Jessica Kourkounis for The New York TimesAt William H. Ziegler Elementary in Northeast Philadelphia, students are getting acquainted with vegetables and healthy snacks. PHILADELPHIA — After decades of rising childhood obesity rates, several American cities are reporting their first declines. The trend has emerged in big cities like New York and Los Angeles, as well as smaller places like...
Restaurants 2013: Sales to exceed $660 billion, challenges loom
Label: Business The American restaurant industry is headed into a year full of obstacles, including health coverage costs related to "Obamacare,"...
Dec
10
Latin music star Jenni Rivera believed dead in plane crash
Label: WorldFans of Mexican-American singing star Jenni Rivera held a vigil Sunday night in Lynwood MEXICO CITY — Mexican American singer...
'Skyfall' launches back to top spot with $10.8M
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — The James Bond blockbuster "Skyfall" has risen back to the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office, taking in $10.8 million.That brought its domestic total to $261.4 million and its worldwide haul to a franchise record of $918 million.The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts...
Mind: A Compromise on Defining and Diagnosing Mental Disorders
Label: HealthThey plotted a revolution, fell to debating among themselves, and in the end overturned very little except their own expectations. But the effort itself was a valuable guide for anyone who has received a psychiatric diagnosis, or anyone who might get one. This month, the American Psychiatric Association announced that its board of trustees had approved the fifth edition of the association’s...
Stocks close higher; Dow is boosted by McDonald's
Label: Business Stocks closed with modest gains after a strong sales report from McDonald's offset concerns about the surprise resignation of...
Dec
09
3 killed, 4 wounded in Tulare County shooting
Label: World Three people were fatally shot and four others wounded, including two young children, Saturday night on the Tule River Reservation...
Plane of singer Jenni Rivera missing in Mexico
Label: LifestyleMONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — A small plane carrying popular Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera went missing Sunday after taking off from the city of Monterrey, said authorities in northern Mexico.The mayor of the town of Iturbide in Nuevo Leon state, Jose Antonio Gonzalez, said a plane had been located in the municipality of Los Tejocotes, but it has not been confirmed that it is the plane Rivera was...
A Breakthrough Against Leukemia Using Altered T-Cells
Label: HealthPHILIPSBURG, Pa. — Emma Whitehead has been bounding around the house lately, practicing somersaults and rugby-style tumbles that make her parents wince. It is hard to believe, but last spring Emma, then 6, was near death from leukemia. She had relapsed twice after chemotherapy, and doctors had run out of options. Desperate to save her, her parents sought an experimental treatment at...
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