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By DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer – 2 days ago  NEW YORK (AP) — As more of America’s children are raised by relatives other than their parents, state and local governments need to do better in helping these families cope … Continue reading →

Over the past decade, the nation’s war on obesity has targeted some fairly obvious culprits, including fast food, pastries, fried foods and soda. But recent scientific studies and a new government-sponsored documentary that aired last week on HBO have identified … Continue reading →

Lance Armstrong, the cycling champion and cancer survivor, is putting $1.5 million behind a ballot measure to add $1 a pack to California’s cigarette tax, even as the tobacco industry has put up most of $40.7 million aimed at stopping … Continue reading →

The comments by the senator, Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, and the official, Dr. Richard J. Gilfillan, director of the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, indicated how Democrats were preparing for a Supreme Court ruling on the 2010 … Continue reading →

Parts of a mobile phone are pictured in this illustration photo taken in Berlin June 1, 2011. (PAWEL KOPCZYNSKI – REUTERS) It is projected that there will be more than 10 billion mobile devices in use around the world by … Continue reading →

Amber Cooper and her husband were doing OK. They both had jobs. A healthy 5-year-old son, a house in Riverbank, Calif., and health insurance from her job in the accounting department of a small manufacturing company. Amber Cooper lives in … Continue reading →