7:50 AM
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63L66H20100422
Studies found that chimps respond to death similar to humans, including grieving and mourning.
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/04/chimps-grieve-over-dead-relative.html
Study indicates that dreams can play a role in learning by processing what we've recently experienced. People who dreamed about a maze video game improved 10x as much as others who slept the same amount of time but did not dream about it:
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/brain-and-behavior/articles/2010/04/22/dreams-could-give-learning-a-boost.html
Study found that laughter achieves many of the benefits associated with exercise--improved cholesterol and blood pressure, decreased stress, strengthened immune system and a healthy appetite:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100426/sc_livescience/laughteraffectsbodylikeexercise
Study found that people feel depressed eat about 55% more chocolate that people who are not depressed, eating more chocolate the more depressed they feel. This UC-SD study is one of the first scientific studies to examine the popular perception that people eat chocolate when they are depressed:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/04/26/chocolate.depression/index.html
The Governor of Texas said that the oil industry is not to blame for the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, calling such spills an "act of God". I don't think this is a good tack to take because the federal government is going to ask BP to pay for the costs of cleaning up the spill:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100504/ap_on_re_us/us_gulf_oil_spill_texas_governor
A Brooklyn coffee shop (named Cafe Grumpy) sells a cup of Ethiopian coffee for $12!
http://www.wpix.com/news/local/wpix-pricey-coffee-brooklyn,0,4249891.story
High school wrestlers will no longer be able to weigh in naked due to concerns about cellphone cameras and the possibility that photos could show up on the Internet:
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/2010-04-28-naked-weigh-ins_N.htm