(http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/shelter-dogs-in-new-pbs-series-help-massachusetts-county)
Author: danelabonte
Among women [who] sat for more than seven hours per day and who didn’t fidget much, their risk of mortality was 43% higher than those who sat for less than five hours. (When the team adjusted for things like smoking and drinking, the mortality risk for sitting for more than seven hours a day was still higher by 30%.)
But what was really interesting was that being more fidgety seemed to counteract this effect: That is, the middle- and high-fidgeting groups didn’t have any greater risk of death even sitting more than seven hours every day.
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CDC releases new obesity map
Comedian and recently departed “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart pushed Congress Wednesday to renew a bill compensating the first responders who exposed themselves to illness in their response to the September 11, 2001 terror attacks.
(http://www.cbsnews.com/news/jon-stewart-embarrassed-at-congress-treatment-of-911-responders)
A gauge of home-builder sentiment this month rose to its highest level since November 2005, a sign the U.S. housing market is shaking off worries about the global economy and volatile financial markets.
(http://www.wsj.com/articles/home-builder-confidence-rises-1442412330)
“Ahmed Mohamed’s avoidable ordeal raises serious concerns about racial profiling and the disciplinary system in Texas schools. Instead of encouraging his curiosity, intellect, and ability, the Irving ISD saw fit to throw handcuffs on a frightened 14 year-old Muslim boy wearing a NASA t-shirt and then remove him from school.”
Nearly 1,000 years after his death, the remains of a young man have been found wrapped in the root system of an ancient beech tree in Ireland.
The 215-year-old tree was uprooted during a violent wind storm near the town of Collooney, in the northwestern part of Ireland, revealing the skeletal remains of a man who died in the medieval period.
(http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/fallen-tree-reveals-medieval-irish-skeleton-in-its-roots-1.2563950)
A music company’s demand that YouTube take down a 29-second home video of two children dancing to a song by Prince backfired Monday when a federal appeals court used the case to make it harder for copyright-holders to act against brief, non-commercial uses of their material.
Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1KfJHFWlhQ)
Source (http://www.sfgate.com/music/article/Demand-that-mother-remove-home-video-from-YouTube-6503900.php)
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