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Report: Nation's kids need to get more physical

May 23rd, 2013
FILE - This May 10, 2011 file photo shows children at Tracy Elementary School running across a field as they take part in after-school exercise activities on the campus in Baldwin Park, Calif. Reading, writing, `rithmetic _ and PE? The...


Report: Nation's kids need to get more physical

May 23rd, 2013
FILE - This May 10, 2011 file photo shows children at Tracy Elementary School running across a field as they take part in after-school...

Report: Nation's kids need to get more physical

May 23rd, 2013
FILE - This May 10, 2011 file photo shows children at Tracy Elementary School running across a field as they take part in after-school...

Report: Nation's kids need to get more physical

May 23rd, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Reading, writing, 'rithmetic — and PE? The prestigious Institute of Medicine is...




Report: Nation's kids need to get more physical

May 23rd, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Reading, writing, 'rithmetic — and PE? The prestigious Institute of Medicine is recommending that schools provide opportunities for at least 60 minutes of physical activity each day for...




Birth control coverage up for federal appeal

May 23rd, 2013
This undated photo provided by Hobby Lobby Stores Inc., shows its co-founders David and Barbara Green who are asking a federal appeals court in Denver on Thursday, May 23, 2013, for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that...




Nearly all US states see hefty drop in teen births

May 23rd, 2013
HOLD FOR RELEASE 12:01 A.M. 05/23/13: Graphic shows the teen birth rate for 15- to -19 year olds for 2011 by state HOLD FOR RELEASE 12:01 A.M. 05/23/13: Graphic shows the teen birth rate for 15- to -19 year olds for 2011 by...








Doctors save Ohio boy by 'printing' an airway tube

May 23rd, 2013
Kaiba Gionfriddo plays with the family's dog, Bandit, outside his Youngstown, Ohio home Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Born with a birth defect that caused the boy to stop breathing every day, he can now breathe normally, with a first-of-a-kind...




Doctors save Ohio boy by 'printing' an airway tube

May 22nd, 2013
Kaiba Gionfriddo plays with the family's dog, Bandit, outside his Youngstown, Ohio home Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Born with a birth defect that caused the boy to stop breathing every day, he can now breathe normally, with a first-of-a-kind...




Doctors save Ohio boy by 'printing' an airway tube

May 22nd, 2013
Kaiba Gionfriddo plays with the family's dog, Bandit, outside his Youngstown, Ohio home Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Born with a birth defect that caused the boy to stop breathing every day, he can now breathe normally, with a first-of-a-kind...




Doctors save Ohio boy by 'printing' an airway tube

May 22nd, 2013
Kaiba Gionfriddo plays with the family's dog, Bandit, outside his Youngstown, Ohio home Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Born with a birth defect that caused the boy to stop breathing every day, he can now breathe normally, with a first-of-a-kind...




Doctors save Ohio boy by 'printing' an airway tube

May 22nd, 2013
Kaiba Gionfriddo plays with the family's dog, Bandit, outside his Youngstown, Ohio home Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Born with a birth defect that caused the boy to stop breathing every day, he can now breathe normally, with a first-of-a-kind...




Doctors save Ohio boy by 'printing' an airway tube

May 22nd, 2013
Kaiba Gionfriddo plays with the family's dog, Bandit, outside his Youngstown, Ohio home Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Born with a birth defect that caused the boy to stop breathing every day, he can now breathe normally, with a first-of-a-kind...




Doctors save Ohio boy by 'printing' an airway tube

May 22nd, 2013
Kaiba Gionfriddo plays with the family's dog, Bandit, outside his Youngstown, Ohio home Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Born with a birth defect that caused the boy to stop breathing every day, he can now breathe normally, with a first-of-a-kind...




Doctors save Ohio boy by 'printing' an airway tube

May 22nd, 2013
Kaiba Gionfriddo plays with the family's dog, Bandit, outside his Youngstown, Ohio home Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Born with a birth defect that caused the boy to stop breathing every day, he can now breathe normally, with a first-of-a-kind...







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