More than half of the 74.5 million adults diagnosed with high blood pressure are female. Many are like actress Regina King, slim and toned. In this exclusive interview, the ''Southland'' star explains how she handles her high blood pressure and chole ...
Posted Thursday, February 24th 2011 at 11:09PM
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... 'Part of her reason for appearing on “Oprah” after all that time was to set the record straight about why she left to do her own show with Barbara Walters at the helm. If regular “Oprah” viewers were expecting just another routine show in this ...
Posted Thursday, February 24th 2011 at 7:14PM
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NEW YORK (AP) — Whoopi Goldberg said Wednesday that the lack of black nominees in major categories of this year's Academy Awards doesn't reflect a trend in the film industry. Speaking after hosting the opening of an exhibit of Oscar statues inside N ...
Posted Thursday, February 24th 2011 at 6:45PM
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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 23 (HealthDay News) -- A long-standing concern among parents and researchers has been that young people who are exposed to violent video games may become desensitized to violent acts and images, but a new study suggests that may not b ...
Posted Wednesday, February 23rd 2011 at 8:27PM
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The next question, class, is multiple choice.
Would you rather discipline your misbehaving child by:
A. Whipping him?
B. Forcing him to drink hot sauce?
C. Putting him on a 10-minute "timeout"?
If you answered C, congratulations. You m ...
Posted Wednesday, February 23rd 2011 at 8:18PM
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The Huffington Post reports that a Chicago teacher’s decision to show The Middle Passage to a fourth-grade class has upset some parents:
The HBO-produced feature, directed by French film-maker Guy Deslauriers and starring Djimon Hounsou, describes ...
Posted Wednesday, February 23rd 2011 at 7:35PM
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Hersha Howard had a hankering Sunday morning for one of the Thin Mints she purchased from a local troop, but when they were nowhere to be found, she became enraged, and her anger turned towards her sleeping roommate, Jasmin Wanke. The 31-year-old wo ...
Posted Wednesday, February 23rd 2011 at 7:26PM
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Does the thought of homeschooling your teens excite you or make you wobbly? Would you like the opportunity to gather information about teaching high school while spending time with two veteran homeschool moms who can relate to you and who are eager t ...
Posted Wednesday, February 23rd 2011 at 6:38PM
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CHICAGO -- As Chicago voters went to the polls Tuesday to pick a new mayor, the biggest question was whether former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel had the support to win outright or whether one of his rivals would get enough votes to force a ...
Posted Tuesday, February 22nd 2011 at 8:02PM
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Even if you don't follow pop culture, you've inevitably read or heard of the teen actress Miley Cyrus. Playing the wholesome character "Hannah Montana" on her popular Disney television show of the same name several years ago, Miss Cyrus was catapulte ...
Posted Thursday, February 17th 2011 at 11:15AM
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More than two years have passed since Bernard Madoff was arrested for a massive Ponzi scheme which spanned 16 years and consumed roughly $20 billion in lost cash and nearly $65 billion in paper wealth, and the search for who was complicit is still he ...
Posted Wednesday, February 16th 2011 at 3:21PM
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BEIRUT — Hezbollah's leader told his Shiite guerrilla group Wednesday to be prepared to invade northern Israel, a day after Israel's defense minister warned that the quiet along the tense border could erupt into violence. The comments by the two sid ...
Posted Wednesday, February 16th 2011 at 3:16PM
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In a bold but smart move to stay ahead of competitors, Wal-Mart, the world's bigger department store chain, is seeking to buy Massmart - a major retailer with 263 stores in South Africa and 25 stores in other sub-Saharan African countries including M ...
Posted Wednesday, February 16th 2011 at 2:50PM
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