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| Heart docs call for help for severely obese kids | | | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Rates of overweight and obesity in U.S. children and teens may be leveling off, but kids at the extreme - the severely obese - are still swelling in numbers and need attention, according to a new statement from the American Heart Association (AHA). |
| New York town finds 850 snakes in man's home | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Authorities in the New York town of Shirley found 850 snakes, including two illegal 6-foot-long (2-meter) Burmese pythons, in the home and garage of an animal control officer suspected of dealing in the reptiles, local media reported. |
| Seoul shares likely to maintain key levels after U.S. data | | | SEOUL, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Seoul shares are expected to edge higher on Friday, maintaining ground above the key 2,000 point level after weekly U.S. jobless claims data indicated some improvement in the world's largest economy. But worries about the impasse in Washington in budget and debt talks were set to cap gains. "Though U.S. jobless claims data is positive enough to marginally lift the market, investors need further evidence of a U.S. economic recovery as well as a settlement in Was |
| Playoff Chase Tigers Win AL Central, Cards Close | | | Miguel Cabrera and the Detroit Tigers won their third straight AL Central title and the St. Louis Cardinals clinched a tie for their first NL Central crown since 2009. The top three AL wild-card teams won, both NL wild-card contenders lost. With four days left in the regular season, a quick look at baseball's playoff picture |
| Party like it's the 1980s | | | Julian Zelizer says we're living in a world that was largely shaped by the events and policies of the 1980s. |
| Michael Jackson death trial nears end | | | AEG LIve lawyers rested their defense case in the Michael Jackson wrongful death trial, setting the scene for closing arguments to be delivered in a Los Angeles courtroom starting Monday. |
| 'Modelpreneurs' Beyond the catwalk | | | Gisele Bundchen tops Forbes' latest list of richest models, earning $42m in a year. But the world's top models aren't earning the cash from strutting down the catwalk. |
| Connecticut commuters struggle with crippled railroad | | | Sept 26 (Reuters) - Hedge fund managers and corporate types used to Wall Street's lightning pace, as well as ordinary Connecticut citizens, faced weeks of delays as a power outage on the Metro North railway brought their commutes to a crawl for a second day on Thursday. |
| Panic button-equipped Amazon Kindles join gadget battle | | | SEATTLE (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has begun selling faster and lighter versions of its Kindle tablet with a unique video helpdesk feature aimed at giving it a leg-up over Apple Inc and Google Inc during the holiday season. |
| Final season of 'Mad Men' split in half | | | The final season of "Mad Men" will be expanded to 14 episodes, but you'll only get half of it next year. AMC announced today that it will split the seventh season of the Madison Avenue-in-the-'60s drama into two parts, with the first half airing in spring 2014 and the second half debuting in spring 2015. |
| More Sway for F.D.A. Is Object of New Bill | | | A bill would give the Food and Drug Administration greater control over compounding pharmacies, which lawmakers say would help prevent another crisis like a meningitis outbreak traced to a Massachusetts pharmacy. |
| UCI Election Intrigue to End in Florence | | | It is fitting that the International Cycling Union (UCI) presidential election on Friday is being held in the Italian city of Florence, theatre of so many political intrigues. |
| New delays hit Obamacare rollout before October 1 launch | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Thursday announced new delays in rolling out President Barack Obama's healthcare reform, saying small business and Spanish-language health insurance enrollment services would not begin on October 1 as planned. |
| 2013 Emmy Awards Who's nominated | | | The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, with help from "Breaking Bad's" Aaron Paul and this year's host, Neil Patrick Harris, on Thursday revealed the nominees for the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards. |
| 3D painting urges Syrian peace talks | | | Sept. 26 - A giant 3D painting in front of the United Nations headquarters calls on United States President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin to hold peace talks on Syria. Elly Park reports. |
| The man who stirred up politics | | | In the quiet world of German politics, outspoken Social Democrat leader and Angela Merkel's main challenger, Peer Steinbrueck, is causing something of a storm. |
| Prince helps child shepherds | | | In Lesotho, boys as young as five tend sheep and cattle alone, braving thieves and jackals. But Prince Harry and Prince Seeiso of Lesotho have set up a charity to help them. |
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