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  • Girls hitting puberty earlier as obesity rises: study - 09/02/2010 02:44PM

    NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – Girls in the United States are hitting puberty at an earlier age with overweight youngsters tending to develop earlier, according to a U.S. study. Cincinnati Children&... (more)

  • Iraq arms traffic cops against insurgent attacks - 09/02/2010 02:44PM

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq is arming some of its traffic police in the capital with AK-47 assault rifles after two dozen of the "easy targets" have been killed and wounded recently in mi... (more)

  • Study says rising temperatures thwart rice growth - 09/02/2010 02:39PM

    MANILA, Philippines – A projected rise in temperatures because of climate change will slow the growth of rice production in Asia, an international team of scientists says in a new study. The stu... (more)

  • Extreme weather fuels debate over global warming - 09/02/2010 02:39PM

    PARIS (AFP) – As Russia battles wildfires triggered by an unprecedented heatwave, flood waters surge across a drenched Pakistan leaving millions of people homeless, and questions are asked about... (more)

  • 10 Things You Didn't Know About Social Security - 09/02/2010 02:22PM

    The Social Security program turns 75 this week. Since Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act on August 14, 1935, few workers have not been impacted by the social program. Almost all ... (more)

  • Today in History - 09/02/2010 02:21PM

    Today is Monday, July 19, the 200th day of 2010. There are 165 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 19, 1553, King Henry VIII's daughter Mary was proclaimed Queen of England af... (more)

  • Arizona's ID requirements vary for establishing citizenship - 09/02/2010 01:27PM

    Under new guidelines for Arizona police officers preparing to enforce the state's immigration law , the standards for establishing someone as a U.S. citizen are something of a moving target. The guide... (more)

  • New York mosque near September 11 site draws lawsuit - 09/02/2010 01:15PM

    NEW YORK (Reuters) – A planned mosque and Muslim cultural center near the site of the September 11 attacks which has triggered national debate faced a new hurdle on Wednesday as a lawsuit was fi... (more)

  • Afghan suicide bomb is first by a woman; 2 GIs die - 09/02/2010 12:56AM

    A woman who detonated explosives hidden under her burqa in Afghanistan — killing two U.S. soldiers Monday and injuring more than a dozen bystanders — was the first female suicide bomber in... (more)

  • Nelnet 2Q profit jumps sixfold on loan servicing - 09/02/2010 12:50AM

    LINCOLN, Neb. – Nelnet Inc. said Monday its second-quarter profit rose sixfold on higher revenue from servicing student loans for the government. The student loan provider and processor said its... (more)

  • Obama mounts bully pulpit to press for immigration reform - 09/02/2010 12:43AM

    Congress isn't likely to touch the divisive issue of immigration ahead of November's elections , but that hasn't stopped President Obama from ramping up his call for comprehensive reform this week. Fo... (more)

  • Tropical Storm Colin reforms - 09/02/2010 12:40AM

    MIAMI (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Colin reformed over the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday and was moving northwest on a path that could take it close to Bermuda, where authorities issued a tropical st... (more)

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