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What is a tanorexic to do? Baking yourself on the beach to a crispy bronze husk is a no-no, according to studies showing that ultraviolet radiation from the sun can scramble your DNA and cause cancer. And now comes equally bad news about the tanner's next best friend, the indoor tanning salon. Last week the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer division of the World Health Organization, classified tanning beds as "carcinogenic to humans" - the agency's highest cancer-risk category, which also includes radon gas, plutonium and radium...
Palin made a wise choice to escape the vicissitudes of cutthroat politics. No doubt that as a true champion she will come back in due time for another round. Jacques Gilly, DELRAY BEACH...
...character-recognition software to read numbers and run them through databases. The LAPD has 26 scanners all over the city searching for stolen autos, cars associated with crimes and Amber Alert vehicles. In New Haven, Conn., police are using the scanners to track parking scofflaws, while Palm Beach County, Fla., uses the technology to follow gang members...
Since France's summer vacation season kicked off in early July, the French press has repeatedly sounded the alarm over the shrinking number of topless women on the nation's beaches. As eagle-eyed reporters have made quite clear, the prevailing trend among sun-loving women these days is to use both pieces of their bikini. Le Monokini, C'est Fini! , shouted Le Parisien in its report from a Mediterranean beach. "Nude Breasts Are Less Trendy" concurred free daily Metro France. "The practice has become common, and therefore less compelling as a fashion," says sociologist Jean-Claude Kaufmann. "When...
...There aren't any rules, but, yeah, it's true when you're at the beach and look around, the only topless women anymore are older," says Elodie, 19, as she visited an artificial beach along the Seine known as Paris Plage recently. Elodie pointed out that a municipal fine - and frequently lousy weather - make going topless at Paris Plage a nonstarter. When asked whether she went topless on vacation beaches - and what factors made her decide when she did and didn't - Elodie's reply was as chilly as it was logical. "All those things," she said, "are personal...