Avoid These Five Financial Myths This April Fool's Day
CHICAGO, March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- April Fool's Day is a time for harmless practical jokes, laughing and light-hearted good fun, as long as it isn't at your financial expense. This April Fool's Day is a time to consider what you base your financial decisions upon, so M&I a part of BMO Financial Group is busting five financial myths that will help you make better choices with your money.

Cancer Fact or Fiction: Separating Myths from Good Information
By the National Cancer Institute Editor's Note:  The following article is part of the monthly Lifelines education and awareness print series that the National Cancer Institute provides to African American news and information outlets. BETHESDA, Md., April 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- To many, cancer remains one of the most frightening diagnoses in modern medicine.

Teething Truths and Myths
Got a fussy baby on your hands? Can't sleep, doesn't want to eat, is running a low-grade fever -- must be teething, right? Maybe not. American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry spokesperson Michael J. Hanna, D.M.D., says that several of the symptoms associated with teething simply aren't caused by cutting a tooth. Truth or Myth?: Teething causes...

Common Cat Health Myths -- Debunked!
Lots of fibs have been told about felines through the ages. For example, consider the popular notion that it's supposedly healthy for cats to drink cow's milk. The truth is that most cats are lactose intolerant and can't break down the sugars in milk, says Joseph Wakshlag, DMV, an assistant professor of clinical nutrition at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine

Five Financial Myths to Avoid This April Fool's Day
INDIANAPOLIS, March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- April Fool's Day is a time for harmless practical jokes, laughing and light-hearted good fun, as long as it isn't at your financial expense. This April Fool's Day is a time to consider what you base your financial decisions upon, so M&I, a part of BMO Financial Group, is busting five financial myths that will help you make better choices with your money.

What You Think You Know About Cars
If you listen long enough, you'll hear a lot of things about how you should drive and take care of your car. But if you stop and think about it for a second, do you really trust the people who are giving you this automotive advice? Are they the same folks who told you to buy Enron stock? Or who told you that Iraq is the perfect place for a relaxing holiday?

Therapists Shatter Myths On Why Couples Fight, Split & Seek Counseling
NEW YORK, March 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent survey of counseling professionals from YourTango.com—the leader in love and relationships—has shattered some long-held relationship myths: the top two reasons couples fight are not sex and money.

Plea deal reached in balloon hoax
FORT COLLINS, Colo. - The parents accused of pulling a spectacular hoax by reporting that their 6-year-old son had floated away aboard a helium balloon have agreed to plead guilty in a deal that could send them both to jail but protect the wife from deportation.