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Måttligt ansträngande träning svaret på allt fler sjukdomar.

Lucas123 writes "Even though production of 75W and 100W incandescent lamps were phased out earlier this year, many U.S. consumers remain blissfully unaware of The Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007, an energy efficiency standard that requires an initial 30% reduction in energy use for screw-in bulbs. By 2020, the federal standard requires bulbs to use 65% less energy. According to a new survey, only 40% of Americans are aware that incandescent bulbs are being phased out. However, the federal regulations are about to impact the most popular bulbs of all — 40W and 60W lamps. As of Jan. 1, 2014, the bulbs will no longer be produced. A significant portion of those who are aware of the phase out have been hoarding the bulbs in anticipation of the ban."

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About 18 migrants died when a sailboat carrying 50 people capsized while being pulled into port.

Egypten har terrorlistat Muslimska brödraskapet efter julaftonens bombdåd i Mansura, trots att en annan grupp tagit på sig skulden för dådet.

I kölvattnet efter muthärva.

En brand rasar i en bostadslänga med tre minde lägenheter i Strömsund i Jämtland.

En fullsatt passagerarbuss har stått still i två timmar mellan Fredrika och Bjurholm, omkring åtta mil väster om Umeå.

Polisen jagade under juldagskvällen en misstänkt rattfyllerist i centrala Stockholm.

En fullsatt passagerarbuss har stått still i två timmar mellan Fredrika och Bjurholm, omkring åtta mil väster om Umeå.

EU minister among 10 to lose cabinet posts in Erdogan reshuffle, after three prominent ministers resign over graft.

An anonymous reader writes "Internet users have sadly grown used to having their every click and scroll measured by advertisers and content providers seeking to squeeze every last ounce of attention out of them. Now, it seems such data gathering is spreading into your favorite novels as well. The NY Times profiles several companies trying to collect data on how people read ebooks. Quoting: 'Scribd is just beginning to analyze the data from its subscribers. Some general insights: The longer a mystery novel is, the more likely readers are to jump to the end to see who done it. People are more likely to finish biographies than business titles, but a chapter of a yoga book is all they need. They speed through romances faster than religious titles, and erotica fastest of all. At Oyster, a top book is What Women Want, promoted as a work that "brings you inside a woman's head so you can learn how to blow her mind." Everyone who starts it finishes it. On the other hand, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.'s The Cycles of American History blows no minds: fewer than 1 percent of the readers who start it get to the end. Oyster data shows that readers are 25 percent more likely to finish books that are broken up into shorter chapters. That is an inevitable consequence of people reading in short sessions during the day on an iPhone.'"