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November 25, 2008 Tuesday
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Nap without guilt

WASHINGTON - JUST in time for the holidays, some medical advice most people will like: Take a nap.

Interrupting sleep seriously disrupts memory-making, compelling new research suggests. But on the flip side, taking a nap may boost a sophisticated kind of memory that helps a person see the big picture and get creative.

 
The Truman syndrome

NEW YORK - ONE man showed up at a federal building, asking for release from the reality show he was sure was being made of his life.

Solar power from graves

MADRID: A new kind of silent hero has joined the fight against climate change.

Apple sued over iPhone tech

BOSTON - APPLE Inc is the target of a lawsuit that claims a technology the iPhone uses to surf the Web infringes on a patent filed by Los Angeles real estate developer Elliot Gottfurcht and two co-inventors.

 
Spammer to pay US$875b
Facebook, Twitter in talks
The final spacewalk
 

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1 Civil service to cut pay
2 Mkt-based pricing for new flats
3 DBS Bank defends retrenchment
4 Questions over losses by town councils
5 No thanks: Why commuter hasn't taken a train in two years
6 COE crashes to $2
7 Two-party system better
8 Sun finally sets on British Empire... at Tanglin Club
9 Why Singapore's political system works
10 Two town councils reviewing investments

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