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London, England (CNN) -- Bindi Dupouy, an Australian living in Paris, and her French husband, just had their first child, a son born in the country. Dupouy, a 28-year-old lawyer, got almost five months paid maternity leave from her company for the birth. She can take another seven months off beyond that -- a year total -- unpaid, if she wants, with her job guaranteed under French law. When her son Louis was born, healthy and by way of a normal delivery, she got to stay in her local French hospital, around the corner from where she lives, for five...

Fox News is live in high quality, Glenn Beck talking about China OWNING the U.S. http://www.foxnewslivestream.com

LIVE! Obama had his State of the Union Address The GOP and pundits have responded TONIGHT! WE THE PEOPLE RESPOND! LIVE! follow the link- register and watch live! (registering only takes a moment) Groups participating: Family Research Council, THE New Voice, the Institute for Liberty, Media Research Center, Let Freedom Ring, Americans for Prosperity, Concerned Women for America, TEA Party Patriots and Freedomworks

Is anybody watching the Grammy's? I don't usually but happened to tune in right when Celine and Carrie and Usher and Jennifer Hudson did a Michael Jackson number...but it was all about the trees and butterflies...however, the music was nice.

Matthews is going live from some eatery/drinkery as this is being written. He's all banged-up - slurring, slow, goofy. Check it out

I didn't know it until a couple minutes ago, but Senator Coburn is speaking now, likely to an empty chamber. At 1AM EST tomorrow - I think - a new procedural vote happens, and we'll see if the Democrats have their 60 votes.

Right now, the Senate is voting on a procedural motion to table debate on the Defense bill - which Republicans are hoping to filibuster, in an effort to stall debate on the upcoming Health bill. Because Lieberman didn't show up today, the Republicans just need to stick together on this to prevail - without defections from Collins or Snowe.

Israel's new rocket defense system has proven a hit-to-kill capability. Officials said Israel's Iron Dome has achieved the ability to strike incoming short-range missiles and rockets. They said the Iron Dome demonstrated this during its first live fire test in mid-2009. "They met head on," Defense Minister Ehud Barak said. In a Nov. 17 address to the International Aerospace Conference and Exhibition-Israel, Barak said Iron Dome exceeded all expectations. He said the assessment within the Defense Ministry and military had been that the interceptor would explode 10 meters from the incoming missile.

People blessed with youthful faces are more likely to live to a ripe old age than those who look more than their years, work shows. Danish scientists say appearance alone can predict survival, after they studied 387 pairs of twins. The researchers asked nurses, trainee teachers and peers to guess the age of the twins from mug shots. Those rated younger-looking tended to outlive their older-looking sibling, the British Medical Journal reports. Survival advantageThe researchers also found a plausible biological explanation for their results. Key pieces of DNA called telomeres, which indicate the ability of cells to replicate, are also...

This is the link to Fox News 'Live". It is streaming 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and Yes .. It is the channel that we all know and love! (Well except Shep Smith LOL) Seriously though, All of Fox is streamed here .. Including Smith! http://www.tvpc.com/Channel.php?ChannelID=1520

Was watching Imus this morning and they did a business news break, and one of the items was, that as of today FBN was putting up their live broadcast on the internet? My, my, and this, days after their lawyers did the whole cease and desist bit with online sites hosting their programming! >B-) Anyone know if FNC is, hopefully, doing the same?

Live VideoTHE VOTE: Members start voting at 5:10 p.m. Voting finished by 5:40 p.m (Copenhagen time). THE ANNOUNCEMENT: The announcement ceremony is scheduled from 6:30 to 7 p.m (Copenhagen time).

Force India’s Giancarlo Fisichella took a surprise pole position for the Belgian Grand Prix. Force India’s first pole in Formula 1. Toyota’s Jarno Trulli will start second for Sunday’s race ahead of BMW Sauber’s Nick Heidfeld and Barrichello’s Brawn. Championship leader Jenson Button qualified 14th.

The speaking program includes: --Paul G. Kirk, Jr. --Father Gerry Creedon, S.J., Opening Prayer --“God Bless America,” Boston Community Chorus --Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy II --Senator Christopher J. Dodd --Nick Littlefield --Governor Deval L. Patrick --Senator John McCain --Video Tribute Directed by Ken Burns and Mark Herzog --Senator John F. Kerry --Senator Orrin G. Hatch --“The Impossible Dream” sung by Brian Stokes Mitchell, soloist --Mayor Thomas M. Menino --Senator John C. Culver --“Just A Closer Walk with Thee,” sung by Boston Community Chorus --Vice President Joseph R. Biden --Caroline Kennedy

Orlando Tea Party is being broadcast live on BTR, NOW Lots o Freepers there! http://www.blogtalkradio.com/freedomswings/2009/08/22/Orlando-Tea-Party-Special-LIVE-broadcast

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Eat less, live longer? It seems to work for monkeys: A 20-year study found cutting calories by almost a third slowed their aging and fended off death. This is not about a quick diet to shed a few pounds. Scientists have long known they could increase the lifespan of mice and more primitive creatures—worms, flies—with deep, long-term cuts in what should be normal consumption. Now comes the first evidence that it delays the diseases of aging in primates, too—rhesus monkeys living at the Wisconsin National Primate Center. Researchers reported their study Friday in the journal Science. What...

Health experts have long warned of the risk of obesity, but a new Japanese study warns that being very skinny is even more dangerous, and that slightly chubby people live longer. People who are a little overweight at age 40 live six to seven years longer than very thin people, whose average life expectancy was shorter by some five years than that of obese people, the study found.

Some of the best places in the country to call home this year are areas where the local economy is stable and the housing market hasn't been hit with huge home price declines, according to RelocateAmerica.com's annual list of the top 100 places to live. Topping the list: Tulsa, Okla. "The economy there has been very stable," said Steve Nickerson, president and CEO of TrueV New Media Group, which operates the RelocateAmerica.com Web site. The strength of the energy industry in the area was part of why Tulsa came out on top, he said. Cities have to be nominated to...

MSNBC has a live poll to grade Obama's performance as President, and we need to get some conservative voice showing up in the results! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29493093 PLEASE VOTE AND THEN PASS THIS ON!!!