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ZINC Although the conclusions of clinical trials are still split pretty evenly pro and con, a study from the Annals of Internal Medicine suggests that folks who have been popping zinc supplements to ward off colds may be on to something. Zinc seems to reduce the duration of cold symptoms by four days, provided you start taking it in the first 24 to 48 hrs. after symptoms appear and then keep sucking on the lozenges every couple of hours for several days. Don't overdo it though. Too much zinc can lower levels of HDL, the "good" cholesterol...
...Crimson split its first series of the new year, falling to No. 3 St. Lawrence, 3-2, on Saturday and defeating Cornell 5-3 yesterday at Bright Hockey Center...
...eventually joined the Duracell company and married a childhood sweetheart, Monica Sheehan. McDermott summed up that experience in 1997 on a website for Narwhal veterans: "Well, I came back to the land of my youth and married a childhood friend. Lasted three and a half years before she split." His wife moved away to a Chicago suburb. In the meantime, the man who had met the strict weight limits to work on a sub ballooned...
...tight is George W. Bush's choice for director of the Office of Management and Budget? Mitch Daniels sold off wedding gifts he couldn't return, made a job applicant split the bill for a lunch interview and years ago fished coins from a tavern toilet to pay for a pitcher of beer. Even as a millionaire drug-company executive, he buys suits off the rack and golfs at the Indianapolis, Ind., club with the lowest dues...
...miffed at their leader, Trent Lott, because Democrats are chairing the opening rounds of hearings for George W. Bush's Cabinet nominees, particularly the ones next week for the two most controversial picks, John Ashcroft and Linda Chavez. Until Jan. 20, Democrats have a majority in the 50-50-split Senate because Al Gore still has his job as vice president of the nation and president of the Senate. Gore can cast tie-breaking votes; after Jan. 20, when Bush and Dick Cheney are sworn in, Cheney presides over the Senate, giving Republicans the majority (and the return of those...