Bring back PE: Exercise should be 'core' class, report says Bring back PE: Exercise should be 'core' class, report says

Children need a full hour of exercise in schools every day, and not just in physical education classes, the Institute of Medicine recommended on Thursday.Schools that have dumped education classes need to put them back on the schedule, the report recommends. They also need to help kids get up and moving in the classroom, at recess and after school, a committee of experts appointed by the Ins... ...

23. 5. 2013 19:12
Rocky Horror star Tim Curry 'suffers major stroke' Rocky Horror star Tim Curry 'suffers major stroke'

Rocky Horror Picture Show star Tim Curry is recovering at home following a major stroke, according to reports.

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Liam Gallagher slams Daft Punk: 'I could have written Get Lucky in an hour' Liam Gallagher slams Daft Punk: 'I could have written Get Lucky in an hour'

may have sold over 600,000 copies of their number one single “Get Lucky” but Liam Gallagher is not taken by the song, claiming he could have written the song “in an hour”.

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Brain overload explains missing childhood memories Brain overload explains missing childhood memories

Scientists -- and parents -- have long wondered why we don’t remember anything that happened before age 3. As all parents know, no matter how momentous an event is in a toddler’s life, the memory soon drifts away and within months there isn’t even a wisp of it left.Now a new study shows that “infantile amnesia” may be due to the rapid growth of nerve cells in the hippocampus, the...

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People with higher IQs filter out useless info faster, study finds People with higher IQs filter out useless info faster, study finds

What distinguishes somebody with high intelligence quotient (IQ) scores, besides the annoying habit of finding a way to inject that fact into almost any conversation?According to a new study from researchers at the University of Rochester, it could be their ability to ignore sensory information, specifically irrelevant information we take in with our eyes.The study, released Thursday by the...

23. 5. 2013 20:02
Motherlode Blog: Boy Scouts Lift Ban on Gay Youth Motherlode Blog: Boy Scouts Lift Ban on Gay Youth

The Boy Scouts of America will now allow openly gay boys to join scouting troops, but will continue to exclude gay adults as leaders — a compromise that may satisfy no one.

23. 5. 2013 23:14
Kentucky distillery warns of a bourbon shortage Kentucky distillery warns of a bourbon shortage

Buffalo Trace Distillery in Kentucky--makers of Blanton's, Buffalo Trace and hard-to-find Pappy Van Winkle --is warning of a bourbon shortage in the coming months.

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9-year-old girl asks McDonald's CEO to stop 'tricking kids into eating your food' 9-year-old girl asks McDonald's CEO to stop 'tricking kids into eating your food'

A 9-year-old girl who asked McDonald's CEO to stop "tricking kids into eating your food."

23. 5. 2013 20:48
Malcolm Brabant: 'I suffered psychosis after a routine injection' Malcolm Brabant: 'I suffered psychosis after a routine injection'

In a powerful new book, veteran BBC correspondent Malcolm Brabant outlines his catastrophic descent into psychosis after a routine immunisation. Glenda Cooper reports on his battle for compensation, and his efforts to rebuild his life and career.

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Michael Jackson's Hologram Rocks Las Vegas Arena Michael Jackson's Hologram Rocks Las Vegas Arena

It only seems fitting that Michael Jackson, the man who brought the world ?Thriller,? was resurrected on a Las Vegas stage late Thursday night?in the form of a hologram.

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