LONDON (Reuters) - Pop star Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie are to divorce in London on Friday, according to the High Court where so-called "quickie" divorces are formalized. The case was listed on Thursday under the names Ciccone M L v Ritchie G S and will be heard before a judge in the High Court's Family Division.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Awards season can sometimes feel like Thanksgiving dinner: it brings people together, but it's Continue reading »
Hear that clicking sound?
It's the wired generation forwarding a new study to their peers and parents that suggests always-online digital kids aren't wasting time and deadening brain cells — they're actually engaged in important work.
By socializing, tinkering with technology and intensely delving into media, teens and children on the Internet "are picking up basic social and technical skills they need to fully participate in contemporary Continue reading »
Restaurant Industry: Fast-Food Ads, Obesity Study Based on Old Information
Thursday, November 20, 2008
ATLANTA — A restaurant industry spokeswoman says a new study linking obesity and fast-food ads is based on old information.
suggesting that banning fast-food ads on TV could reduce the number of obese young children by 18 percent. The number of obese older kids could drop by 14 percent.
The study is based in part on several years Continue reading »
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Three former child soldiers from Africa announced the launch of a new U.N.-backed advocacy group Thursday to help other kids escape and heal from war.
The three survivors, all in their 20's and living in the U.S., say the group aims to create a global network of young people like themselves who can get rehabilitated with the help of education.
"The key was discovering I could do other things than just fight," said Continue reading »
(Los Angeles, CA) -- The world's second biggest fast food joint, Burger King, is taking steps to reduce the amount of sodium in its "Kids Meals." The hamburger chain says it is the first fast food restaurant to take steps to address this particular health concern.
The action coincides with lawmakers slapping more rules on restaurants, including a ban on artery-clogging trans fat to requiring calorie counts on their menus.
Burger King says it Continue reading »
Of course, you have to wonder why Stephen Colbert even wanted to do a Christmas special, other than the fact that he likes musical theater, can carry a tune, has great taste in musical friends and, perhaps most important of all, Comedy Central said he could.
And why not? Outside of the classics - from Charlie Brown to the Heat Miser - there's a lot of sentimental saccharine on television come the holiday season. No doubt NBC is going to have Al Continue reading »
A growing number of Utah kids from poor working families are losing their health insurance, underscoring the importance of reauthorizing and funding the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), policy experts and a congressional representative said Wednesday.
A new report by Families USA shows the number of uninsured children in the state increased by 18,500 -- 21 percent -- between the three-year period 2003-2005 and the three-year period 2005-2007, Continue reading »
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Mavericks Chief Executive Officer, Mark Thimmig, stated, "Miami DadeSchool District's commitment to address student and family needs in thiscommunity is clear and unquestionable. I'm delighted with the recommendationof the Superintendent and the decision of the school board to approve theseinnovative schools. The Miami Dade School Board, through their support, keepsthe focus Continue reading »
SAYRE — People’s State Bank was announced to be the presenting sponsor for WATS/WAVR Radio’s Christmas is for Kids event on Monday.
This is the 23rd year of the Christmas is for Kids event, which brings in monetary donations and donations of toys for children at Christmas time, to support the local Salvation Army.
Radio hosts Todd Bowers and Chuck Carver made the announcement about the community partnership at a live broadcast Continue reading »
The worst part for Mary Lee Morrison was not losing her job. It was telling her sons. And then telling them a few weeks later that they had to quit private guitar lessons. At least, for a while.
"They love their guitars," says the Westport, Conn., mother of two. "But their lessons were killing me."
Taken by surprise when a division of her publishing company was eliminated this summer, Morrison lost her job just weeks after she ended her 19-year Continue reading »