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Washington state researcher and pediatrician Dimitri Christakis says that, when that time is added to the two to three hours many parents already admit to allowing at home, those preschoolers may be spending more than a third of their 12 waking hours in front of the electronic baby sitter.

They may have been axed from X Factor but pop wannabes John and Edward Grimes will stay under the spotlight as the pair try to cash in on their success.

Santa wants the swine flu vaccine. Many of the nation's Santas want to be given priority for the vaccine and not just because of those runny-nosed kids.

By Tristan Stewart-Robertson SCOTTISH parents are unaware how little physical activity their children are getting each day, medical experts warned last night.

Just ask the Quilt Lady. Mary Kaeser learned this Bible lesson the hard way. When she went to McAuley High School, long before becoming the Quilt Lady, her mates from the class of 1973 shunned her and called her stupid.

In the past, I've advised undocumented immigrants from Mexico to learn English, become legal, value education, refuse handouts, resist entitlement, and culturally assimilate.

Brad Blauser, center, one of CNN's Top 10 Heroes of the Year and a U.S. contractor in Iraq, arrives at a rally in his honor at L.D. Bell High School, Tuesday, Nov.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid won over the last of his partya s holdouts, bringing him to the verge of victory in the first big test of whether he can keep Democrats united behind health-care legislation.

Kids find body of missing SC teen on side of road. A search for a missing South Carolina teenage has ended after children playing found her body dumped on the side of a road.

The sign sits propped on a wooden chair, inviting all comers: "Ask an Atheist." Whenever a student gets within a few feet, Anastasia Bodnar waves and smiles, trying to make a good first impression before eyes drift down to a word many Americans rank down there with "socialist." Bodnar is the happy face of atheism at Iowa State University.

When Liz Fitzgerald realized her son and daughter were forced to read books in math class while the other children caught up, she had them moved into gifted classes at their suburban Atlanta elementary school.

It's six o'clock on a cold Saturday morning. Liu Zifan reluctantly gets out of the warm bed.

Police are investigating after a woman lost control of her car and struck 11 people in Fairfield.

The Boy Scouts' motto is: Be prepared. Who knew it meant preparing to defend themselves against purple-shirted union thuggery over community service? Kids, pay attention.

Vaccines during pregnancy and breastfeeding Have you given any thought to protecting yourself and your baby against infectious diseases - like seasonal influenza and the H1N1 flu virus, an additional flu risk this year? It's important to consider vaccination part of your prenatal care.

How might a kid - OK, a teenager - protect himself from that dreaded fate described in legions of sci-fi movies , the anal probe? If you weren't thinking "champagne cork," you were way off according to the sci-fi kids cartoon "Planet 51." Characters Lem, voiced by Justin Long, and Chuck Baker, voiced by Dwayne Johnson, right, are shown in a scene ...

Babies squirmed and wailed as needles plunged into their chubby thighs at a public health clinic on the outskirts of Hanoi on Friday.

Arun Kumar was born to disabled parents, beaten by his grandparents, ran away from home, got a job in a garment factory and had all his savings stolen by the police.

Even mild asthma increases a child's risk of being hospitalized with more severe H1N1 flu, researchers in Toronto are warning.

Three teenagers accused of setting a 15-year-old Deerfield Beach boy on fire have pleaded not guilty to attempted second-degree murder charges.