Fall back: Time to reset your biological clock

If you've been falling behind on sleep, this is the weekend to fall back into bed for an extra hour — and take advantage of the transition from daylight saving time to standard time.

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If sex is a yawn, you may actually be turned on

Does yawning in the heat of the moment mean you're bored — or what? And can sex improve your skin? Sexploration answers your queries. Got a question? .

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It's daylight science time

It’s that time of year, when crocuses bloom, the lawn starts to need mowing, and most Americans lose an hour’s sleep setting their clocks ahead. (Remember? Spring forward, fall back.) So here are answers to your questions about the time switch — and about sleep.

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Bush Knew Saturday About Hunting Accident

President Bush knew Saturday evening that Vice President Dick Cheney had accidentally shot a hunting companion, but the information wasn't made public until the next day — by a private citizen — the White House said Monday.

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Sure, getting enough sleep is the biggest way to beat the 4:00 yawning session (I swear, there is something about this time--weirdly, I could fall asleep at 4 p.m.

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JOLIET, Ill. -An Illinois judge has freed a man who had been in jail for three weeks after letting loose a loud yawn during a sentencing hearing.

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Clifton Williams arrived at the Will County Courthouse in Joliet and sat in the fourth-floor courtroom where his cousin was pleading guilty to a felony drug charge.

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(Aug 10) -- As Clifton Williams sat in the courtroom in Joliet, Ill., awaiting his cousin's sentencing on drug charges, little did he know he would soon be the one in jail.As Judge Daniel Rozak sentenced Williams' cousin to two years probation, Williams yawned, an act that earned …

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A study has found that labradors and other pet dogs are more likely to yawn if they witness humans doing it Try this with your own dog. The next thing the scientists need to find out: Do dog owners yawn when they see their dogs yawning? ;-)

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YawnVine... let's go deeper into the content.

I'm done with politics... it's nothing new, more of the same. I need to get away from this soul-sucking crap when it comes to Newsvine; I'll still remain politically aware, but, unfortunately, I don't need Newsvine to do so. Thanks all, hope to see you deeper in the 'vine!

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Rather than being a precursor to sleep, yawning is designed to keep us awake, say US researchers. But why does seeing someone else yawn make you to do the same?

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An excellent essay.We are a lost generation, desperately clinging to anything that feels real, but too afraid to become it ourselves. We are a defeated generation, resigned to the hypocrisy of those before us, who once sang songs of rebellion and now sell them back to us.

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GOP strategist Karl Rove and former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards will debate the issues of the presidential campaign Sept. 26 as part of the university's Distinguished Speakers Series, The Buffalo News has learned.

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It has taken five years of strutting and posing, and an annual fee believed to be worth £2 million, but China has achieved another of its global ambitions when a 23-year-old from Beijing was crowned Miss World.

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Over the years, there have been many theories for why people yawn. It has been associated with sleepiness and boredom, and, incorrectly, with low oxygen levels in the blood.

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Claim: The drug clomipramine has been known to cause orgasms in yawning patients. Status: True.

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Like many Oceanside students, Kailee O'Sullivan thinks there would be less nodding off in classes if her high school adopted a proposal to move back its opening time by 40 minutes. "I'm not a morning person at all," said the 17-year-old senior.

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THE SBS TV show MythBusters has launched a bid to send a yawn around the world.

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"In a study of sleep characteristics in 669 adults in Chicago who were compared by sex and race, investigators found that blacks got less sleep than whites, while men got less sleep than women.

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From the article, "You might be sitting in a meeting or waiting in a supermarket checkout line, stuck in your own head. Then you see someone yawn. Soon, involuntarily, you inhale deeply.

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Scientists aren't exactly sure why we yawn, but they know yawns are contagious.

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