A Pain in the Neck (Masseur)
People always ask where I get my ideas. My wife thought of this one. Then she begged me for months to make it happen. I've rubbed people the wrong way all my life, but never as badly as when I play masseur.

Fido? He's in rehab -- for his knee (or is it his elbow?)
A Santa Monica clinic provides physical therapy for dogs, cats -- even a rabbit. The regimens and treatments look familiar to anyone who's undergone rehabilitation. They come in with arthritis, back pain, sore elbows. Some are recuperating from car accidents or surgery or just bad judgment (a leap off a balcony). Others are coping with the ravages of old age. The most common problem: a tear ...

Unanimous votes show Temecula City Council's harmony
No matter what the issue, Temecula's City Council almost always agrees. And no matter what the issue, Colton's council seldom does.

Detox holidays: New year new you
From running in Crete to detoxing in Devon there are healthy holidays to suit all constitutions. Our writers put six to the test.

Stress and the city
New York is gripped by fear. Are we headed back to the bad old days of the 1970s?

Bond Clinic Patients to Get Chance to Look Better, Relax
WINTER HAVEN | Bond Clinic patients have new opportunities to look better and feel more relaxed.Doctors provide some, but not all, of these transformations.

Business digest for Jan. 3, 2009
Articles on Wayside Racquet and Swim Club, Westboro Tennis and Swim Club, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, S E A Consultants Inc., Boost Fitness, Richards Barry Joyce & Partners, KBS Realty Advisors,  Nagog Park, BJ's Wholesale club, R.W. Holmes Realty Co. and  Olivers Orphans.

6,619 Filipinas work 10- to 14-hour
By William Alzona, Ofw Journalism Consortium Writer WOMEN sailors are riding the waves. And they contend with exploitation, discrimination and sexual harassment at sea.

6,619 Filipinas work 10- to 14-hour  days for less pay than male sailors
WOMEN sailors are riding the waves. And they contend with exploitation, discrimination and sexual harassment at sea. This is the conclusion of a pioneering study on women seafarers made by Professor Lucia Palpal-latoc Tangi of the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication.

Gym provides exercise, ?home? for women
CORALVILLE -- Colleen Rhodes says that when Deanna Trumbull opened Body and Balance Women?s Fitness Center in December 2003, Trumbull wanted a place for women to go to devote time to themselves.

Full-body healing from a tool box
Kinesiologist Dr. Art LaBelle would like to see fewer patients. That's an odd goal for an independent businessman, but LaBelle aims to solve

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Questions/Answers
Questions and answers on Daily Bulletin stories from readers like you. Starting today, motorists will have several new laws to consider when they get behind the wheel.

No Texting, Other Laws On Books Jan. 1
While you?re driving, put down the Blackberry. Starting Jan. 1, it will be illegal in California to text your friends while driving. It also is illegal to read texts, e-mails or any other ?text-based communication? on your phone.

Downtown Live to focus on health and fitness
Published: Friday, January 2, 2009 at 4:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, January 2, 2009 at 7:56 a.m.

Community briefs
CLYDE - Dr. Gerald King, an orthopedic physician and director of the Carolina Center for Joint Replacement at Haywood Regional Medical Center, will offer free hip pain screenings Jan. 29 at the health and fitness center.

Does Roger Federer know the 'secret'?
So is the Law of Attraction part of his success? Of course it is. The Law of Attraction is always in action, whether you are conscious of it or not. However, with deliberate focus, you can amplify the flow of energy to serve your intentions.

California cracking town on text messaging while driving
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE - A ban on text-messaging while driving is one of a multitude of new California laws taking effect Thursday.

Unanimous votes show Temecula City Council's harmony
No matter what the issue, Temecula's City Council almost always agrees. And no matter what the issue, Colton's council seldom does.

Unanimous votes show Temecula City Council's harmony
No matter what the issue, Temecula's City Council almost always agrees. And no matter what the issue, Colton's council seldom does.