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NEWS ABOUT: lifestyle

lifestyle stories: 18 news summaries

How Will Ruth Madoff Survive on Just $2.5M?

With $125K to spend yearly, time to trade in the pair of Mercedes

Jun 29, 09 8:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - With just $2.5 million at her disposal as her husband heads to jail, Ruth Madoff won't exactly be sentenced to penury, but she'll have to cut her annual expenses to the low six figures if she wants it to last her lifetime, reports Brett Arends of the Wall Street ... More »

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Florida • fraud • crime • Manhattan • lifestyle • federal prison • settlement • Ponzi scheme • Bernard Madoff • Ruth Madoff

(Newser) - Researchers have discovered every health nut's dream in the North Aegean Sea: an island with the highest percentage of nonagenarians on the planet, NPR reports. On the Greek isle of Icaria, nearly one in three make it to age 90, and residents have far lower rates of cancer, heart disease,... More »

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cancer • health • dementia • heart disease • diet • Greece • lifestyle • walking

Once-Richest Aussie
Dumps His Playthings

With fortune halved by downturn, James Packer selling $50M yacht, postpones pool

Jan 19, 09 4:16 PM CST
(Newser) - The recession is forcing one of Australia's richest men to cut back on the playboy life, the Sunday Telegraph reports. James Packer, son of media mogul Kerry Packer, is selling his $50 million yacht, halting the construction of a $3 million pool complex at his family home, and pushing back... More »

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Australia • lifestyle • James Packer • private jet • superyachts • swimming pool • Kerry Packer • financial crisis

GLOSSIES

Times Tough for I-Bankers, in 'Marie Antoinette' Kind of Way

Tough times prompt some soul searching, but titans confident they'll regain Wall St. primacy

Oct 20, 08 3:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - With Wall Street in free fall, many of its elite I-bankers are seeing the status quo turned upside-down, Vanessa Grigoriadis writes in New York. Once at the top of the heap, working for companies that praised them as smartest people out there, some are fighting to survive on the Street,... More »

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Wall Street • Goldman Sachs • Morgan Stanley • Bear Stearns • Merrill Lynch • lifestyle • investment bankers • hedge funds • financial crisis

 College Does This to You, 
 and Aims to Fix It 

Institutions launch campaigns to teach skeptical students the virtues of sleep

Sep 30, 08 2:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - New research on the connection between sleep and performance has colleges scrambling to get their students to bed, the Boston Globe reports. According to a university doctor, “pulling an all-nighter is the equivalent of driving drunk and is detrimental to reaction time and memory.” But some habits are... More »

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sleep • college • lifestyle • student • sleep deprivation • academic performance

GLOSSIES

 Whatevs, Ma: 
 Anti-Martha Builds Empire 

New show poking fun at famous mom Martha spins off from satellite-radio hit

Sep 25, 08 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Whatever, Martha!, in which Alexis Stewart and a pal riff over episodes of her mother’s TV shows, is the opening of the latest chapter in the pair’s unusual relationship, Andrew Goldman writes in New York. Alexis, 42, is surprisingly vulgar for being raised by a domestic diva. “... More »

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television • empire • Martha Stewart • lifestyle • Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia • Alexis Stewart

 Paltrow Starts Lifestyle Website 

Actress plans to share slice of what she's learned on Goop.com

Sep 23, 08 11:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - On top of co-hosting a PBS travel and cooking show, Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow has launched a lifestyle website called Goop.com, the Huffington Post reports. In an essay, Paltrow says she’ll share what she’s learned and the advice of her “sages” in the still-empty sections such... More »

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celebrity • lifestyle • website • Gwyneth Paltrow

glossies

 Relax, Girls—Men
 Are Shopaholics, Too

Fellas reward a hard day's work with new gear

Aug 12, 08 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Men are giving women a run for their credit cards when it comes to shopping addiction, Details reports. One study found that men in their 20s and 30s "shop more like women" by visiting a variety of stores, and anecdotal evidence portrays today's male as increasingly prone to the... More »

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shopping • men • study • lifestyle • compulsive buying • trend

 Mix Masters Stir it Up
 in Cocktail Contest

Four special drinks, one judge and lots of jitters

Jul 27, 08 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bartending is a serious business—just ask the four finalists at the US Bartenders’ Guild National Cocktail Competition held in Chicago this year. All four "mixologists" suffered stage fright while preparing their signature drinks for the judge, reports Gourmet. Despite sweating buckets, Las Vegas native Anthony Alba took... More »

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Chicago • drink • competition • lifestyle • cocktails • gourmet • USBG

 Reasons You're Losing Snoozes 

Forbes explains why Americans aren't getting enough sleep

Jul 24, 08 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - The health benefits of sleep are well-documented, but catching Zs isn't so easy in a society all about hard work and an active lifestyle. Forbes runs down some reasons Americans aren't getting enough quality time with their pillows.
  • Marital problems: A bad marriage makes for poor shut-eye.
... More »

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sleep • health • lifestyle • insomnia • anxiety • workaholic • sleep apnea • sleeplessness

 New Yorkers
 Bolt for Warmer,
 Cheaper Atlanta 

The city's cheap housing and warm climate attracts northerners

Jul 13, 08 7:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - New Yorkers are flocking to the southern climes and cheaper housing of Atlanta, but encountering a range of culture shocks, the New York Sun reports. About 40,000 yanks moved to Atlanta between 2000 and 2005, drawn partly by a booming job market, and now some wonder how to move... More »

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real estate • Atlanta • New York • Georgia • lifestyle • job market • winter weather • South

 Proms' Glitz Blitz 
 Captivates UK Teens 

High schoolers embrace pricey US tradition, but some blast 'ghastly import'

Jun 17, 08 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Parents and traditionalists alike are feeling the pinch as expensive American-style proms migrate to the UK, the Wall Street Journal finds. Teens crave the stretch limos and extravagant gowns seen in US shows like The O.C. and My Super Sweet 16. But some educators criticize the trend, including one... More »

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culture • lifestyle • Britain • Proms • high school students • teenager

OPINION

Save the Spurmo: Straight, Single Men Face Extinction

Marriage threatens herds of single men

May 28, 08 4:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Are you a straight, proud, unmarried man over 30? Then you're part of a dying breed, writes Tad Safran in the Times UK. Dubbed "Spurmos," these endangered bachelors drink in increasing isolation as friends succumb to marriage, wine racks and child-rearing. Having roamed in great herds in... More »

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marriage • culture • drinking • lifestyle • middle age • bachelors • opinion

 'Steampunk' Blends
 Romance, Technology 

Victorian-esque trend celebrates long-gone age

May 8, 08 1:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - A growing number of youthful romantics, disenchanted with the coldness of contemporary culture, are turning back the clock to a quasi-Victorian age in a movement known as Steampunk, the New York Times reports. Followers of the trend, which one designer calls “the intersection of technology and romance,” celebrate... More »

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fashion • lifestyle • clothing • trend

 How the Rich Can Buy Time 

Why do anything if you can hire someone to do it for you?

May 4, 08 2:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Time is truly the currency of the rich, and W offers tips on today's ultimate luxury. How to save a few of those grains in the hourglass:
  1. Delegate: Outsourcing isn’t just for heartless CEOs—pay people to break in your smoking jackets
... More »

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wealth • lifestyle • time • luxury • rich

Century Mark Within Reach
for Many

Healthy habits boost chances of living to
100, even with illness

Feb 12, 08 9:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Even people with heart disease or diabetes can hit the century mark if they take care of themselves, two new studies say. The trick for living to 100 is managing illness well enough to stay independent. "It's kind of a threesome: get more years, better years, and better function,... More »

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elderly • Boston • science • lifestyle • healthy habits • Harvard • longevity • health research

One Man’s Garbage Is Another's Thanksgiving

Movement fights waste by foraging for food

Sep 11, 07 6:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Folks looking for food in a back alley these days might be “Freegans” - that’s “free” plus “vegan” - who are “opting out of capitalism in any way that we can,” one says. Their New York trash tours have already trained 14,000 people,... More »

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food • New York City • trash • lifestyle • Thanksgiving • vegan • freegan • Madeline Nelson

A Fool and
His Money
... You Know

Everyone has 10 ways to get rich—here are 10 tips for staying broke

Aug 8, 07 6:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Too much money? Here's some much-needed advice from the Consumerist:
  1. Make shopping your hobby.
  2. Don't budget.
  3. Buy your friends gifts you can't afford
  4. Grocery shop hungry, don't bring a list, and buy everything you sample.
  5. Use the ATM at the gas station.
... More »

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shopping • bankruptcy • list • money • budget • lifestyle

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