Washington, Nov 1: Parents who smoke are likely to have impulsive kids, says a new study.
The new study led by researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital has found that children of parents who smoke are likely to share a tendency to act impulsively, a trait that could be linked to a decision to become a smoker.
Lead researcher Brady Reynolds focused his study on the connection between smoking and impulsivity, or more specifically, delay discounting.
Kabul - Two army soldiers were killed in a roadside attack in southern Afghanistan, while 25 Taliban fighters including a female militant were killed in fight with Afghan and coalition forces elsewhere in the country, officials said Saturday.
The two Afghan soldiers were killed and two others were wounded when their vehicle was blown up by a roadside bomb blast in the Yakhchal area of Gerishk district in southern Helmand province on Friday, the Afghan defence ministry said in a statement.
New York, Nov 1: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has maintained a comfortable lead over his rival John McCain, and continued to outpace him in swing states, most national surveys showed.
Gallup’s daily poll had Obama up, 50-45 percent. Rasmussen Reports’ daily tracking had him leading by 51-46 percent, a two-point rise since Wednesday.
But Fox News/Opinion Dynamics had Obama ahead by just 47-44 percent - far closer than his 9-point lead last week, The New York Post reported.
New York, Nov 1: Republican presidential candidate John McCain will take time out from his last minute swing state campaigning to make an ‘SNL’'' appearance where as his rival Barack Obama’s supporter Ben Affleck will do a satirical skit version of his “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” on “Saturday Night Live” this weekend.
The Arizona senator has described himself as “pretty good at stand up comedy” and may hope to show his less desperate - and more humorous - side in a last-minute appeal to the show’s newly re-ignited audience before voters head to the polls on November 4.
McCain will make his third appearance on the show Saturday, his spokesmen said on Friday.
Tokyo - Japan's Panasonic Corp is considering buying troubled Sanyo Electric Co to become the nation's largest electronics manufacturer, news reports said Saturday.
Panasonic wants to begin negotiations with the three top shareholders of its domestic competitor as early as this month, the Nikkei business daily reported.
Should the negotiations be successful it would be the first merger between two large Japanese electronics companies.
Washington, Nov 1: The loser of the looming Barack Obama-John McCain contest is entitled to a consolation prize: An all-expenses-paid, one-way ticket back to the United States Senate.
An Obama loss would shake American politics to its core, but the candidate said that he’d adapt to life as a high-profile foot soldier in the Senate’s Democratic majority.
McCain hasn’t said whether he’d return to the Senate if he loses his White House bid - and his campaign is bristling at the very suggestion.
Washington, Nov 1: Parents who smoke are likely to have impulsive kids, says a new study. 
Kabul - Two army soldiers were killed in a roadside attack in southern Afghanistan, while 25 Taliban fighters including a female militant were killed in fight with Afghan and coalition forces elsewhere in the country, officials said Saturday.
New York, Nov 1: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has maintained a comfortable lead over his rival John McCain, and continued to outpace him in swing states, most national surveys showed.
Tokyo - Japan's Panasonic Corp is considering buying troubled Sanyo Electric Co to become the nation's largest electronics manufacturer, news reports said Saturday.
Washington, Nov 1: The loser of the looming Barack Obama-John McCain contest is entitled to a consolation prize: An all-expenses-paid, one-way ticket back to the United States Senate.
