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That helps explain why some consumers are hedging their bets by hopping on a NeuroActive Brain Bike. The $4,000 machine debuted a year ago at Lady of America fitness centers, where members - who tend to be older than the average gym rat - quickly fell for the cardio-cognitive combo. "Instead of mindlessly watching TV" while pedaling, says Gerry Weber, CEO of Lady of America, which has 300 women's-fitness franchises worldwide, "they're able to exercise their brain at the same time...
Kessler tied Boe’s record more than a month ago when the Crimson defeated Connecticut on Dec. 8, but due to the exam break and Canadian national team commitments, she did not get an opportunity to break the record until this weekend. After waiting for a month, Kessler finally recorded her 64th victory...
...Majority Whip Mike Veon, a Democrat from western Pennsylvania, and three former party staffers, who are accused of running a secret campaign office in the Capitol building. The defendants are among 25 people from both parties indicted by state Attorney General Tom Corbett, who started the investigation three years ago, initially focusing on taxpayer money used to give bonuses to Democratic staffers working on campaign projects on official time. (See the top 10 scandals...
...assault was also likely intended to be a signal to the U.S. that its plan to increase its troop levels this year could have violent consequences. Just days ago, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, gave an interview with ABC News in which he praised the progress that an earlier troop surge has made in securing Helmand province and taking momentum away from the Taliban. U.S. military officials have noted in the past, however, that dramatic attacks will still occur in the country despite the extra troops on the ground. Monday's commando raid seemed to prove...
...Some French wine makers are already enjoying success under the new system. The wine maker Chamarré, whose motto is "Made in France, Enjoyed Everywhere," only produced its first batch five years ago but today exports to some 30 countries. It has done well by abandoning the notion of terroir - it sources its grapes from thousands of growers across France to produce single varietal and assemblage wines with straightforward, stylish labels. Cleverly named Côtes du Rhone wines like Le Freak Shiraz-Viognier and Rhôning Stones are also showing up on supermarket shelves around the world...