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4 hrs ago | WKYC-TV Cleveland

Medical group recognizes obesity as a disease

The American Medical Association, the nation's largest physician organization, decided Tuesday to recognize obesity as a disease that requires a range of medical interventions for treatment and prevention.

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Related Topix: Nutrition, Food

8 hrs ago | WMDH-AM New Castle

Zac Brown Band Members Playing Separate Solo and Group Sets at Southern Ground Festival

The Zac Brown Band prides themselves on featuring up-and-coming acts at their Southern Ground Music & Food Festival in Nashville, and some of those acts will look very familiar to the band's fans.

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Related Topix: Food, Food Festival

12 hrs ago | Z107-7

Avril Lavigne's Favorite Things

Life is good for Avril Lavigne. The 27-year-old is currently at work on her upcoming fifth studio album, and first single "Here's To Never Growing Up," is poised to become one of THE songs of the summer of 2013.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Nickelback, Electronic, Avril, Hello Kitty, Hobbies

Tue Jun 18, 2013

Reuters

Outbreak of deadly piglet virus spreads to 13 U.S. states

A swine virus deadly to young pigs, one never before seen in North America, is spreading rapidly across the United States and proving harder to control than previously believed.

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Related Topix: Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Food, Pork, Meat, Pennsylvania

WKRN

18 mayors: Limit use of food stamps to buy soda

The mayors of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and 15 other cities are reviving a push against letting food stamps be used to buy soda and other sugary drinks.

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Related Topix: Food, Medicine, Nutrition, US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Agriculture, Science

Paradise Post

The story of 'Why Beer Matters'

You might expect a lengthy philosophical discussion from a volume titled "Why Beer Matters," but this story is actually about many things: an e-book penned by an expat beer writer living in Prague, the handcrafted book it inspired, and the resurrection of a Polish beer style.

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Related Topix: Beer, Drink, Davis, CA, UC Davis, Czech Republic, Europe, World News, Homebrewing, Hobbies

Paradise Post

Most hated thing about flying? Uncomfortable airplane seats

A passenger plane approaches to land as other aircraft taxi to the runway at the San Diego International Airport in this file photo from April 22, 2013.

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Related Topix: Fast Food, Food

The Island Packet

Saatchi admits assault on wife Nigella Lawson

In this Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012 file photo, English food writer, journalist and broadcaster, Nigella Lawson poses during the 28th MIPCOM in Cannes, southeastern France.

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Related Topix: The Taste, Entertainment, Television, Food, English Cuisine, Journalism

Brandon Sun

Mooing 4-legged deposits at Zimbabwe's unique 'Cattle...

Zimbabwe's first "Cattle Bank" has just opened its books in a unique kind of banking where owners bring in their animals as collateral against cash loans.

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Related Topix: World News, Zimbabwe, Africa, Agriculture, Science, Beef, Food, Meat

Star-Telegram.com

911 call: Judge in Zimmerman trial hears dispute

A voice recognition researcher for George Zimmerman is discounting the methods of prosecution experts who claim that screams captured on a 911 call belong to 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and not to the ex-neighborhood watch volunteer.

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Related Topix: Sanford, FL, Self Defense

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Seattle Times

Baker named AP chief for Malaysia, Singapore

Mark Baker, photographer and acting bureau chief for The Associated Press in Kuala Lumpur, has been promoted to chief of bureau for Malaysia and Singapore.

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Related Topix: World News, Malaysia, Interracial,Multiracial, Multiethnic, and Multicultural

Visalia Times-Delta

Red-meat intake linked to increased risk of diabetes

When Bruce Boaz is near a swimming situation, it's not quite the same as it was before he became a... Increased consumption of both unprocessed and processed red meat has been linked to an increased risk of diabetes over time.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Nutrition, Food, Meat, Beef

Wausau Daily Herald

First lady takes girls to Ireland to explore ancestry

The little-seen, little-discussed Obama girls, now 14 and 11 respectively, are along for the ride with first lady Michelle Obama while the president is in Northern Ireland today and Tuesday meeting with other leaders of the G-8 industrial nations.

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Related Topix: Travel, Europe Travel, Ireland Travel, Michelle Obama, Northern Ireland, Ireland Travel, Dublin, Ireland Travel, Hobbies, Genealogy

WGAL-TV Lancaster

Kickstarter pulls plug on scam minutes before $120K heist

Kickstarter fraudsters hawking Kobe beef jerky were just minutes away from completing the biggest-ever outright scam on the crowdfunding site last week.

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Related Topix: Meat, Beef, Food, Autos

PennLive.com

Memorial planned for 4 children killed in Pottsville fire

A playground memorial is being planned to remember four young children killed in a house fire in eastern Pennsylvania on Mother's Day.

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Related Topix: Holidays, Mother's Day

WLWT-TV Cincinnati

Ohio veterans running out of time for bonuses

Time is running out for eligible military veterans to claim Ohio bonuses of up to $1,500, and officials are worried that thousands of veterans may miss out by not applying.

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Related Topix: Ohio, Veteran Affairs

The Tribune

Week 2 of jury picking resumes in Zimmerman case

Prosecutors and George Zimmerman's defense attorneys are returning for a second week of jury selection in Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial.

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Related Topix: Self Defense

Sun Jun 16, 2013

EDGE

Some Like It Hot: Tomato Terms, Types and Tips

Temperatures are rising, and while that may force those of us faint-of-heart indoors for the dog days of summer, it's a tomato's dream come true.

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Related Topix: Fruits, Food, Weather, Natural Disasters, Heat Wave, Home Gardening, Home, Vegetables, Heirloom Tomatoes

Hampton Roads Daily Press

Solar plane lands at Washington on journey across U.S.

An airplane entirely powered by the sun landed in Washington on Sunday after a flight from St. Louis, the next-to-last leg of a journey across the United States intended to boost support for clean energy technologies.

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Related Topix: Flying, Hobbies, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

WISW-AM Columbia

Oscar Mayer Offering Luxury Bacon Box Set for Father's Day

Oscar Mayer is offering a luxury bacon box set as the ultimate expression of love.

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Related Topix: Holidays, Father's Day

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