People 50 and older are happier, less stressed

A person's overall well being includes a number of factors, including stress, worry, anger, sadness and self-worth.

To gain a better understand of how well being changes with age, New York and New Jersey behavioral scientists led a study that included more than 340,000 telephone surveys of Americans in 2008. The results (see abstract) were published this afternoon in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Don't You Hate It When The Paper Prints An Error

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Big Picture: Protests turn deadly in Thailand

The Red Shirt political protest in Bangkok, Thailand has been active for nearly two months now, and has entered a new, deadly phase in the past week, with at least 36 of the total 60 deaths occurring in just the last few days. Ant-government protesters have barricaded themselves against government troops and the Thai army has declared certain protest areas to be "Live Fire Zones". A state of emergency is in effect, covering 17 provinces in the country, as protesters have refused orders to leave, and news just emerged that a renegade general who supported the Red Shirts, Khattiya Sawatdithol, died today from a gunshot wound he suffered on May 13th. Collected here are photos of the recent turmoil in central Bangkok. (39 photos total)

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