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280 articles from FRIDAY 6.1.2012

• FRIDAY 6. JANUARY, 2012
• 00:24 Two cities, one vast gap in child obesity

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  Doris Chang limits her three sons' intake of sweets and doesn't feed them any processed or frozen food. At their Manhattan Beach, Calif., home, she monitors the boys' time in front of the television and keeps them busy with baseball, basketball and karate.  

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• 00:24 US proposes regulating face, hand transplants

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  The government wants to start regulating face and hand transplants just as kidneys, hearts and other organs are now, with waiting lists, a nationwide system to match and distribute body parts and donor testing to prevent deadly infections.  

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• 00:24 Your home's age important for child lead exposure

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  (AP) -- If you've been putting off repairing a peeling windowsill, or you're thinking of knocking out a wall, listen up: Check how old your house is. You may need to take steps to protect your kids from dangerous lead.  

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• 00:15 Space Station Crew Excited for 1st Private Spaceship Visit (SPACE.com)

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  SPACE.com - The astronauts living on the International Space Station (ISS) are gearing up for a milestone event in February — the first visit of a commercial spaceship to the orbiting outpost.  

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• 00:10 La Niña to Continue Into Spring (LiveScience.com)

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  LiveScience.com - The weather system La Niña is expected to outlast the winter, government scientists said today, which means the already parched South could stay dry well into the spring.  

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