I WAS WORRIED FOR A SECOND. I THOUGHT IT SAID EXPERTS FACE DIFFICULT YEAR.

Exporters face difficult year ahead, experts say

OTTAWA — Most Canadian exporters managed to keep their heads above choppy waters in 2005, but the coming year will be more difficult with a greater number of threatening squalls, analysts say.

Many of the problems facing the export sector will last well into 2006, with a few new ones piling on as well:

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I'M GOING TO CHECK CONSUELA'S PAPERS MYSELF - AS SOON AS THE KIDS ARE OFF TO COLLEGE AND DON'T NEED A NANNY ANY MORE

Experts say undocumented immigrants staying after visas expire

PHOENIX (M) Millions of undocumented immigrants have entered Arizona and other states legally with student, work or tourism visas.And after they expired, some decided to stay around.

Known as "overstays," they've received little attention in the national debate over immigration reform and homeland security.

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IT'S ALSO DANGEROUS TO DROP FROZEN ONES FROM HELICOPTERS

Experts say frying turkey is dangerous

KENANSVILLE -- Frying that Christmas turkey can mean a delicious meal but the technique is dangerous, experts say, and cooks need to use caution.

Turkey frying has become a popular way to prepare the holiday bird in recent years but if you choose to cook it that way you are literally playing with fire, Duplin County extension agent Trudy Smith said.

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Battle holiday stress with toned-down activities, experts say

As many people battle stress and depression during the holidays, one mental health professional advocates being honest about plans and expectations.

Andy Drymalski of Carson-Tahoe Behavioral Health Services suggests -- more than anything else -- that people need to be true to their inner voices.

"Our culture has a certain vision of what the holiday season should be like and what we should be doing," Drymalski said. "The more we try to conform to what society and our family and friends expect from us -- which might not be a good fit for who we really are -- the more we become depressed."

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Experts Say Facial Transplants Are Justified, British Medical JournalCategory:

With news of the world's first facial transplant hitting the headlines, experts in this week's BMJ debate whether the benefit of this procedure to someone with severe facial deformity outweighs the risk of long term suppression of the immune system.

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Experts say caffeine helps your short-term memory

Vienna.– According to researchers in Austria, consuming the caffeine equivalent of two cups of coffee, 100 milligrams, increases brain activity in the frontal lobe – that is where your short term memory is.

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NEXT WEEK WE LEARN WHETHER COLD SHOWERS CAUSE CHLAMYDIA

Can hot waxing lead to herpes? Not likely, say experts.

A new e-mail making the rounds suggests that women who receive professional waxings to get rid of unwanted hair could be putting themselves at risk for herpes.

The backstory to this urban legend sounds plausible. But experts say it's not true.

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Swiss Women Sue After Hotel Bedbug

Two Swiss businesswomen who spent a week at Manhattan's Hotel Pennsylvania in September have filed a lawsuit saying they had a lousy time trying to sleep there because they were bitten by bedbugs. Ksenija Knezevic, of Zurich, and Marlies Barisic, of Kreuzlingen, both in their early 30s, say the bloodsucking insects began attacking Sept. 17, the night they checked into the hotel across from Madison Square Garden.

The women's lawsuit, filed in Manhattan's state Supreme Court, says they suffered bedbug bites over their torsos, arms and legs. Their lawyer, Alberto Ebanks, said bugs also bit their cheeks and necks and caused possibly permanent scarring. `

"They were eaten alive,'' Ebanks said Wednesday.

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