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51 min ago | 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

4 hrs ago | 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

9 hrs ago | 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

11 hrs ago | 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

15 hrs ago | 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

19 hrs ago | 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

Black Country Bugle

Turn over a new leaft for a healthy heart

There's nothing like a bit of sunshine to get plants putting on a growth spurt and spending time doing some gardening is a great way to get some exercise, reduce stress, boost your vitamin D levels and put heart health on the menu thanks to the harvest ahead.

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Related Topix: Home Gardening, Home, Food, Vegetables, Fruits

Ashbourne News Telegraph

Sweet potato sorbet

A good source of potassium, fibre and vitamin C sweet potatoes are also one of the most versatile vegetables available, as this sweet potato sorbet recipe demonstrates.

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Related Topix: Potatoes, Food, Vegetables

Press-Telegram

A son reflects on Father's Day

Parents raise, shelter, feed and nurture us. They pay for years of baseball equipment and training so that we can break their hearts when, as teenagers, we decide to quit playing.

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Related Topix: Holidays, Father's Day

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Log Cabin Democrat

Week 1 of James 'Whitey' Bulger's trial complete

One of the FBI's Most Wanted for more than a decade, James "Whitey" Bulger went on trial this week.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Thanksgiving, Holidays

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Willits police call blade-spiked burger at a Burger King an accident

Health officials plan to keep closer watch on a Burger King restaurant in Mendocino County where a customer reported getting a cheeseburger with a 2-inch-long razor blade in it.

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Related Topix: Willits, CA, Mendocino County, CA, Food, Hamburger

Seattle Times

FAA: Group must get new planes to guide cranes

A conservation organization that uses ultralight planes to lead endangered whooping cranes from Wisconsin to Florida for the winter has to replace its aircraft by next spring to comply with Federal Aviation Administration regulations.

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Related Topix: US News, Federal Aviation Administration, Flying, Hobbies

WKRN

Complaint filed over produce practices

An organic farm in Tennessee says it is no longer buying produce from farmers in southern Kentucky who use pesticides on their produce.

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Related Topix: Food, Organic Food

WTOP-FM Washington

Shock lingers after Nazi unit leader found in US

The revelation that a top former commander of a Nazi SS-led military unit has lived quietly in Minneapolis for the past six decades came as a shock to those who knew 94-year-old Michael Karkoc.

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Related Topix: Self Defense, World News, Poland

NewsOne

Re: Wendys Frosty employee: Picture Of Wendy's Employee Caught...

What in the world is going on with fast food establishments these days? The kinds of folks that are being hired at these restaurants are certainly making riveting subjects in viral videos.

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Related Topix: Food, Fast Food, Dessert, Ice Cream

Kypost.Com

Texas Gov. Rick Perry signs 'Merry Christmas' bill into law

Surrounded by sleigh bell-ringing Santa Claus impersonators, Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday signed a law protecting Christmas and other holiday celebrations in Texas public schools from legal challenges - but also stressed that freedom of religion is not the same thing as freedom from religion.

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Related Topix: Texas Government, Texas, Senator Ted Cruz, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Holidays, Christmas, Rick Perry, US Governors, Senator Marco Rubio, Republican

Fri Jun 14, 2013

Palladium-Item

Researchers cite new findings on Gulf War Illness

WASHINGTON a?? Researchers have discovered two areas of brain atrophy in Gulf War veterans who responded differently to a heart-rate test, leading scientists to believe that even those with the same Gulf War Illness symptoms may need different kinds of treatments.

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Related Topix: Veteran Affairs, Georgetown University

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