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NEWS ABOUT: personality

personality stories: 15 news summaries

 How Will 
 the New Kid 
 Affect Court? 



Spunky Sotomayor begins new term on staid Supreme Court

Oct 4, 09 9:56 AM CDT
(AP) - David Souter never danced the salsa in public. John Paul Stevens doesn't sing in karaoke bars. And John Roberts hasn't thrown out the first pitch at Yankee Stadium. But Sonia Sotomayor is all that and a bag of chips, and while the Supreme Court is all about the law, personalities... More »

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personality • Sonia Sotomayor • Supreme Court justice

 What Your BLT Says About You 

Sandwich choices offer insight into personality, love connections

Jul 23, 09 1:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Online dating sites and jury-selection pools may have a new criterion for determining personality traits: sandwich choice. A new study breaks down the deli line, finding, among other things, that BLT lovers are devoted perfectionists who are best matched with loyal, unselfish seafood-salad lovers, the Chicago Tribune reports. More culinary... More »

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study • research • personality • sandwich • personality test • Jay-ZTV

 Scientists 
 Locate Brain's 
 Sentimental Center 

Same Spot as Sex Urges

May 20, 09 4:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - It turns out sex and sentimentality are linked after all, reports Reuters. Scientists have pinpointed areas of the brain that determine an individual's warm and fuzzy feelings—which they say are the same regions that control sex and some food urges. Researchers hope the findings may help explain brain evolution... More »

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autism • schizophrenia • brain • neuroscience • personality • Cambridge University

 Kids May Inherit Parents' Joy 

Life experiences could change the genes passed on

May 14, 09 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kids with a sunny disposition may have inherited that attitude from happy parents, a scientist hypothesizes based on research showing that personal experiences can change the traits parents pass on to their kids. This could mean that parents’ pre-conception mental state influences the child, he contends. If that proves true,... More »

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genetics • personality • happiness • hypothesis

OPINION

Dour Simon Shows Smiley Side in UK

Carping Idol judge is happy, sweet over on Britian's Got Talent

May 1, 09 9:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Viewers of American Idol might not recognize the jovial figure who regularly flashes his white-toothed grin from the judges' table on Britain's Got Talent. But that laughing man saying "awww" at adorable child contestants is indeed Simon Cowell. His transformation across the pond is nothing short of striking, writes... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • American Idol • Simon Cowell • personality • Britain's Got Talent

'Straight-Edge' Markoff's Pals Wonder What They Missed

Those who knew him see few hints he was dangerous

Apr 26, 09 12:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Those who’ve known Philip Markoff throughout his life are at a loss to explain how a “straight-edge” young man stands accused of being the Craigslist killer, the Boston Globe reports. “If there were any clues” to a sordid alter-ego, “he hid them well,” said a... More »

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poker • personality • Philip Markoff • Craigslist killer

analysis


 Rahm Less Partisan, 
 More Powerful 

Obama's no. 2 tones down trademark partisanship

Jan 25, 09 11:30 AM CST
(Newser) - President Obama’s chief of staff has a reputation as a feisty, vicious partisan, but he’s trying to tone it down as he takes a central role in the White House, writes Mark Leibovich in the New York Times. Never far from his boss, Emanuel is more “chief”... More »

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Rahm Emanuel • personality • profile • Obama administration • President Obama • chief of staff

(Newser) - Coffee is pretty serious stuff in Portland, Oregon, but a relatively new shop on the block is taking the preparation of caffeinated beverages to a rarified extreme, the New York Times reports. The Ladybug Organic Coffee Company requires applicants for barista positions to fill out a five-page application, complete... More »

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coffee • personality • Portland, Oregon • barista • economic downturn • coffee shop • job application • essay

 Live Longer: Be Conscientious 

Researchers find industrious types live lengthier and less stressful lives

Nov 1, 08 10:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - The key to a longer life could lie in an individual's personality, the Los Angeles Times reports. University of California researchers analyzed 20 studies and discovered that conscientious people—disciplined, hardworking, and responsible folks—tend to live an average of 2 to 4 years longer than their more slapdash counterparts.... More »

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health • psychology • morals • personality • longevity • morality

 'Social Siberia' 
 Isn't Just a Metaphor 

Icy behavior cools body temperatures: study

Sep 16, 08 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Icy stares and chilly receptions can leave you feeling—well, cold. Metaphors about social behavior, like "warm welcome" and "cold shoulder," seem to relate to physical reality, new research finds. People who had experienced and recalled social rejection perceived a 5-degree temperature drop in the lab and... More »

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behavior • brain • human behavior • personality • social behavior

 Limbaugh: 
 Obama is 'Little 
 Black Man-Child' 

Conservative talk-show host says Dems, media afraid to pick on 'victim' candidate

Aug 21, 08 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh struck out yesterday at the national media, for pitying “little black man-child” Barack Obama beset by attack ads he termed “benign,” Media Matters reports. “Even the Britney Spears/Paris Hilton ad was funny,” said the conservative radio host, who’d previously excoriated “girl”... More »

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Barack Obama • Rush Limbaugh • personality • attack ad • campaign advertising • Election 2008

 Like eHarmony, Only for Kitties 

Shelters using Feline-ality program to match cats to owners

May 17, 08 6:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - There's no shortage of dating websites that use personality profiles to come up with "scores" and assess compatibility; now, the AP reports, animal shelters are using a similar program to help pair famously fickle felines with owners. Some 45 facilities use Feline-ality, which assigns cats colorful personality types: leader... More »

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pets • adoption • personality • cat • animal • ASPCA • personality test

ANALYSIS

 Why Italy's 
 Obama Lost 

Veltroni’s personality wasn't enough to overcome frustration with left

Apr 16, 08 4:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Italian politician who aggressively modeled his campaign on Barack Obama’s fell to once-and-future prime minister Silvio Berlusconi this week—and the shallowness of Walter Veltroni’s message is to blame, Dominic Standish argues in Spiked. He appropriated the slogan “Yes we can” and even re-named his party... More »

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Barack Obama • Italy • personality • Romano Prodi • Silvio Berlusconi • Walter Veltroni

'Bossy? Aloof?' Index of Hillary Bio Is Way Off

Blogger dissects
back pages of book
on Dem hopeful

Feb 11, 08 7:39 PM CST
(Newser) - Readers looking for a crash course in everything Hillary can try the index of Carl Bernstein's A Woman in Charge, and find a laundry list of moody traits: "bossiness," "aloofness," "anger, temper and hurt" are only the A's and B's. But New York Times blogger... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Carl Bernstein • Clinton 2008 • biography • personality • book

Thompson
Plays Himself
as Everyman

Salon columnist parses the candidate's 'I'm just like you' campaign

Sep 10, 07 4:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Since officially entering the presidential race last week, Fred Thompson has pitched Iowans with a stump speech that portrays him as a regular guy who wants to send a message to “those folks in Washington.” Never mind that he’s a rich former senator, lobbyist and actor from... More »

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Iowa • Fred Thompson • presidential campaign • Arnold Schwarzenegger • personality • Election 2008

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