Playing with your food: Chia seeds, which for decades were best known for growing the green-sprout hair on ch-ch-ch Chia Pets, are the latest nutritional ingredient in smoothies, energy drinks and granola. The seeds are packed with omega-3 fatty acid, fiber, calcium and antioxidants.
And a paste of seeds and water spread on the scalp can restore a full head of natural-looking hair for bald men.
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Sinking feeling: The MS Balmoral — retracing the route of the Titanic, which struck an iceberg and sank 100 years ago in the North Atlantic — has resumed its cruise after a passenger was airlifted off as precaution.
Organizers of the cruise apologized to Leonardo DiCaprio but said they didn’t want to take any chances by leaving him on the ship.
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Hanging up the sweater vest: Vowing to continue to fight but admitting his race is over, GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum, R-Aww, I Give Up; Go Ahead and Google Me, announced he was suspending his campaign for the Republican nomination.
It’s possible he could return to balance the GOP ticket as Mitt Romney’s vice presidential pick, although Santorum, an opponent of gay marriage, says the term “running mate” makes him nervous.
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