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  • Fat Genes Determine Obesity According to UCLA Study

    New research shows weight gain from a high fat diet is genetic. John Basedow reports on the first comprehensive study, done at the University of California Los Angeles, that links body fat percentage increases to genetic factors in mice. Some mice fed a high fat diet for eight weeks saw no fat gain while others increased 600-percent in body fat. Diet and exercise remain huge factors in obesity ...

  • James Gandolfini Dies at Age 51

    HBO and his managers say James Gandolfini - best known for his role as Tony Soprano in TV series 'The Sopranos' - has died in Italy at age 51. (June ...

  • Palm Beach County School Board waters down proposed crackdown on extracurricular activities policy

    The Palm Beach County School Board tonight backed down on a sweeping proposed crackdown of students switching schools to participate in extracurricular activities.District officials had proposed a policy overhaul that would have said students can only participate in activities at schools they ...

  • Editorial Require warrants to get records from Florida’s prescription drug database.

    Florida should amend the state's prescription drug database law to require warrants before law enforcement agencies can look at Floridians' medical information. That would best balance the need to prevent prescription drug trafficking and abuse with the need for privacy.A Daytona Beach attorney is challenging the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program after learning that his prescription ...

  • Commentary How Obama can arm the Syrian rebels and avoid a larger intervention

    By Doyle McManusAs President Barack Obama contemplates his many bad options in Syria, he may want to consider the Aspin Doctrine, an argument for intervention abroad made by President Bill Clinton's first secretary of defense, Les ...


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Wendy and Lucy [DVD]

Wendy and Lucy [DVD]

Kelly Reichardts Wendy and Lucy is a small, spare, and genuinely beautiful film, very much the spiritual descendent of Italian neorealism, which French film critic Andr Bazin described as an ideal synthesis between the rigor of tragic necessity and the accidental fluidity of ever ... ...

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  • Martin County boys basketball stories

    The Martin County boys basketball team lived by the motto of "no do-overs" this season after coming within one point of the Final Four last year.The Tigers wish they could have a couple plays back Friday after letting go of a late lead in a season-ending 53-50 loss to Orlando-Evans ...

  • Martin County football stories

    The drive between Palm Beach Central High and Seminole Ridge High takes 14 miles and three turns of the steering wheel. The schools were built less than 10 years ago to serve Wellington and Loxahatchee, two developing western suburbs cozily sprawling out next to each other. The football programs are ...

  • Glades Central other sports

    Tristan Walker and Tristan Doran each scored a goal as third-ranked Benjamin edged Cardinal Newman 2-1 in the District 12-2A boys soccer semifinals Thursday night in Palm Beach Gardens.The Bucs (17-0-2) advance to face King's Academy in today's championship.No. 5 King's Academy 2, Glades Central 1: Austin Masi scored two ...

  • Amour Director Haneke in Spotlight

    Austrian director Michael Haneke is well known for his reluctance to interpret his own work but now a documentary provides a close study of his ...

  • China Consumers Boosting Economy

    China's 'new middle class' has not just migrated to the country's cities, but their spending is boosting the world's second largest ...

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