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At least 37 people were shot, three of them fatally, Friday into Sunday afternoon across Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago. Breitbart News reported one of the shooting fatalities occurred in a drive-by incident Sunday morning just after 2 a.m. Five people in all were shot in the incident and a 40-year-old woman succumbed to her wounds. ABC 7 / Chicago Sun-Times reported that a man was shot and killed “in the 1000 block of North California Avenue in the Humboldt Park neighborhood” roughly 30 minutes after the drive-by incident occurred.

CHRISTMAS EVE, with its own happy spirit, is drawing to its close. Already has the Church terminated all her Advent Offices, by the celebration of the Holy Sacrifice. In her maternal considerateness, she has permitted her children to break their Fast of preparation for the great Feast, by taking their meal at midday. While refreshing their bodies with this repast, to which Abstinence gives merit, the Faithful feel an instinct of gladness, which comes as a harbinger, to tell them of that immense joy which this beautiful Night will bring them, by giving them their Emmanuel. But so great...

Feeling drowsy after lunch is completely natural, according to Dr Fiona Kerr, a neuro specialist from the University of Adelaide, who explains that humans are “built for two sleeps a day”.

Complete Headline: Michelle Obama Tells Grads: ‘I Could Take Up a Whole Afternoon Talking About’ Barack Obama’s Failures First lady Michelle Obama in her commencement speech at a high school in Nashville, Tenn., on Saturday said she could “take up a whole afternoon talking about” her husband’s failures. “And then there’s this guy, Barack Obama, who lost – I could take up a whole afternoon talking about his failures, but – he lost his first race for Congress, and now he gets to call himself my husband,” she told graduates of Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet High School during commencement...

Afternoon naps may boost heart health 21:00 12 February 2007 NewScientist.com news service Roxanne Khamsi The next health trend might come out of nursery school instead of the gym: A study of nearly 24,000 people found that those who regularly took midday naps were nearly 40% less likely to die from heart disease than non-nappers. Researchers suggest that siestas might protect the heart by lowering levels of stress hormones. Dimitrios Trichopoulos at Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts, US, and colleagues recruited about 24,000 volunteers between the ages of 20 and 86, in Greece, who had no history...