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Breaking News Tue, 9 Mar 2010
Fat - Overweight - Obesity - Health
Medical   Obesity   Photos   Problems   Smoking  
 Health Affairs 
The Effects Of Obesity, Smoking, And Drinking On Medical Problems And Costs
| Roland Sturm | This paper compares the effects of obesity, overweight, smoking, and problem drinking on health care use and health status based on national survey data. Obesity has roughly the same ... (photo: WN / sweet)
Alcohol - Drinks - Beverage - Liquor
Alcohol   Health   People   Photos   USA  
 The Oklahoman 
Health notes
| Alcohol use lower among blacks Black Americans have lower drinking rates than other racial groups, according to a new survey from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. It fo... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Woman - Sleeping - Bedtime  The New York Times 
5 Tips for Getting a Better Night's Sleep
| The song by The 5th Dimension says it all: "Last night I didn't get to sleep at all, no, no. I lay awake and watched until the mornin' light washed away the darkness of the lonely night." I know jus... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Doctors   Health   Photos   Sleep   Workers  
 Actor Danny Glover arrives at the premiere of the movie "Shooter," Thursday, March 8, 2007, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas)   (js1)  Newsvine 
Danny Glover asks Oscar goers not to wear Hugo Boss to protest company's Ohio plant closing
| Actor and activist Danny Glover is calling on Academy Awards nominees and others in the film industry to not wear Hugo Boss suits at Sunday's awards ceremony. | The "Lethal Weapon" star, in collabor... (photo: AP/Gus Ruelas)
Actor   Arts   Awards   Fashion   Photos  
Top Stories
Sleeping - Woman USA Today
Americans of all races don't get enough sleep
Updated  | Comment  | Recommend | | |  DIFFERENCES AMONG GROUPS | Least amount of sleep weekday nights: African Americans (6 hours, 14 minutes) |... (photo: WN / Yolanda)
Americans   Disorder   Health   Photos   Sleep  
Men of Troop B, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, and their M48 Patton tank move through the jungle in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, June 1969. Penn Live
The first U.S. combat troops landed in South Vietnam 45 years ago today
| March 8, 2010 | Today: is the 67th day of 2010. There are 298 days left in the year. | On this date | In 1862, during the Civil War, the ironclad CSS Virginia (formerly... (photo: Creative Commons / Signaleer)
Photos   Politics   Russia   Troops   Vietnam  
Sleep - Resting Independent online
 What's behind your sleeping habits?
| Washington - Most African-Americans like to pray just before they do it, white Americans like to do it with their pets, Asians tend to do it best and Hispanics fret abo... (photo: WN / sweet)
African   Habit   Photos   Sleep   Washington  
President Barack Obama, center, prays with congregation members at Vermont Avenue Baptist Church, Washington Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010. Obama spoke to the congregation about helping the people of Haiti after the earthquake. The Guardian
Inside the world of Obama's secret-service bodyguards
| Protecting the US president has presented the secret service with the greatest challenge in its history. But who wants to kill him? And how likely are they to succeed? ... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais))
Government   Obama   Photos   Politics   President  
natural hair care - a woman with silky hair The Examiner
Natural beauty: straight, kinky, curly, transition, natural hair care
| Chris Rock's Documentary, Good Hair, caused quite a stir in the cosmetology world and among Black and Brown women who are targeted by the featured billion dollar h... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Africa   Beauty   Industry   Photos   Woman  
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., the former pastor of Democratic speaks at the Detroit NAACP's 53rd annual Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner Sunday, April 27, 2008 The Examiner
In ‘defense’ of Wright, Farrakhan, Pfleger ‘Living Legends’ awards
| Children of a lesser god? Controversial Pfleger, Farrakhan 'honored' along with Jeremiah WrightPhoto courtesy of noquarterusa.net | Of Webster’s definitions&... (photo: AP / Paul Sancya)
Awards   People   Photos   World   Wright  
Africa America
- INTERVIEW - New climate partnership planned to protect fores
- Skydiver Lareece Butler survives plummeting 914m in South Af
- Skydiver Lareece Butler survives plummeting 914m in South Af
- Cairo reopens restored 19th century synagogue
A man speaks on his cell phone in front of a giant globe in the main venue hall of the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen, Tuesday Dec. 15, 2009.
INTERVIEW - New climate partnership planned to protect forests
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- Duncan says he'll enforce equal access at schools
- Wesley Snipes seeks to be marquee name again
-  'Madiba let us down'
- Review: `Our Family Wedding' surpasses stereotype
Wesley Snipes /wam2
Wesley Snipes seeks to be marquee name again
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Aids Terrorism
- New York City Condom Contest Has A Winner
- SOMALIA: Too many patients, one mental health facility
- UK gives South Africa millions of condoms
- More Funds Needed for HIV/Aids, Activists Say
Condom - Contraceptive
Condom use still far from the norm in South Africa
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- Dutch seek more info in alleged Somali terror case
- Dutch seek more info in alleged Somali terror case
-  Commander gunned down
- Dutch court asks US for more details in extradition case of
Massachusetts State Sen. Scott Brown, R-Wrentham, speaks to reporters after voting in the special election for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by former Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010 in Wrentham, Mass.
Brown team takes campaign template on the road
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Refugees Human Rights
- Laos continues to block public access to deported Hmong trib
- Laos continues to block public access to deported Hmong trib
- Laos continues to block public access to deported Hmong trib
- Laos continues to block public access to deported Hmong trib
Rohingya refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh perform evening prayers at an Indonesian Navy base where they are being held Wednesday Jan. 28, 2009, after having been rescued at sea, on Sabang Island off the Coast of Banda Aceh, Indonesia. The men were found drifting in a boat on Jan. 7, and a Thai court has convicted the barefoot, disheveled migrants of illegally entering the country, raising the prospect they could be deported despite fears they could face persecution or death if sent back to My
Mass. rights group faults Bangladesh on refugees
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- West African farmers receive boost from UN organic food expo
- UN rights chief calls for new approach to end cycle of viole
- Do vets commit more crimes?
- Nigeria urged to deaths of 200 in religious violence
Residents walk past a burnt car in Dogo Nahwa, Nigeria, Monday, March 8, 2010. More than 200 people, most of them Christians, were slaughtered on Sunday in central Nigeria, according to residents, aid groups and journalists. The local government gave a figure more than twice that amount, but offered no casualty list or other information to substantiate it.
Nigeria Urged to Investigate Religious Violence
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