How to avoid the 'Freshman 15'

"Are you headed off to college and worried about the dreaded weight gain known as the 'Freshman 15?' While we can't help you write your first term paper, we can offer up some tips on how to make healthy food choices."

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'The Help': Seeing Sin through Cinema

"Sometimes, we can look at sin right in the mirror and not recognize it. But when we see it through a camera’s lens, it’s easier to spot."

Read more of Chuck Colson's commentary here.

Three top chefs prove that lighter food can be tasty

"Asking leading chefs to cook low-fat versions of their renowned food is asking them to take a big leap of faith. But that's what we did while working on the story 'Chef, Can You Help?' in Monday's Health section."

Read the results here.

Tents airlifted in as world’s largest refugee camp continues to swell

"Thousands of tents are enroute to the world’s largest refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya to meet the needs of the latest exodus of refugees to have fled starvation in Somalia. World Vision and ShelterBox have partnered together to bring nearly 5,000 tents to the camp."

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Big Milestone in the Big Easy's Schools

"In 2005 when Hurricane Katrina devastated much of the Gulf Coast, it swept away much of New Orleans. Along with roads, bridges, homes and businesses, it washed away most of the city’s schools—and in a way the entire school system."


Learn more about the changes here.

Sticker shock: 'Made in China' ranks only 2.7% of U.S. spending

"Convinced that everything you buy these days has a Made-in-China label?

Then you aren't paying attention. Things made in the U.S.A. still dominate the American marketplace, according to a new study by economists at the San Francisco Federal Reserve."

Click here for more on this surprising study.

K-LOVE, AIR1 Listeners Give Nearly $2 Million for Compassion Safe Water Systems in Africa

"Amidst fears of an economic crisis, listeners of national Christian radio stations, K-Love and Air1 donated nearly $2 million in a day long campaign to provide Compassion’s Water of Life safe water systems to those living in extreme poverty in Rwanda."

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