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About one-third of U.S. children take vitamins or supplements, according to the study, which was part of the government's National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted between 1999 and 2004. Vitamin takers were more likely to be white; eat a low-cholesterol, high-fiber diet; come from a higher-income family; get plenty of exercise; and have better access to health care and health insurance. Which means that the bulk of these youngsters really didn't need supplements at all. (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...
...Harvard Law School student was arrested on Jan. 24 after he allegedly threatened Boston Police Department officers and resisted arrest. Charles C. Simpkins, a third-year law student has been charged with two counts, including disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, according to Jake Wark, press secretary for the Suffolk County District Attorney. According to the police report, Simpkins drunkenly stumbled out of a bar in Boston’s Theater District and entered a parked BPD cruiser. Simpkins told officers, “Give me a (expletive) ride, I work for the district attorney’s office...
...Guardia and J.F.K. airports found that 102 of them had not been calibrated correctly. Of the defective scales, 28 belonged to American Airlines, which charges some of the steepest bag fees in the industry: $15 to check the first bag, $25 for the second and $100 for the third; to check overweight (over 50 lb.) bags costs $50 to $100 per piece...
...need to reduce output even more as sales in the U.S. market, where the company generates half its earnings, continue to plummet. In the last three months of 2008, the U.S. economy shrank at its fastest rate in 26 years; consumer spending fell 3.5% after dropping 3.8% in the third quarter...
...more interesting plays of the night, sophomore Pier-Olivier Michaud was called for holding in the third period after wrapping both arms around a streaking Union player in an attempt to slow him down...