Well, I've managed to find an acupuncture news item in another unusual place - in the "Seasons of the Garden" column of Mother Earth News.  This column covers backyard gardening news and this month's edition has a piece on acupuncture for corn.  Apparently, when a toothpick is stuck through the base of an ear of sweet corn, the ear ripens earlier and has extra sweetness!  The way it works is that sugar concentrates near plants wounds.  Actually, a lot my clients seem sweeter after acupuncture, so I think this theory applies to humans as well.   

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Organic-Gardening/1985-07-01/The-Seasons-of-the-Garden.aspx

Acupuncture is hitting the mainstream in more ways than ever and the latest news out of Portland, Oregon proves it.  Portland is getting an acupuncture treatment!  Adam Kuby placed the first needle by the Willamette River and hopes to place more soon, giving Portland a boost of Qi where it needs it most.  It got me thinking, if I were to do an acupuncture treatment on NYC, where would I put the needles?  I would definitely put some local points around town - like Times Square and Penn Station for the stagnant Qi - and some distal points in the Tri-State area - say, Albany and Trenton for the harmonizing effects.  I'd have to charge more for the outcall though.  = )

http://www.torontosun.com/News/World/2008/05/11/5531451-sun.html