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Recently my wife traveled to Europe on a non-stop flight of over eight hours. She became very ill from jet lag, could not sleep and developed nausea.Her friends took her to a French doctor who gave her a drug made by Wyeth labeled Temesta lorazepam 2.5 mg. He said it would make her sleep and ease the nausea, and indeed it worked magnificently.On arriving home my wife once again developed all the symptoms she experienced in France. Her doctor here prescribed lorazepam 0.5 mg, but it did nothing for her. The doctor and pharmacist never saw anything like the pills she got in France, so we have no idea how to get more.

A program that offers East Baltimore residents an alternative to payday loans has more cash to lend and has expanded to include more ZIP codes. The "Borrow and Save" program, which makes low-interest loans, has extended its one-year pilot to encourage residents to pay down debt and save money. The mission of the program is to improve the economic well-being of low- to moderate-income families and individuals by providing them access to small loans to break the high-cost, short-term borrowing cycle.

Have you ever turned over in the middle of the night and suddenly felt a painful cramp in your leg?Night cramps can strike almost anyone; particularly susceptible are those who have spent the day exercising strenuously or those who have engaged in some unusual outdoor activity such as hiking or cycling.Their most common cause is an exaggeration of a normal body reflex. When you turn during sleep, the tendons attached to your muscles stretch. Then the muscle contracts. If it stays contracted, you'll have a painful cramp.

Three fifth-grade students at Ohr Chadash Academy are published writers of their historical family stories. Submitting their work to the Grannie Annie Family Story Celebration, these young people were competing with 120 entries from 12 different states. Only 17 entries in the fourth-fifth grade category were chosen for publication and three were from Ohr Chadash Academy: Students whose work was chosen are Rivka Abedon ("No Child Left Behind"); Nili Hefetz ("Bravery in Battle and Beyond")

The Orioles' new shortstop, with the movie star looks and the West Coast ease, hasn't been hard to find the past four weeks. On most mornings, he turns his chair around at his corner locker and faces a roomful of new teammates. He interacts with fellow infielders, accepts challenges at the pingpong table and takes in the culture in his third big league clubhouse in as many years. This is J.J. Hardy in his element. This is also in stark contrast with the person he became seven years ago when a shoulder injury jeopardized a promising career before it had really even started.

If life is a beach, you can bet that Tommy Bahama is there. Toes in the sand. Palm-tree-printed shirt blowing in the breeze, revealing his sunbaked torso and biceps.That's our hunky Bahama man; our kahuna of khaki.Maybe you've seen his comfy clothes: deck shorts, double-pleated plantation pants, polo and camp shirts in subdued solids, others with tropical flower-power star bursts and vintage-inspired island prints -- all in muted motifs, all in soft, draping, relaxed fabrics that feel like favorite clothes worn over and over.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- The right hand trembles, so he has to drink his Pepsi with both hands. Controlling his vision has become maddening. And when he stands, his legs quiver as if he were going to fall to the floor.In another time, Carlos Norman Hathcock II was the ultimate terminator. As a sniper for the U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam -- when the hands were rock steady, the eyes keen, the legs durable -- he was officially credited with killing 93 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong. No sniper killed more people in the 216-year history of the Marines.

In the struggle to provide more affordable housing in wealthy Howard County, the opening of Port Capital Village's 84 apartments in Elkridge represents a milestone of sorts. The seven three-story garden apartment buildings are part of the first all-subsidized rental complex for families constructed in the county in recent years. "It's good to see affordable housing of any kind come along," said Andre J. De Verneil, a member of the Interfaith Coalition for Affordable Housing. Howard is the priciest county for housing in the Baltimore region.

The mere mention of it brought laughter from my children and a quizzical look from my wife. A neighbor agreed to go along, but he, too, was skeptical."

What baseball was originally reluctant to even try, the All-Star Game, the creation of a sportswriter, has become a momentous vehicle for pleasing crowds, selling merchandise and generating profit. The event will be celebrating its 60th anniversary in Baltimore this summer. It will be like tapping into a gold mine on the shores of the Chesapeake.Tickets for the game itself and even the day-before practice session have not even been placed on sale, but the early demand is like nothing Baltimore has ever experienced.