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Polar bears and pastries: voting Siberian style

BARNAUL, Russia (Reuters) - For some Siberian voters, election day began with a dip in an ice-cold river.

Sex and chocolate can boost brain power: authors

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Enjoy dark chocolate, have plenty of sex, eat cold meats and fish for breakfast and you could boost your brain power, say the authors of a new book.

Spice Girls reunion worth 9 year wait, say critics

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - It has been nine years coming, but some early reviews of the Spice Girls' world reunion tour that kicked off in Vancouver, Canada, on Sunday said it was worth the wait.

Britney Spears tops list of Yahoo! searches for 2007

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Love her or hate her, Britney Spears fascinated people in 2007 with the disgraced pop princess heading a list of the top 10 searches on Yahoo!.

World's most expensive perfume at $215,000 a bottle

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Can't decide on a present for someone who has everything? If money is no object a British company may have the answer - a $215,000 bottle of the world's most expensive perfume.

Couples still view husband's career as more important

NEW YORK (Reuters) -When Regina Strauss' husband's engineering job took him to Toulouse, France, she went with him even though it meant giving up her own career as a journalist.

Smaller babies prone to depression, study finds

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Plump babies may really be happier babies, Canadian and British researchers reported on Monday in a study that found people who had a low birth weight were more likely to have depression and anxiety later in life.

Generation Y seeks stardom with a safety net

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Australian lawyer Tim McDonald leads a double life. By day, he wades through legal jargon at a Sydney law firm; at night, he thumps out beats with an electro-punk band that has played alongside Snoop Dogg.