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Colorado teen job prospects brighter
June 4, 2012 10:54 AM
DENVER (AP) - Colorado labor officials say job prospects for teenagers are brighter this year. The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment says the number of job postings and employers at youth hiring fairs are up this year for adults and teenagers. According to the Denver Post, the most recent... more » -
Adults can join children for free meal
July 1, 2011 6:09 AM
DENVER (AP) - The federal government pays for needy children to eat breakfast and lunch at schools over the summer. Now adults at sites across Colorado are also being invited to join their children for a free meal. An anonymous donor has given Hunger Free Colorado a grant to... more » -
Pet on the set: Riley
May 29, 2011 8:49 AM
Riley, a 7 year old dachshund, was recently surrendered to the PAWS for Life shelter when his previous owners needed to move. Riley is comfortable around adults and children. However, shelter volunteers don't know how he behaves around cats. Riley has been neutered and is current on all of... more » -
Report: Kids bullied over food allergies
September 30, 2010 4:34 PM
A new study reveals that one in four children with a food allergy is bullied because of it. The report, from the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, finds the majority of these children were harassed more than once. Verbal abuse was the most common form of bullying.... more » -
Whooping Cough confirmed in Pueblo
August 5, 2010 10:35 AM
Two Whooping Cough cases have been confirmed in Pueblo, prompting the health department to issue a warning to parents to make sure their children are vaccinated. The medical name for Whooping Cough is Pertussis. Your children should be up-to-date on their TDaP vaccine and booster shots. If you have... more » -
6 teens drown in Louisiana river; 7th rescued
August 3, 2010 8:13 AM
Fire officials say six teenagers have drowned in a Louisiana river and a seventh has been rescued. Shreveport Assistant Fire Chief Fred Sanders says the teens were playing in the Red River Monday evening and stepped over a sudden drop-off to 20 feet deep. He says the teens ranged... more » -
Movies for grown-ups lurk amid summer hits
April 18, 2010 10:11 AM
There are blowups and car chases, belly laughs and romance. Then there's the grown-up stuff that sneaks into movie theaters among all the big studio action thrillers and comedies. Hollywood calls them counterprogramming, word-of-mouth or specialty films - nice ways of saying no one wants to put up the... more » -
Obesity linked to missing DNA
February 9, 2010 4:04 PM
A new study finds some people who are severely obese are missing entire sections of their DNA. Researchers in London studied the genes of teens and adults who had learning disabilities and found they were all missing the same portion of DNA. They were also all obese. Researchers... more » -
US obesity rates still high, but not growing
January 13, 2010 11:28 AM
Obesity rates in U.S. adults and children have leveled off. That's a sliver of good news, but the problem remains a nationwide epidemic. Government data released Wednesday show more than two-thirds of adults and almost a third of kids are overweight. The 2007-08 data indicate that earlier signs of a... more » -
Nearly half of swine flu patients otherwise healthy
October 13, 2009 1:31 PM
The largest U.S. analysis of adult hospitalized swine flu patients has found that 46 percent did not have asthma or any other underlying condition. Health officials looked at 1,400 adult swine flu hospitalizations in 10 states. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official released some of the details at... more » -
Worried kids become fat adults
September 17, 2009 1:46 PM
Kids with low self-esteem may struggle with their weight as adults. A British study looked at data on 6,500 people who were assessed at age 10, and then again at age 30. Children who said they felt worried or anxious more often, or had lower self-esteem were at a... more » -
Worried kids become fat adults
September 17, 2009 1:41 PM
Kids with low self-esteem may struggle with their weight as adults. A British study looked at data on 65-hundred people who were assessed at age 10, and then again at age 30. Children who said they felt worried or anxious more often, or had lower self-esteem were at a... more »
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