http://www.brandonsun.com/lifestyles/breaking-news en-gb Fri, 24 May 2013 06:23:37 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/lifestyles/breaking-news/calif-bill-would-require-product-makers-to-help-reduce-plastic-trash-polluting-the-ocean-208796661.html SAN FRANCISCO - It's a common sight on the nation's beaches: among the sand, sea foam and gnarled kelp lay plastic bottles, bags and other garbage. Each year cleanup crews throughout the U.S. collect millions of pounds of plastic trash from beaches and coastal waterways, with the biggest numbers... Fri, 24 May 2013 05:02:04 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/lifestyles/breaking-news/craft-breweries-selling-beer-aged-on-baseball-bats-to-raise-funds-for-military-families-208790051.html RICHMOND, Va. - Craft breweries from around the country are toasting the troops with a beer aged with a unique ingredient that symbolizes America's pastime — baseball bats. Nine different brewers collaborated to create Homefront IPA, all using the same recipe, complete with orange peel and Fri, 24 May 2013 04:58:07 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/lifestyles/breaking-news/voluntary-recall-of-childrens-medicine-health-canada-208759431.html OTTAWA - Some child fever medicine has been recalled because of concerns with the quality of one of the ingredients produced in China. Health Canada says Prestige Brands is voluntarily recalling their products that include acetaminophen. The agency says it was made aware of concerns about Thu, 23 May 2013 21:28:04 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/lifestyles/breaking-news/new-meat-labels-go-into-effect-telling-consumers-where-animals-were-born-raised-slaughtered-208733641.html MILWAUKEE - Shoppers in the U.S. will soon have more information about where their meat comes from after new federal labeling rules went into effect Thursday. The rules require labels on steaks, ribs and other cuts of meat to say where the animal was born, raised and slaughtered. Earlier U.S. Thu, 23 May 2013 18:13:01 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/lifestyles/breaking-news/some-statin-drugs-do-seem-to-raise-users-risk-of-diabetes-study-suggests-208736871.html TORONTO - Some cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins appear to put users at an elevated risk of developing diabetes, a new study reports. The work, by Toronto scientists, suggests that higher potency statins increase the diabetes risk, while for lower dose statin brands the elevated risk is Thu, 23 May 2013 19:11:01 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/lifestyles/breaking-news/woman-run-over-three-times-by-her-own-car-208704551.html TROIS-RIVIERES, Que. - A woman is recovering following a bizarre accident in which she was run over three times by her own car. Trois-Rivieres, Que., police say the newspaper delivery woman was making her rounds this week and jumping in and out of her car frequently to drop copies of Le Thu, 23 May 2013 17:29:02 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/lifestyles/breaking-news/nasa-chief-views-prototype-ion-engine-for-asteroid-capture-mission-meets-with-engineers-208726741.html PASADENA, Calif. - Surrounded by engineers, NASA chief Charles Bolden inspected a prototype spacecraft engine that could power an audacious mission to lasso an asteroid and tow it closer to Earth for astronauts to explore. Bolden checked on the progress Thursday a month after the Obama Thu, 23 May 2013 16:43:06 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/lifestyles/breaking-news/water-advisory-still-on-in-montreal-208699811.html MONTREAL - A huge boil-water advisory affecting 1.3 million people in Montreal, described by local officials as unprecedented in the recorded history of the city, was lifted late Thursday. City officials ended the two-day-old advisory at 10:15 p.m., after tests concluded the water quality was Thu, 23 May 2013 22:15:00 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/lifestyles/breaking-news/4-ways-to-get-the-great-gatsby-glam-looks-----without-crashing-your-budget-208723751.html NEW YORK, N.Y. - Baz Luhrmann's big screen adaption of "The Great Gatsby" is shining a spotlight on Roaring Twenties glam fashions, from drop-waist dresses and head scarves to crisp bow ties and spectator shoes. But you don't need a wallet the size of Jay Gatsby's to get the look. There are Thu, 23 May 2013 16:28:07 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/lifestyles/breaking-news/vancouver-aquarium-breeds-endangered-frogs-plans-to-release-amphibians-208721871.html VANCOUVER - Scientists at the Vancouver Aquarium have sprung into action, as part of an effort to prevent an endangered frog population from becoming extinct in eastern British Columbia. The Rocky Mountain population of northern leopard frogs plummeted by the millions in the 1970s, and only two Thu, 23 May 2013 20:04:07 CDT