Monday, April 17, 2017

As we enter the new year, let's care more and other top stories.

  • As we enter the new year, let's care more

    As we enter the new year, let's care more
    An uncaring Miami. An even-more uncaring Hialeah.A December report from personal finance website WalletHub claims we don’t give a hoot about the well-being of our neighbors. As the report explains, caring is one of the most intimate and human ways to connect with others. And it can be expressed in many ways — “from helping an elderly person cross the street to fighting a house fire.” Certain parts of America practice this virtue more than others. We are lacking in this department, WalletHub say..
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  • Fight Schedule

    At Hialeah (Fla.) Park Racing & Casino (Spike), Erislandy Lara vs. Yuri Foreman, 12, for Lara's WBA Super World-IBO junior middleweight titles; Anthony Dirrell ...
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  • UVI in Florida

    AVE MARIA, Fla. —A fast start didn’t translate into a win for the University of the Virgin Islands’ men’s basketball team Saturday.Instead, it was Ave Maria University that responded with its own run, pulling away for a 95-72 victory over the Buccaneers in the opening game in a four-game road trip in Florida.Led by a game-high 32 points from 6-foot-4 guard John Nunnaly Jr., UVI (1-1) opened with an 8-0 run over the first two minutes. But Ave Maria broke the game open with its own run, outscorin..
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  • Weight loss surgery tied to lasting digestive issues

    Weight loss surgery tied to lasting digestive issues
    (Reuters Health) - A common weight loss surgery is associated with long-term gastrointestinal problems and food intolerance, a recent study suggests.Researchers examined data on 249 extremely obese patients who had what's known as laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, which reduces the stomach to a small pouch about the size of an egg.Two years after surgery, these patients had lost about 31 percent of their total body weight on average. But compared to the control group of 295 obese people wh..
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  • Teens' view of marijuana changed in one state after legalization

    Teens' view of marijuana changed in one state after legalization
    By ANDREW M. SEAMANReuters Health After marijuana was legalized for adults in the state of Washington, younger teens there perceived it to be less harmful and reported using it more, a new study found.States should consider developing evidence-based prevention programs aimed at adolescents before they legalize the recreational use of marijuana, the researchers say.“Across the country there has been a decreased perception of risk and an increase in marijuana use among adolescents,” said lead ..
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  • Dopamine Could Be The Cause Of Reduced Motivation To Exercise [STUDY]

    Dopamine Could Be The Cause Of Reduced Motivation To Exercise [STUDY]
    Zoe McCoy, 9, lifts weights in exercise class during the Shapedown program for overweight adolescents and children on November 20, 2010 in Aurora, Colorado. (Photo : Getty Images/John Moore) A new study offers insight as to why keeping up with exercises and other physical activities could be so difficult. The study links a deficit in dopamine to the reduced physical activity in mice. The study's lead researcher Alexxai Kravitz from the Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Obesity Branch of the Nation..
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  • 'Obama & other Muslims not welcome here': Convenience store's signs spark outrage

    'Obama & other Muslims not welcome here': Convenience store's signs spark outrage
    According to online reviews, the Mayhill Convenience Store has poorly cleaned bathrooms, a cockroach problem and signs that say things like “Obama The Anti-Christ.”That last detail has ignited a firestorm of controversy online after a local TV station reported on the store this past Friday. According to KOB, the store has been posting such signs for years.Among the most contentious signs are ones that feature an “Obama swing set” with a picture of a noose, another that calls for the “half-breed..
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  • Sara Kelly Keenan has the U.S. first intersex birth certificate

    Sara Kelly Keenan has the U.S. first intersex birth certificate
    On Tuesday, Sara Kelly Keenan received the country’s first intersex certificate. The document was issued in New York and finally makes Keenan feel she has an accurate birth certificate. The paper is the start to identify better people that do not relate to the male or female gender alone. Keenan was born intersex, although she discovered this truth when she was already an adult. Sara Kelly Keenan uses female pronouns and was born with male genes, female genitalia, and mixed internal reproducti..
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  • Is The Warning That Creatine's Not For Teens Getting Through?

    Is The Warning That Creatine's Not For Teens Getting Through?
    Creatine's popularity among adult athletes as a way to build muscle has prompted many young people to want to try it, too. Tara Moore/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tara Moore/Getty Images Creatine's popularity among adult athletes as a way to build muscle has prompted many young people to want to try it, too. ..
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  • New Year's twins born in different years

    New Year's twins born in different years
    New Year's twins born in different years Monique Griego, KPNX 7:01 PM. MST January 01, 2017 Twins born in different years (Photo: 12 News) PHOENIX - Weighing in at 4 pounds 8 ounces, Everett Jackson Shay came into the world just after midnight, making him Banner Health's first new year's baby of 2017.“12:01, first baby of the year,” said Brandon Shay about the son his wife Holly gave birth to Sunday.But baby Everett’s birth at Banner Thunderbird came with an added ..
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