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3 hrs ago | WRDW-TV Augusta

Study: Kids are watching hours of TV at home daycare

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.

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Related Topix: Pediatrics, Medicine, Kids, Preschoolers

8 hrs ago | Salisbury Journal

Tuneless 'Jedward' get the heave-ho

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.

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Related Topix: Simon Cowell, Kids

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Gouverneur Times

Better not cough: Santas lobby for swine flu shots

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.

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Related Topix: Kids, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Jo Bonner

Scotsman.com

How unfit are your children? You probably haven't a clue, says poll...

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

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Related Topix: Kids

WYFX-TV Youngstown

Student who struggled now master Ohio quilter

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.

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Related Topix: Kids, Mount Healthy, OH

Press-Telegram

My advice to illegals: Go home

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

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Related Topix: Illegal Immigration, US News, Immigration Reform, Kids, Opinion

KTLA

Kate Hudson, Carrie Underwood, other stars come out for CNN awards for everyday heroes

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.

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Related Topix: Emmy Awards, Entertainment, Television, Carrie Underwood, Best of 2007, Hurst, TX, Kids, Neil Patrick Harris

Bloomberg

Reid on Verge of Clearing Health-Bill Test With Votes of Landrieu, Lincoln

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.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Healthcare Law, Law, Medicare, Elderly, Health, Blanche Lincoln, US Senate, Democrat

Sat Nov 21, 2009

WCIV

Body of Missing Teenager Found

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.

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Related Topix: Kids, Williamston, SC

WISH-TV Indianapolis

Atheist student groups seen on campuses

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.

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Related Topix: Atheism, Religion, Iowa State University, Teenagers

Town Hall

Report finds wide disparities in gifted education

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.

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Related Topix: Kids, Education Etc., University of Connecticut, Seattle Metro

People's Daily

No time to play

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

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Related Topix: Adolescents and Pre-Teens

WHNT-TV Huntsville

Driver loses control while trying to avoid kids, hits 11 people in Fairfield crowd

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

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Related Topix: Kids, Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Metro

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Gouverneur Times

When Big Labor Bullies and Volunteers Collide

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.

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Related Topix: Kids, Allentown, PA, Center Valley, PA

KTEN-TV Denison

Pregnancy & Children's Health

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.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Influenza, Health, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Kids

Times Leader

'Planet 51' doesn't get off ground review

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 ...

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Related Topix: Planet 51, Kids, NASA, Movies, Entertainment

Time

Cost of Child Vaccines Fall, More Kids Saved

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

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Related Topix: Kids

WHO-TV Des Moines

UN children's convention at 20: Indian boy embodies the plight of millions of downtrodden kids

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.

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Related Topix: Kids, World News, India, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

Canada.com

Global video: H1N1 vaccine access

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

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Medicine, Influenza, Kids, Fort Dix, NJ

Thu Nov 19, 2009

WZVN

Teens plead not guilty in burning of boy

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

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Related Topix: Teenagers, Deerfield Beach, FL

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