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LONDON — A British couple being held hostage by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday that they fear they will be killed or handed to a terrorist group if a ransom is not paid soon.Paul and Rachel Chandler were kidnapped by pirates on Oct. 22, who seized their 38-foot yacht – the Lynn Rival. In an inte (Read More)
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TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.Smiling kids embracing a soldier. A dog sniffing blood oozing from a corpse. Movie star Cameron Diaz posing side (Read More)
TreeHugger:
Image from stephaniehern.wordpress.comThe good news is that women in industrialised countries are greener than men. A new study from the United Nations confirms that we have a lower carbon footprint and are better for the world's future health. Where to start, let me count the ways... Women drive and fly much less than m (Read More)
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The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia.
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Donald Trump is synonymous with luxury high-rises, his TV show and his distinctive hairstyle. Now he's putting his name on a vitamin and health products business.
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The local campaign pressuring Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) to support health care reform accelerated on Thursday, after a group of more than 650 Yale University students, faculty and staff urged him to reconsider his threat to filibuster legislation.In two letters to the Connecticut Independent -- who is an alumnus of Ya (Read More)
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'Tis the season for the annual lighting of the UNICEF Snowflake. UNICEF Ambassador and actress Lucy Liu will light the UNICEF snowflake on Thursday, November 19, in New York, and actress Rebecca Mader will light the west coast Snowflake on Saturday, November 21, in Beverly Hills."The UNICEF Snowflake is a special symbol fo (Read More)
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Power-hungry TVs will be banned from store shelves in California after state regulators Wednesday adopted a first-in-the-nation mandate to reduce electricity demand.On a unanimous vote, the California Energy Commission required all new televisions up to 58 inches to be more energy efficient, beginning i (Read More)
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First Lady Michelle Obama kept a busy schedule on Wednesday, speaking at two public events. The first was a visit to Hollin Meadows Elementary School in Alexandra, Virginia, where she spoke about the importance of healthy eating among children and handed out bananas and tangerines to students. The second appearance was back (Read More)
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WASHINGTON — A solid majority of Americans recognize the need to help the environment, although there are some things – like buying a hybrid car or taking mass transit – that people often talk about, but don't necessarily act on.That's shown in a survey of more than 1,000 adults that sought to gauge attitudes about the envi (Read More)
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CLEVELAND — Now that most of the bodies found at the home of a suspected serial killer have been identified, Cleveland is turning its attention to the living – to any women who might be reluctant to come forward after encounters with a man now charged with murder and rape.The nonprofit Cleveland Rape Crisis Center has set u (Read More)
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At the beginning of George W. Bush's presidency, political rhetoric regarding China took the form of old-school Cold War mantras. At the time, US consumption and Chinese production were as dependent on one another as heroin addicts on Afghan poppies. Thus, the "threats" were nonsensical political scapegoats.As President Oba (Read More)
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CNN's global health show Vital Signs has teamed up with world renowned anti-aging experts to bring you an in-depth discussion on how to live longer.
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Obama, Hu stress cooperation, but divisions remain on key issues.
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BEIJING — Playing tourist on his first visit ever to China, President Barack Obama drew a chilly comparison between the Chinese capital and his Illinois hometown."I have to say I didn't realize that Beijing gets as cold as my hometown of Chicago," the president said Tuesday just before sitting down for a one-on-one meeting (Read More)