Obesity rate very high in 13 states in 2012 survey
The national telephone survey shows 13 states with obesity rates at or above 30 percent among adults in 2012, led by Louisiana and Mississippi near 35 percent. Colorado remained the lowest under 21 percent, while experts cite poverty and diet costs as factors sustaining the regional pattern.
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Atlanta
U.S
Kelly Brownell
Duke University
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Alabama
Arkansas
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Louisiana
Michigan
Mississippi
Ohio
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
West Virginia
Colo
South
Midwest
George Bray
Louisiana State University
CDC
CIA acknowledges Area 51 not aliens in declassified history
CIA history confirms Area 51 by name and maps Groom Lake dry bed while detailing U-2 flight tests and later aircraft like SR-71 F-117A and B-2. The 407 page document mentions renamed Paradise Ranch to attract workers and notes a surge in unidentified flying object reports, fueling ongoing conspiracy theories.
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Las Vegas
CIA
Area 51
Air Force Base
Groom Lake
George Washington University
National Security Archive
Public Records
Jeffrey Richelson
Robert Hastings
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Richelson
Nevada Desert
Nevada
Paradise Ranch
Roswell
New Mexico
Iraq seeks U S aid amid surge of violence and al Qaeda threat
Iraq asked Washington for new help to curb extremism as violence surges and al Qaida affiliates gain ground. Baghdad would accept limited advisers, intelligence analysis, surveillance assets and drones while the White House weighs renewed U S involvement after troops left in 2011.
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Washington
al-Qaida
U.S
Iraq
Baghdad
Mideast
North Africa
Asia
White House
Hoshyar Zebari
Zebari
Syria
Baath Party
GM recalls nearly 293000 Cruze cars in U S over brake booster
GM recalled about 292,000 Chevrolet Cruze autos built in Lordstown Ohio in 2011 and 2012 with 1.4 liter turbo engines and 6T-40 automatic transmissions due to potential power brake booster failure. Dealers will replace a switch in the power brake vacuum pipe assembly at no charge.
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Detroit
General Motors Co
U.S
Lordstown
Ohio
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Autoda
Ta Corp
Joan Claybrook
NHTSA
Jimmy Carter
Claybrook
Alan Adler
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American Journal of Public Health
United States
Columbia
AJPH
Los Angeles Times
Columbia University
Mark Lennihan
Rachel
Nev
Associated Press
Alized
Karim Kadim
Automaker
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