Salt has been put through the public health ringer recently. But the Newark Star-Ledger says something called salt therapy is the “latest hot alternative treatment” for those suffering from respiratory problems.

There’s a great profile of Jimmy Carter in the Washington Post this morning. The ex-president is still lashing out at his critics “even though most are no longer on this Earth to fight back.”  Says the Post: “For all his accomplishments, Carter also can’t resist suggesting how he who has seen it all still knows it all.”

According to scientists, there’s some kind of relationship between faith and health—they’re just not exactly sure what it is. The Boston Globe says faith has an especially rejuvenating effect on those suffering from heart disease, substance abuse or mental illness.

Put away that voodoo doll. The LA Times says even though revenge may sound like a good idea, it does nothing to improve your mood. Despite the fact that most of us are hardwired to think of revenge as pleasurable—sweet, even—the truth is that it can actually make you feel worse.

Talk about meta. The game that is making it in Hollywood just got its own game says the New York Times. Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner is launching a new Facebook game in the style of Farmville and MafiaWars today. It’s called FameTown.

There’s one key ingredient for getting customers to turn green says the Wall Street Journal: guilt. Those who observed a push to reform the public’s plastic bag consumption in Washington DC last year said it wasn’t the five-cent surcharge that sent the number of bags stores handed out plunging—it was the shame in having to ask for one.

Next time you’re trudging up the stairs to your apartment, just remember that you’re getting some low-cost exercise says USA Today. According to experts, stair-climbing is the best cardio you can do for the lower half of your body.

There’s a frightening photo in the New York Post this morning. It’s of a single-engine plane that crashed into a Long Island neighborhood over the weekend. A passenger was killed but no one on the ground was injured.

If you thought the dreaded in-laws were a Hollywood construct, think again. Thirty-six percent of women say they’d rather visit the gynecologist than their mother-in-law. The New York Post says 28 percent would rather get a root canal.

Overcrowded hospitals? The Boston Globe says a simple fix is often overlooked. Rather than building more hospitals, we should be running the hospitals we have at full speed seven days a week.

Actress Barbara Billingsley has died at the age of 94. She had a 50 year showbiz career, but the New York Daily News notes it was her role as June Cleaver on “Leave it to Beaver” that made her “one of the nation’s most recognizable TV stars.”

Tweets between Nick Cannon and Chelsea Handler got nasty last night, reports the New York Daily News. It started when Handler made a joke online asking “Who’s going to do the comedy?” on Nick’s upcoming comedy tour.

I imagine this woman can count on the unequivocal support of men everywhere. In a bid to give women “equal access to sunshine,’’ the Boston Globe says a Massachusetts woman has collected enough signatures to put an odd item on the November ballot: whether or not the law should be changed to allow women to go topless in public.

Things were stewing at Wolfgang Puck’s new restaurant in Texas this week. The Dallas Morning News says a hostess at the restaurant refused to seat a group of World War II POWs because they did not meet the “business casual” dress code.

The Miami Herald analyzes the fashion choices of an unlikely candidate in today’s paper: Fidel Castro. They say his frequent wardrobe switches, from “post-surgery pajamas in 2006 to track suits from 2007 to 2009, then casual sports clothes and now military garb for the past 10 weeks,” indicate he is taking steps to reclaim his position of power.

Listen to this shocking statistic on the front page of today’s Denver Post: Last year, Americans wasted 2.75 billion hours waiting for their packages to be delivered. Now some companies are trying to curry favor with their customers by offering to pay up for their wasted time. 

The New York Post calls it the “priciest eyesore ever.” That’s subjective. But what is true is that at $1.9 billion, the new home of Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani is the most expensive residence ever built.

The LA Times poses an interesting question in today’s paper: “Who controls the intellectual property of notes taken during class?” A recent business graduate’s new venture, a website hawking old notes and homework, sparked the debate after university officials sent the alum a cease and desist letter.

Is it real? Is it fake? Is it dyed? As the Giants get ready for the National League playoffs, the San Jose Mercury News says the question on people’s mind is not whether they’ll win or lose—it’s what’s up with relief pitcher Brian Wilson’s beard? 

Move over Elvis, there’s a new king of rock and roll—four of them actually. USA Today reviews the new album from Kings of Leon in today’s paper, calling them the “new rulers of the rock realm.”

Bill O’Reilly has made a career out of pushing people’s buttons. And he showed off his skills yesterday as a guest on “The View.” While discussing the plans to build a mosque near Ground Zero, the New York Post says O’Reilly made Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg so angry, they left the set mid-show. VIDEO

It’s hard to estimate a mile-per-gallon rate when a car doesn’t run solely on gas. The New York Times says the EPA is searching for an equivalent to fuel efficiency to use for a crop of electric cars due to go on sale in about two months.

Remember the baffling UFO sightings in Manhattan yesterday? Well, the New York Daily News thinks they’ve gotten to the bottom of it. A group of students say the UFO was actually a bunch of escaped pearly white balloons, meant for a teacher’s engagement party. VIDEO

He must like jail, writes the New York Daily News about a 69-year-old bank robber accused of robbing a busy Manhattan bank one day after finishing his 22-year prison sentence…for robbing banks.

Harry Whittington has a “slight flutter” to his voice, says the Washington Post, caused by the lead pellet that’s lodged in his larnyx. That would be the lead pellet Dick Cheney shot him with during a quail hunting expedition four years ago. The Post turns up some interesting discrepancies about the accident—what I found most fascinating: Cheney never apologized.

Detroit is welcoming back customers who have defected to Asian or European models over the years says the New York Times. Ford is apparently leading the charge with several models that feature the “improved quality and fuel economy, and high-tech features” many buyers have come to associate with foreign cars.

Talk about going viral says the Sacramento Bee. According to experts, fiddling with a friend’s touchscreen is a surefire way to pass flu germs along. Research has shown that screens on mobile devices have 18 percent more germs than the handle on a toilet does.

If it’s true, that you are what you eat, then we better figure out what type of food fills the plates of our neighbors around the world. The San Francisco Chronicle interviews a couple who set out to do just that in today’s paper. They crisscrossed the globe and took photos of 80 of the meals they shared, all of which are organized by calorie counts.

Mary French should’ve been valedictorian at her Arkansas high school back in 1968. But because French is black, she was denied the honor. Now, 42 years later, a wrong has been righted says the Indianapolis Star.

Usually it’s the kids who have “no idea what happened” when they get caught having a rager. But the Sun Sentinel says the parents of two teenage boys told police they were upstairs in their bedroom and had no idea that 350 extra teens had crashed a party at their mansion. Police were called after neighbors reported seeing more than 500 teens “drinking themselves unconscious” on the property.