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Hollywood is now indulging in a different kind of rehab substitute. It's intense and round the clock sober companionship, aka "The Sober Buddy". Rather than spending the standard 60 to 90 days in a clinic like Promises or Betty Ford, the actor or actress or exec hires a sober companion to keep on track. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, this coach by your side makes sure you stay clean. Such intense monitoring doesn't come cheap, as ABC News-- which claims Owen Wilson has a sober buddy -- found out from Douglas Caine, founder of Sober Champion with...

A 76-year-old woman who had been given up for dead after being lost in the Oregon mountains for two weeks has been found alive and well. Doris Anderson was on an elk hunting trip with her husband Harold when their truck broke down on 24 August. Though miles from civilisation, the pair tried to walk to safety, but became separated in the woods. Mrs Anderson's family had even begun planning her memorial service when she was found by police, reports say. Rescuers had searched the region just south of the Eagle Cap Wilderness Area before but two officers from Baker...

I am going camping next weekend and think it would be cool to start a campfire using a fire bow drill. I have all the parts, but can only seem to get just a bit of smoke at best. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I put pine tar on the string to keep it from slipping.The wood for the fire board is cedar, and the spindle is made of poplar.I watch Survivorman on the Science Channel, and he makes it look so easy, but it is not easy!