Human noise drowning out songs of whales (International Herald Tribune)

The songs that whales and dolphins use to communicate, orient themselves and find mates are being drowned out by human-made noises in the world's oceans, U.N. officials and environmental groups said Wednesday.

Traffic noise pollution is a health hazard (Times of Malta)

Noise pollution consistently ranks high on the list of citizens' concerns as, like other forms of pollution, it is damaging to human health and therefore it should be taken seriously. Noise from road transport is the major source of traffic noise, particularly in Malta.

Vallejo event marks World AIDS Day (The Reporter)

A Vallejo AIDS awareness event's theme was "make some noise," and make some noise it did.The World AIDS Day celebration Monday began with free and confidential HIV and AIDS tests at the county building on Tuolumne Street, and ended with an outdoor concert, recognition ceremony and candlelight vigil.

Vallejo gets noisy about AIDS (Vallejo Times-Herald)

A Vallejo AIDS awareness event's theme was "make some noise" Monday, and make some noise it did.The World AIDS Day celebration began with free and confidential HIV and AIDS tests at the county building on Tuolumne Street and continued into the night with an outdoor concert,

Important And Significant Progress In The Efforts To Discover The Origins Of Age-Related Hearing Loss (Medical News Today)

Presbycusis, or age-related hearing loss, accounts for 30 percent of all hearing loss. So, why do some people lose their hearing as they get older but other people can still hear a pin drop? The answer may be in a study released online in the journal Human Molecular Genetics. Advance access is available online at http://hmg.oxfordjournals.org/papbyrecent.dtl.

Theory on brain's rhythms offers some new hopes (International Herald Tribune)

Dr. Rodolfo Llinas, the chairman of neuroscience and physiology at the New York University School of Medicine, said he believed that abnormal brain rhythms help account for a variety of serious disorders, including Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, tinnitus and depression.

Therapy business blocked (Oldham Chronicle)

RESIDENTS and councillors have opposed plans to open an holistic therapy centre in Shaw. They were concerned that the proposal would mean a business being created in an unsuitable residential area.

Music players worry hearing advocates (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)

Justin Roberts has wildly curious young fans, the type who might lean into a live monitor during one of his concerts just to see what it sounds like. But the popular children's entertainer knows a blast of loud music isn't the only risk to a child's hearing. What parents and kids really need to watch is the everyday use of earbuds that come with iPods and other MP3 players, said Roberts, who has ...

TasPorts would prefer industrial user over hospital (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

The Tasmanian Ports Corporation insists it's not qualified to decide whether a redeveloped Royal Hobart Hospital on the waterfront can co-exist with the city's port.

In a host of ailments, seeing a brain out of rhythm (International Herald Tribune)

Rodolfo Llinás believes that abnormal brain rhythms help account for a variety of disorders, but his theory is far from widely accepted.

Texas Music on Sirius/XM's Outlaw Country

"And I can sing all those songs about Texas..." - David Allan Coe, "Longhaired Redneck" In that longhaired redneck's most famous song, 1975's "You Never Even Called Me by My Name," his spoken monologue recounts ...

Celebrities To Flock To Inauguration For Obama

The Super Bowl? Forget it. The Oscars? Who cares. The biggest star-studded event on the horizon is President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration.

Bloomer Look Proliferates Just In Time For New Year's

We've noticed a bloomer trend on the Spring 09 catwalks and now, just in time for New Year's Eve, holiday versions are cropping up.

Man-made noise in world's seas threatens wildlife

Man-made noise in the world's seas and oceans is becoming an increasing threat to whales, dolphins and turtles who use sound to communicate, forage for food and find mates, wildlife experts said on Wednesday.

Silent auction sent to tempt

I can't pretend it'd be anything but an excessive present to myself to bid in a WOMANKIND auction to win a limited-edition short story written collaboratively by three of the UK's most talented writers.

Stewart cast as rock star Joan Jett

Kristin Stewart will star as Joan Jett in director Floria Sigismondi's biopic of '70s all-girl rock band The Runaways.

BG Automotive Group Update - Video Enhanced

Philadelphia, December 3, 2008: In the last four months, BG Automotive Group have received 25,000 visitors to our website.

Twilight's Kristen Stewart Jetts into New Gig

We know Kristen Stewart loves pasty teen vampires. Turns out she also loves rock 'n' roll, so put another dime in the jukebox, baby... The Twilight star has signed on to play Joan Jett in the biopic The ...

Kres Chophouse

Stylish, trendy and contemporary, the atmosphere around here might be lost on a regular meat-and-potatoes kind of carnivore.

Slick Roads And Snowblowers

BENDERS, BUT NO MAJOR INJURIES IN BILLINGS YESTERDAY AS A RESULT OF THE SNOWSTORM.