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New "activity-labeled" menu could help with weight loss

By CNN
Many fast-food restaurants list the calorie count of their menu items but a new study suggest listing the amount of time it takes to burn off those calories is a better idea.

More young adults skip college, start businesses

By Amber Downing
Why spend the money to make money, if you can make it without the investment? More young adults are deciding not to go to college, instead opting for a more hands on path to employment.

Longtime Montana Senator Max Baucus calls it quits

By CNN
Longtime Montana Senator Max Baucus will not seek re-election next year.Officials tell CNN the democrat has decided to retire after his sixth term. Baucus is the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.

New York City wants to snuff out cigarette sales to people under 21-years-old

By CNN
New York City may become the first major U.S.city to snuff out cigarette sales to people under 21-years-old.

Investigators ID teen killed in crash

By Staff
EL PASO, TX (KDBC) — The names of the teens involved in a deadly crash Sunday morning included that of Miguel Martinez, 17, who investigators said died on the scene.

Monday is Earth Day

By CNN
Monday is Earth Day and environmental groups around the world will organize rallies and demonstrations to help raise awareness about environmental concerns.

A one-way ticket to Mars, apply now

By CNN
CNN — A Dutch company is looking for volunteer astronauts to fly to Mars. The search began Monday. Departure for the red planet is scheduled for 2023.

Study: Pushing kids to eat may cause obesity later in life

By CNN
Denying certain foods to children or pressuring them to eat every bit of a meal are common practices among many parents, but researchers at the University of Minnesota found parents who restricted foods were more likely to have overweight or ob

Inmate captured after escaping in hospital gown

By Anoushah Rasta
A jail inmate escaped from custody this morning while at University Medical Center for treatment. Omar Vicente Moran was in prison and charged with robbery, failure to identify a fugitive, and violating his parole.

Police chief: Boston manhunt began with intense firefight in dark street

By CNN
BOSTON, MA (CNN) — Handguns, a rifle and at least six bombs -- three of which exploded -- were found at the scene early Friday after officers first confronted the two Boston Marathon bombing suspects in the darkness of a residential stree

What the suspects' family has to say

By CNN
BOSTON, MA (CNN) — "Losers" or victims of a framing?

UPDATE: 14 confirmed dead after West explosion

By CNN
Two days after a massive fertilizer plant explosion leveled parts of a central Texas town and killed 14 people, residents moved into recovery mode Friday after investigators announced they had nearly finished search and rescue efforts.

Police fear welfare of 2 young girls

By Staff
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KTSM) — Las Cruces Police issued an alert Saturday for two little girls, who they said may have been taken out of the state of New Mexico on March 27.

Boston bombing suspect in custody

By CNN: Chelsea J. Carter and Greg Botelho
UPDATE:  The family of 8-year-old Martin Richard, one of three killed in the Boston Marathon bombing, thanked law enforcement for the arrest but added: "None of this will bring our beloved Martin back, or reverse the injuries these me

UPDATE: 14 confirmed dead after West explosion

By CNN
WEST, TX (CNN) — The death toll after the explosion at the West, Texas, fertilizer factory has climbed to 14, Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Jason Reyes told reporters Friday.