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Exercise for healthy aging
When sedentary seniors experience a decline in health - stiff joints, achy limbs, fatigue, even chronic illness - they often mistake the need for more rest when the real prescription is exercise.
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Secrets of safe sleep: What parents need to know before putting baby to bed
When a baby arrives in your home, the world changes. Even after the months of preparation and planning for the little one's arrival, the love a parent feels is stronger than could have been imagined - and so is the protective instinct. Giving your baby the finest of everything and keeping her safe are the top priorities ...
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Making a move easier for your children
The idea of moving can be a cause for excitement with all the interesting new opportunities that will pop up in the new location. But for children, who may only know one place as home, a move can also entail fear of the unknown.
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U.S. President Obama wipes away tears after hugging Plaza Tower Elementary School Principal Simpson in Moore, OklahomaBy Jeff Mason MOORE, Oklahoma (Reuters) - Standing by a pile of debris that once was an elementary school, President Barack Obama on Sunday called the destruction last week's tornado wrought in Moore, Oklahoma, "hard to comprehend" and vowed to provide long-term federal help in rebuilding. The tornado, rated at the top of a five-step scale used to measure the destructive power of twisters, killed 24 people - including seven children at the school site Obama visited. ...


Sun May 26 19:22:10 UTC 2013
(Reuters) - Authorities in northwestern Oregon said on Sunday that a teenager arrested for producing what authorities called explosives for a Columbine-style attack on his high school had meticulously planned his foiled bombing. "He was definitely following a detailed checklist," said Captain Eric Carter of the Albany police department about the 17-year-old, Grant Acord. "It appears he had a systematic, well-documented plan, this was not just an errant note. ...
Sun May 26 14:04:24 UTC 2013
(Reuters) - A gunman randomly firing from his pickup truck killed one person and wounded five, including the sheriff of Concho County, Texas, on Sunday before the suspect was killed in a shootout with law enforcement, officials said. Authorities recovered an assault rifle, a handgun and hundreds of rounds of ammunition from the suspect, who was said to be 23 years old and from North Carolina. The name was withheld pending notification of relatives, the Texas Department of Public Safety said in a statement. ...
Sun May 26 21:29:34 UTC 2013
From William Ray Fullmer: "My nephew, Sgt. Derek Tillman Roberts, spilled his blood on the sands of Iraq to extend the right to live free to the people of the Middle East. On June 14, 2007, Derek was killed by a roadside bomb in Kirkuk, placed by those too cowardly to face him on the [...]
Fri May 24 13:55:25 UTC 2013