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In 2001, former Surgeon General David Satcher called the prevalence of overweight and obesity in America a crisis of “epidemic proportions.” At this time, the rates of childhood obesity had tripled since 1970, and some experts predicted, for the first time in history, that children would have shorter life spans than their parents.

En-Lieu of recent criticism of President Obama’s decision to allow the building of Mosque near Ground-Zero, President Obama clarifies his stance on allowing a Mosque to be built near Ground-Zero.

Forty, 50, even 60 years later, Athens High and Industrial School and Burney-Harris High School alumni still remember their school song. More than 100 of them sang it Saturday after unveiling a plaque marking the site of Georgia’s first high school for African Americans at what’s now a vacant lot at the corner of North […]

With a strong voice and the memories that come from experience, William McDonald shared with East Texans about a world that once was.

President Obama remains committed to beginning a withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan next July,  a White House spokesman said on Monday, playing down recent remarks by the American military commander in Afghanistan that he might recommend a delay if conditions warrant.

When Rodolfo Olmedo was dragged down by a group of men shouting anti-Mexican epithets and bashed over the head with a wooden stick on the street outside his home, he instinctively covered his face to keep from getting disfigured. Blood filled his mouth.

Republican strategist, Ed Rollins, who worked with Ronald Reagan’s 1984 campaign had harsh words for RNC Chairman, Michael Steele. The Washington Post says that Rollins said that Steele had “obviously been a disaster” and: Michael Steele has failed miserably to do the things you’re supposed to do: raise money, basically go out and articulate a […]