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Study: Indiana ranks 15th in nation in obesity
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Indiana has a weighty problem.
An annual report from the Trust for America's Health ranks Indiana as the 15th-fattest state with an obesity rate of 29.1 percent. Indiana's obesity rate has increased by 60 percent since 1995,...Tags: Medical Research, Physical Conditions, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Overweight, Kentucky
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Miss. authorities to review black man's hanging
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi authorities are reviewing the case of a black man who was found dead hanging from a tree after relatives questioned the credibility of the deputy medical examiner. The Mississippi Department of Public Safety said...Tags: Parenting, Crime, Law and Justice, Kenya, Crimes
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Catfish Allison
Mr. Food and our TV production team went nuts over this recipe when they visited a restaurant in the Mississippi Delta, where we recently taped some shows. They thought it was one of the best fish recipes they ever had. Our Test Kitchen agrees… And...Tags: Entertainment, Catfish, Recipes, Television
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Guitarist Leslie West recovering: leg amputated
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Leslie West, guitarist for the rock group Mountain, is recovering after his lower right leg was amputated. His wife, Jenni West, says the amputation was needed to stop a foot infection from spreading throughout her 65-year-...Tags: Diabetes, Woodstock Festival (1969), New York, New Jersey
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A year later and still no answers in Tarwacki case
NILES — A year ago this Saturday, at a little after 6:30 a.m., a man parked his car on Yankee Street near Carberry Road, just outside the east Niles city limits, hiked a short distance through a wooded area, jumped a fence to the back yard of John...Tags: Human Interest, 311 (music group), Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Stevensville
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Blues musician Pinetop Perkins, a former LaPorte resident, dies at 97
Chicago TribuneCHICAGO — Pinetop Perkins lived the blues. Born on a cotton plantation near Belzoni, Miss., in 1913, he worked the fields from age 7, drove a truck for a living at 18 and got stabbed in the arm in his late 20s. The barroom attack tore his...Tags: Celebrities and Bad Behavior, Vehicles, Music Theater, South Bend (St. Joseph, Indiana), Music Industry
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Obama, Mitch Daniels and journalists ham it up at dressy dinner
WASHINGTON (AP) — Searching for laughs — and finding them — president Barack Obama spared few targets Saturday night, from Democratic allies to Republican antagonists to the journalists who cover him. At his first presidential...Tags: Government, Physical Conditions, Elections, Haley Barbour, Obesity
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Special needs student punched at Miss. high school
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A video circulating on the Internet shows a Mississippi special needs student being punched in the face, and the boy's family wants stiffer punishment for the attacker and implementation of a stronger bullying policy. Amy...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment
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Mom held on $5M bond in death of boy found in oven
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi judge has set bond at $5 million for the woman charged with murder in the death of her 3-year-old son, whose body was found in an oven. The Delta Democrat Times reports bond was set by City Judge Michael Prewitt...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Crimes, Judges
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Miss. mom charged after son's body found in oven
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi mother has been arrested in the death of her 3-year-old son after authorities say they found the child's burned body in an oven. Washington County Coroner Methel Johnson said Wednesday that police found...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes
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Fake bath salts: The latest drug high to be banned
FULTON, Miss. (AP) — Authorities in several states say they're seeing a new street drug with terrifying effects. Sold under such names as Ivory Wave, Red Dove, Bliss, White Lightning and Hurricane Charlie, authorities say the chemicals can cause...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Health, Kentucky
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Michiana prepares to celebrate King's legacy
On Monday, people around the country will take part in a national holiday to celebrate the life and times of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In South Bend, organizers are putting the finishing touches on an area-wide breakfast to honor the civil rights leader....Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Human Interest
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