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...diabetes, all of which are relentlessly on the rise. Worse, there's a time bomb in the trend lines. According to a 2008 survey by the CDC, 32% of American children are now overweight or obese, a number that at least appears to have plateaued after a long period of steady increase but one that's shocking all the same. Once those children reach the 25-to-74 demographic, their heart-disease risk could cause the national numbers to explode. "As these children grow up, I expect to see a decrease in the number of people who qualify...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Study: More Americans at Higher Risk of Heart Disease | 9/14/2009 | See Source »

Such messages are admissible in most U.S. states as long as they are authentic. In France, proof of infidelity won't affect child custody or asset division, but it can reduce the separation period (two years in contested cases) required before obtaining a divorce. The ruling prompted French telecoms to warn that it's possible to recover deleted texts within 10 days of sending them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grounds 4 Divorce | 9/14/2009 | See Source »

...detest this period of fantasy we were in where you had something for three seconds and then you threw it away. The last few years have been a nightmare! It's one thing to have a dream, but this was overkill.' ?Manolo Blahnik, designer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 9/13/2009 | See Source »

...started the season brightly after forcing his way into the starting lineup. “I’m always looking forward to taking on people on the outside,” Mitchell said. Despite creating chance after chance, Harvard was held scoreless for the rest of the period. While a one-goal lead is always somewhat tenuous, the Crimson defense looked completely comfortable, handling everything that the Black Knights threw at them with ease. Senior Kwaku Nyamekye embodied the controlled manner with which the Harvard back four operated. The game may have been all but over after the Crimson...

Author: By Jay M. Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Second-Half Surge Drops Black Knights | 9/13/2009 | See Source »

...that attracted a cult-like following. That experience, perhaps more than any other single one in his life, would resonate throughout his fiction. After disbanding the infrarealists, Bolaño drifted into further obscurity in Europe, working odd jobs and writing poetry sporadically into his early 40s. This early period would become the subject matter for “The Savage Detectives,” his first long novel. More sensitive to the need for a more substantial living through literature after the birth of his first son, Bolaño began writing fiction full-time...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bolaño’s Quiet Terror | 9/11/2009 | See Source »

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