A new study has found that women sleep BETTER when they’re sharing their bed with their DOG than they do when they share it with another person.<\/p>\n
The researchers found that women who shared their bed with dogs went to bed earlier, kept a better sleep schedule, AND got disturbed and woken up less often during the night.<\/p>\n
They didn’t study whether men sleep better with dogs or other people.<\/p>\n
But they DID find one other detail:\u00a0 Sleeping in bed with a CAT does NOT have the same effect.\u00a0 Women who had a cat in bed got worse sleep than women who had a dog or a person with them.<\/p>\n
______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Not everyone feels holly and jolly this time of year, and new research finds the odds of a heart attack jump nearly 40 percent on Christmas Eve. The risk overall during Christmas [Day] \/New Year’s [Day] was 15 percent higher than a regular December day.”<\/p>\n After looking at data of more than 300,000 heart attack patients, researchers determined that the risk was highest at 10 p.m. on Christmas Eve. So what<\/p>\n is it about Christmas Eve? Researchers say it could be emotional distress, anger, anxiety, sadness, grief, and stress coupled with excessive food intake, alcohol, and distance travel.<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ENTERTAINMENT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n PENNY MARSHALL<\/strong>\u00a0died of complications from diabetes on Monday.\u00a0 She was 75.\u00a0 Penny starred as Laverne on\u00a0“Laverne & Shirley”<\/strong><\/em>, but she was also a successful director in the ’80s and ’90s.\u00a0 She did the\u00a0Whoopi Goldberg<\/strong>\u00a0movie\u00a0“Jumpin’ Jack Flash”<\/strong><\/em>, the\u00a0Tom Hanks<\/strong>\u00a0movie\u00a0“Big”<\/strong><\/em>, the\u00a0Robin Williams<\/strong>\u00a0movie\u00a0“Awakenings”<\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0“A League of Their Own”<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0. . .<\/p>\n The\u00a0Danny DeVito<\/strong>\u00a0comedy\u00a0“Renaissance Man”<\/strong><\/em>, the\u00a0Whitney Houston<\/strong>\u00a0movie\u00a0“The Preacher’s Wife”<\/strong><\/em>, and\u00a0Drew Barrymore’s<\/strong>\u00a0“Riding in Cars with Boys”<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n Penny broke a lot of ground as a director . . . in fact, she became the first female director to gross more than $100 million at the box office with\u00a0“Big”<\/em>.<\/p>\n Four years later,\u00a0“A League of Their Own”<\/em>\u00a0also cracked $100 million.<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dora the Explorer has found her villain. Benicio del Toro has closed a deal to voice \u201cSwiper\u201d the thieving fox, in a live-action feature based on the character from the popular Nickelodeon TV series.<\/p>\n The signing is a late-in-the-game development, as the movie wrapped production in Australia two weeks ago.\u00a0 That isn\u2019t as strange as it sounds, as voice casts for CG characters often aren\u2019t required until post-production begins. Isabela Moner of \u201cInstant Family\u201d fame is starring as Dora, and Michael Pena and Eva Longoria will play her parents. <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1997 [21] \u201cTitanic\u201d opens in theaters. It becomes the top-grossing movie of all time ($2.2 billion), with a soundtrack that sells about 15 million copies, thanks mostly to the Celine Dion hit, \u2018My Heart Will Go On.\u2019<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1917 [101] 1st \u2018National Hockey League\u2019 games played (5,500 fans watch Montr\u00e9al Canadiens beat Ottawa Senators 7-4, while 700 soldiers get in free to see Montr\u00e9al Wanderers defeat Toronto Arenas 10-9)<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n DECEMBER 19TH<\/sup>, 1992\u00a0 <\/strong>Alan Jackson\u00a0goes #1 with “She’s Got The Rhythm (And I Got The Blues)”<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n TODAY\u2019S GOOD NEWS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Two famous Newfoundlanders stepped in to help an elderly veteran whose guitar went missing earlier this month. Edward Sheppard, 82, was devastated after his guitar — a gift from his late wife — was stolen from his home in Stephenville Crossing, N.L<\/p>\n <\/p>\n His daughter says “She saved for years, she rolled a lot of change to save it. And when she had enough, I helped her out and we went and got dad a guitar. It wasn’t fancy, but it was all she could afford.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n After Edward’s story received media attention, comedian\u00a0Mark Critch send out a tweet\u00a0on Friday asking if his any of musician friends had a guitar they could spare for him.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Musician Alan Doyle, most famous for his work with Canadian folk band Great Big Sea, responded: “I got one he can have for sure.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On Saturday morning, he hand-delivered the guitar to Sheppard, who was staying at his son’s home in St. John’s.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The two had an impromptu jam session, and Doyle tweeted out a short video of Edward playing the new guitar and whistling. While Edward is “very, very excited” to be strumming again, Yolanda said she hopes the missing guitar finds its way back to her father, since it holds a lot of sentimental value for him.<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n [55] Jennifer Beals, actress (\u201cFlashdance\u201d, \u201cThe Book of Eli\u201d)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [46] Alyssa Milano, actress<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [38] Jake Gyllenhaal, actor<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0________________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n GOOGLE SEARCHES IN CANADA <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Canadians were gripped by tragedies and triumphs, with the World Cup and Winter Olympic Games at the top of the overall most searched list, followed by the Humboldt Broncos bus crash.<\/p>\n The Winnipeg Jets cracked more than one category after a long playoff run, and Leafs forwards William Nylander and John Tavares were the third and fourth top-searched Canadians respectively.<\/p>\n Searches<\/strong><\/p>\n International News<\/strong><\/p>\n Canadian News<\/strong><\/p>\n How\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Recipes<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n ________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n <\/p>\n DIMMING THE SUN:<\/u><\/strong> <\/p>\n Research by scientists at Harvard and Yale university\u2019s proposes using a technique known as \u201cstratospheric aerosol injection\u201d, which they say could cut the rate of global warming in half.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It would involve spraying large amounts of sulfate particles into the Earth\u2019s lower stratosphere at altitudes as high as 12 miles. The sulfates would be delivered by specially designed high-altitude aircraft, balloons or large naval-style guns.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n They estimate the cost of launching the system in 15 years\u2019 time at around $3.5 billion, with running costs of $2.25 billion a year over a 15-year period.\u00a0 Although there is currently no existing aircraft suitable for the job, researchers say that developing one \u201cwould neither be technologically difficult nor prohibitively expensive.\u201d<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n YOU’VE BEEN BURNING CANDLES WRONG YOUR ENTIRE LIFE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n You get a new candle and want to use it, but it’s unlikely you do what you’re supposed to do first and foremost– trim the wick.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Yankee Candle’s website states, “Keeping their wicks trimmed properly will help your candles burn fully and last longer. Specifically, your candle’s wick should be trimmed after every four hours of burn time.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And it’s not just a ploy to get you to buy more candles. Vogue recently interviewed candle-maker Alia Raza, who says you should first cut your candle’s wick to about a third of an inch, and that the first time you burn a candle it should be for “about two hours or more” so that “the whole surface of will burn evenly so it won’t create those dips.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This two-hour rule ensures the entire top layer of wax melts, so it dries smoothly instead of creating a hole that your wick can get lost in.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 19TH<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n TODAY\u2019S BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n [55] Jennifer Beals, actress (\u201cFlashdance\u201d, \u201cThe Book of Eli\u201d)<\/p>\n [46] Alyssa Milano, actress<\/p>\n [38] Jake Gyllenhaal, actor<\/p>\n ——————————————————————————————————————————-<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n She won again last night, making $58,689 after three nights<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And if that’s not bad enough . . . they also stole the family DOG.<\/p>\n The cops are trying to track down the burglar.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n GARTH BROOKS WILL GO BACK TO VINYL NEXT YEAR – (12\/19\/2018)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n When\u00a0Garth Brooks<\/strong>\u00a0released his first 3 albums, they were on vinyl, but that changed when CDs came out. He now has plans to go back to vinyl. On\u00a0Facebook<\/em>\u00a0Monday night, Garth didn\u2019t offer a lot of detail, but he made it clear that vinyl is in his future.<\/p>\n FAST FACTS<\/strong><\/p>\n Garth\u2019s self-titled debut album, as well as\u00a0No Fences,<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Ropin\u2019 the Wind\u00a0<\/em>were originally released on vinyl.<\/p>\n Garth\u2019s\u00a0Stadium Tour\u00a0<\/em>kicks off March 9 in St. Louis, Missouri.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n CHRIS LANE\u2019S FAMILY IS \u2018BUZZING ABOUT MARRIAGE\u2019 – (12\/19\/2018)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n When you take your girlfriend home for Christmas to meet the family, that\u2019s a big deal and\u00a0Chris Lane<\/strong>\u00a0is doing just that. Chris told\u00a0People.com<\/em>, “I’m actually a little nervous because I know how my dad is. I’ve already given her the pre-warning. He’s just a funny guy. He’ll\u00a0probably ask her some tough questions.”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n He said his family is excited about meeting her, \u201cSo excited, in fact, that the family is already\u00a0buzzing about marriage! “I’m just like … when it happens, it happens.”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Chris\u2019 girlfriend,\u00a0Lauren Bushnell<\/strong>\u00a0was engaged to\u00a0Ben Higgins<\/strong>\u00a0in the 2016 season of\u00a0ABC\u2019s The Bachelor<\/em>.<\/p>\n Following Lauren\u2019s engagement on\u00a0ABC\u2019s The Bachelor<\/em>\u00a0to\u00a0Ben Higgins<\/strong>, the couple also starred in their own reality show together called\u00a0Ben and Lauren: Happily Ever After?\u00a0They broke up last year.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Chris Young \u2013 revealed on social media last week that his next single is going to be \u2018Raised on Country\u2019. 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