglass structure full of all the elements and icons necessary to tackle and try to solve the world's problems to prevent war

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In 1988, I was training in martial arts, Tae Kwon Do specifically, and when you're passionate about such things you get excited about experts in the field and movies depicting the real thing. Actor, Steven Seagal, whose martial

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A writer by the name of Nicole Yorkin was asked to write an article about what to expect in 25 years--that was in 1988. And as a busy and much sought after writer, Yorkin tackled the job, but said she had totally forgotten about it until someone brought it to her attention a short time ago

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