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The Girl from 'Impeenema' A TV ad campaign in Brazil urges folks to urinate in the shower to conserve water ... and save the rain forests. No matter how long we stay in or what kind of showerhead we use, we all have unique shower routines and rituals, some more complex than others. The Brazilian environmental group SOS Mata Altantica, via a cute, kid-oriented TV ad campaign called "Xixi no Banho," suggests that citizens add one more task to their soaping-up, shampooing, conditioning and shaving routines — peeing. The group believes that by adding a yellow stream to the morning's...

TECHNOLOGY These sneakers will track your every move A Miami company is selling shoes embedded with GPS tracking technology to locate people in distress. BY BRIDGET CAREY 2 January 2007 A growing number of companies are developing Global Positioning System technology to track friends and family, using devices like watches and cellphones. But Miami entrepreneur Sayo Isaac Daniel says those systems are flawed. WALTER MICHOT/MIAMI HERALD STAFF IT'S IN THE SHOE: Miami entrepreneur Sayo Isaac Daniel invented sneakers with GPS technology. You can forget to carry your phone, and you can forget to wear a watch, but you can't leave...

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - Slippers believed to have been worn by the Prophet Muhammad were stolen this week from the renowned Badshahi mosque, officials said Friday. No suspects have been arrested and police were questioning eight employees of the mosque. Pakistan has strict blasphemy laws under which people convicted of insulting Islam can be executed. Whoever stole the pair of slippers could face a death sentence, according to Ghulam Sarwar Qadri, the Religious Affairs Minister for Punjab province. However, "no action will be taken if the culprits return these slippers voluntarily," he told a meeting of clerics in Lahore. The...