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Assault on California Power Station Raises Alarm on Potential for Terrorism0
- Environmental Well-Being
- February 16, 2014
This story is only now receiving national attention, but it happened last April. An electrical substation that powers Silicon Valley was knocked out after a sniper attack in which AK-47 assault weapons were reportedly used. It took almost a month to fully repair the station, and Jon Wellinghoff, who was chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at the time, is calling it “the most significant incident of domestic terrorism involving the grid that has ever occurred.”
READ MORETexting while walking poses safety risk and makes you ‘like a robot’, study finds0
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- February 9, 2014
Have you ever been so focused on texting while walking that you bumped right into someone? It’s more than just annoying; it can actually be very dangerous for you and others. Researchers at the University of Queensland in Australia have found that texting while walking inhibits your ability to walk in a straight line and slows you down, which puts you at risk of getting injured.
READ MOREKindergartner’s weight strong predictor of later childhood obesity0
- Home & Family
- February 8, 2014
Is your 5-year-old overweight? Kids who are obese in kindergarten are four times more likely to be obese later on in childhood. “The biggest risk of developing new obesity from ages 5 to 14 is really driven by kids entering kindergarten overweight. Those children who were born large or are overweight at age 5, something is happening very early in life which sets the pathway to obesity,” explains Dr. Venkat Narayan, lead author of a new study by Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health.
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Car-to-car talk: Hey, look out for that collision!0
- Environmental Well-Being
- February 6, 2014
Talking cars that can save your life? Automakers may be required to use new technology that lets your car know when potential danger is ahead, the government has announced.
READ MOREJimmy Fallon writes thank-you notes to Jay Leno0
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- February 6, 2014
Jimmy Fallon is replacing Jay Leno on The Tonight Show, but not before expressing his thanks and gratitude to the longtime host. While Fallon plans to bring his thank-you notes from Late Night to the show, he shared a few with Leno in person on-air.
READ MOREKatie Couric is ‘Fed Up’ with childhood obesity0
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- February 6, 2014
Katie Couric is working to change the way people think about childhood obesity. She’s taking on the food industry in her new documentary, Fed Up, which was a hit at the Sundance Film Festival. She dives right into the controversy over why children are packing on the pounds and the impact that processed foods and increased amounts of sugar have had on them.
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