Poll

For the record, I am not buying into this.  I think happiness is a choice and you can have it with a little faith and any economic situation.  What I think money can buy you is ease and options.

Still, here is the latest study:

Economists believe they have discovered the higher a person's income the more satisfied they are with life

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What makes a real man in the 21st century?

• Women believe it has a lot to do with being helpful around the house, looking after the children, and being fearless and gentlemanly.

• Men, on the other hand, think their status as a truly manly modern man is secured by supporting their football team, owning a car and earning more money than their wife of girlfriend.

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A new survey asked people what they would give up if somehow all of their bills would be paid for a month by some magic fairy.  Here's how the survey came out:

40% of people would give up SEX!  45% of women, and then of course a smaller amount of men at 36%

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Smartphones are changing everything. The average smartphone has 41 apps, and each day more new mobile devices are activated than there are children born into the world.

And once devices are activated, they are checked on average 150 times a day -- once every 6

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Yesterday, a judge in New York City struck down the law that was to take effect today concerning large sugary drinks served at restaurants and convenience stores. State Supreme Court Justice Milton Tingling said the 16-ounce limit arbitrarily applies to only some sugary beverages and to some places that sell them, and also said the Board of Health, whose members were appointed by ban champion Mayor Mike Bloomberg,  intruded on the City Council's authority when it imposed the rule.

In other wor

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Another bill is before the state legislature that would strip some state inmates of the right to vote.

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The Transportation Safety Association announced this past Tuesday that starting on April 25th, it will allow small pocket knives and certain sporting goods on planes for the first time in more than a decade

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According to a brand new survey put out by Whiskas, 95% of cat owners considered their cat a member of their family.

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The State's Legislature may enact a one year moratorium on the use of UAVs in Maine.  Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or drones, are widely used by the military overseas, especially in the Middle East, but how would you feel about police and other local agencies using them here in the Pine Tree state?

Officials here in Maine are downshifting a gear, and may be slowing the process of drone use with a one year moratorium

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