Year: 2014

By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – End-of-year holidays mean a lot of things – Santa, carols, parties, cards and gifts. They also mean more bank robberies. The number of holdups at U.S. banks tends to rise in December as crooks, some of them spurred by holiday consumerism, turn to robbery in the weeks leading up to Christmas, according to the FBI and security experts. The trend is so pronounced that the FBI’s regional office in Washington, D.C., told banks last month to be on their guard. It also warned would-be robbers that police were focused on thwarting bank stickups. …
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Although more men than women are overweight or obese, men are less likely to attempt to lose weight or to monitor their diet. ·Socially-reinforced …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday hailed a budget compromise that many of his fellow Democrats opposed, saying it is a product of both sides working together. “This is by definition a compromise bill,” Obama told reporters as he met senior aides to discuss the U.S. fight against the Ebola virus. “This is what’s produced when you have the divided government that the American people voted for.” In the negotiations, Obama found himself at odds with a key Democratic loyalist in Congress, Nancy Pelosi, the leader of the Democratic minority in the House of Representatives. …
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By Bate Felix and Umaru Fofana DAKAR/FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone plans to ban parties and other festivities over the Christmas and New Year's holidays and to launch a "surge" to cut the risk of Ebola spreading further in the West African country now with the most infections, officials said on Friday. Sierra Leone is struggling to reduce the spread of the viral hemorrhagic fever as the death toll in West Africa continues to rise, fueled in part by increasing infections in the country. …

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New York, Dec 12: Contrary to popular perception, increase in mindfulness – monitoring food intake, increasing physical activity and avoiding stress …
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By Laura Donnelly, Health Editor, San Antonio … Experts hailed the findings as “extraordinarily important” and said diet appeared to be … Cancer Symposium show that those who achieved a modest weight loss – around 6lb – and …
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Though low carb very slightly outclassed low fat for weight loss over a … diet and showed better results on blood tests that indicate cardiovascular health. … The subjects, all university students, were randomly assigned to their eating …
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