We’ve all heard about the wonders of the broadband Web. You can stream video, surf at lightning speeds, get your e-mail in a blink. Here’s what you may not know: It can let you live far richer than you probably live now.http://www.forbes.com/2005/10/25/cheap-places-to-live_05life2_land.html?feed=rss_popstories

“He had put me through hell my freshman year. He went from a casual user, to a dealer, to a completely dependent addict and near convict in less than a year.”http://collegemagazine.com/index.php/Articles/COLLEGE%20LIFE/My%20Roommate,%20the%20Drug%20Dealer/35-cat-college-life/80-roommate-drug-dealer.html

If a Toyota Prius just looks too friendly for your tastes, you’re not alone. People readily see faces and traits in cars, and a new study suggests that they prefer cars to appear dominant, masculine and angry.http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/081006-car-face.html

Most people are worried about the health of the economy. But does the economy also affect your health?It does, but not always in ways you might expect. The data on how an economic downturn influences an individual’s health are surprisingly mixed.http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/health/07well.html?_r=1&8dpc&oref=slogin

Justices hear arguments on whether cigarette makers defrauded smokers with claims about light and low-tar cigarettes.http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-scotus7-2008oct07,0,6881116.story?track=rss

Viennese artist, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, has designed what has become one of the more unique and visually stimulating buildings in the world. With over 1000 unique windows, individualized handles on windows and doors, a living roof, café, parking garage, restaurant, bar,etc.. the Waldspirale in Darmstadt, Germany is an architectural wonder.http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/coolest-apartment-on-earth/2541

Whiskey on the other hand is seen as a hard drink. It is a drinker’s drink. The sole preserve of men. It’s serious. It is the opposite end of the spectrum to fruit-based neon-coloured liquids sporting little paper umbrellas.http://www.foodvu.com/content/graduating-beer-whisky-10-facts-you-need-know

People who occasionally forget an appointment or a friend’s name may have a loss of brain volume, even though they don’t have memory deficits on regular tests of memory or dementia.http://www.physorg.com/news142528675.html

Mothers-to-be who listen to lullabies, classical music and sounds of nature are less likely to feel stressed about their pregnancy, a study has shown.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1069901/Listening-classical-music-relieve-pregnancy-stress.html

Certain characteristics of his prose — hypersensitivity and constant rumination, or persistent contemplation — reflect a pattern of temperament that some psychology researchers say connects mental illness.http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/10/07/creativity.depression/index.html