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Lack of Sleep Making Teens Fat?
According to researchers, teenagers who sleep less than eight hours a night on weeknights eat more fatty foods and snacks than their better-rested peers, particularly if they are girls. It is unclear why sleeping less might prompt teens to have poorer eating habits, but it has been shown that getting too little sleep lowers the body's production of the appetite-regulating hormones leptin and ghrelin, which can make a person feel hungrier and fuel cravings for high-calorie snacks. Over time, these bad eating habits can lead to weight gain and obesity. Discuss

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Can home cooking be hazardous to your health? (AP)
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Botox maker to pay $600M to resolve investigation (AP)

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg speaks to reporters during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Wednesday, Sep. 1, 2010, regarding a major settlement with a pharmaceutical company for False Claims Act and off-label marketing violations. Allergan Inc., the maker of wrinkle-smoothing Botox, has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a years long federal investigation into its marketing of the top-selling, botulin-based drug. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Allergan Inc., the maker of wrinkle-smoothing Botox, has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a yearslong federal investigation into its marketing of the top-selling, botulin-based drug.



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Maiden Flight of the First US Airship (1923)
The USS Shenandoah was the first American-built rigid dirigible. Its design was based on a German zeppelin downed during WWI, and it was the first ship to be filled with helium—making it safer than hydrogen-filled crafts. A year after its maiden voyage, it became the first rigid airship to cross North America. While on another tour in 1925, it passed through a storm and was torn apart. Thirteen crew members died in the crash. How did those who survived the disaster manage to do so? Discuss

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Artistic growth is, more than it is anything else, a refining of the sense of truthfulness. The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is. Discuss

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Constantijn Huygens (1596)
Constantijn Huygens was a Dutch humanist and poet and the father of famed scientist Christiaan Huygens. His descriptive and satirical poems were highly esteemed, and both English and French monarchs knighted him in recognition of his genius. Thousands of his letters have survived to this day and attest to his wide acquaintance with contemporary scholars, including Descartes and Donne. Huygens was also an accomplished musician and composer and wrote verse in how many different languages? Discuss

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In this Sept. 1, 2010 photo, Cory Freeman looks at two stranded ...

photo(AP) - In this Sept. 1, 2010 photo, Cory Freeman looks at two stranded goats near Roundup, Mont. The goats were rescued after nearly two days and are in good condition. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Sandy Church of the Rimrock Humane Society) NO SALES.



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U.S. Private Sector Adds 67,000 Jobs
The U.S. economy lost 54,000 jobs in August as census workers continued to exit payrolls, but the private sector added 67,000 jobs. The unemployment rate rose to 9.6%.



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