Sightings

Many of the drivers who volunteer to help seniors in the ITN program are themselves elderly. By participating, they earn credits that they can store and use later as they grow older, or donate to family members or the poor. Seniors who use the service pay an annual membership fee of $40 for an individual, or $65 for a family. more »

In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the show’s debut, the Library of Congress presents a new exhibition, I Love Lucy: An American Legend. Ball's biographer, Kathleen Brady, relates her training by Buster Keaton who "drilled her in the mantra that was the foundation of her fabled comic timing: Listen, React, then Act." more »

When poetry press Canarium Books found itself sold out of two of its most recent titles, it was a little surprised. When those books won majorliterary prizes from the Poetry Society of America and the Griffin Trust, Canarium's founders were ecstatic. (Photo: Linda A. Cicero / Stanford News Service) This morning the police came for me.They brought… more »

People with exceptional longevity did not have healthier habits than the comparison group in terms of body mass index, smoking, physical activity, or diet. However, for women, 9.6 percent of centenarians were obese versus 16.2 percent of the 'control' group. more »