en-us http://www.newsique.com/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/health/obesity_battle_among_us_children/ The percentage of American children who are overweight or obese appears to have leveled off after a 25-year increase, according to new figures that offer a glimmer of hope in an otherwise dismal battle. "That is a first encouraging finding in what has news health 2008-05-28 08:12:45 http://www.newsique.com/health/obesity_battle_among_us_children/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/299514810/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Interesting [9] 80 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/health/obesity_battle_among_us_children/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/defense_minister_barak_says_olme/ Israel's defense minister issued a tough ultimatum to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday, saying he would use his considerable power to topple the coalition government if the Israeli leader does not step aside to face corruption allegations. The c news world 2008-05-28 08:12:33 http://www.newsique.com/world/defense_minister_barak_says_olme/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/299514811/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/defense_minister_barak_says_olme/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/wwf_urges_brazil_biofuel_project/ New protected areas must be created to prevent environmental damage from the expansion of Brazilian sugar cane, the Worldwide Fund for Nature has said. The production of ethanol from sugar cane for biofuel production should have a positive impact on th news science 2008-05-27 08:23:27 http://www.newsique.com/science/wwf_urges_brazil_biofuel_project/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7420770.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/wwf_urges_brazil_biofuel_project/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/sarkozy_suggests_cap_on_fuel_tax/ The French president has suggested that the EU should consider capping value added tax on fuel to help countries deal with surging oil prices. Nicolas Sarkozy warned there was no sign the oil price would dip and urged EU member states to consider his i news world 2008-05-27 08:23:24 http://www.newsique.com/world/sarkozy_suggests_cap_on_fuel_tax/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7421198.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/sarkozy_suggests_cap_on_fuel_tax/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/stem_cell_banks_could_pay_medica/ Someday, researchers will be able to order up living human cells afflicted with the genetic flaw they need to study. Gene-splicers will be able to correct the flawed code that causes diseases. And if you're struggling with one of those diseases yourself, news science 2008-05-27 08:23:18 http://www.newsique.com/science/stem_cell_banks_could_pay_medica/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24797415/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/stem_cell_banks_could_pay_medica/#comments http://www.newsique.com/tech/robotic_planes_gearing_up_to_tra/ Researchers are ramping up their use of unmanned, remote-controlled airplanes this year to penetrate the heart of Atlantic hurricanes, in hopes of learning more about what makes the giant storms tick. But they will be flying the rugged drones from the news tech 2008-05-27 08:23:15 http://www.newsique.com/tech/robotic_planes_gearing_up_to_tra/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24831518/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [9] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/tech/robotic_planes_gearing_up_to_tra/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/80000_more_flee_over_chinese_flo/ Aftershocks have rumbled across the region since the major quake — including one Tuesday measured by the U.S. Geological Survey at magnitude 5.7 — adding to jitters among survivors and in some cases causing more damage. No damage or injuries were repo news world 2008-05-27 08:18:47 http://www.newsique.com/world/80000_more_flee_over_chinese_flo/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24835920/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/80000_more_flee_over_chinese_flo/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/agreement_on_2020_emissions_targ/ Under pressure to boost talks on a new global warming pact, Group of Eight environment ministers on Monday endorsed slashing greenhouse gas emissions in half by mid-century, but failed to agree on much more contentious near-term targets. The three-day news world 2008-05-27 08:18:40 http://www.newsique.com/world/agreement_on_2020_emissions_targ/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/298515420/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Interesting [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/agreement_on_2020_emissions_targ/#comments http://www.newsique.com/entertainment/director_and_actor_sydney_pollac/ Sydney Pollack was remembered by some of the elite actors he directed in films such as "Out of Africa,""Tootsie," and "Absence of Malice," not only for his Academy Award-winning direction, but also for his acting talents. Pollack, diagnosed with cancer news entertainment 2008-05-27 08:15:01 http://www.newsique.com/entertainment/director_and_actor_sydney_pollac/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/298761386/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/entertainment/director_and_actor_sydney_pollac/#comments http://www.newsique.com/business/venezuela_land_of_12-cent_gas/ By subsidizing gasoline, Chávez spreads the oil wealth. But the cost of those cheap fill-ups is becoming hard to ignore Global oil prices zoomed up to $135 a barrel this past week. But that doesn't worry Roberto Morales, a 33-year-old Venezuelan busin news business 2008-05-26 08:13:33 http://www.newsique.com/business/venezuela_land_of_12-cent_gas/ BusinessWeek http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/may2008/db20080523_344156.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/businessweek/ 94 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/business/venezuela_land_of_12-cent_gas/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/beavers_to_return_after_400_year/ The European beaver is to be reintroduced to Scotland for the first time in more than 400 years, the Scottish Government has announced. Environment Minister Michael Russell has given the go-ahead for up to four beaver families to be released in Knapdal news science 2008-05-26 08:19:38 http://www.newsique.com/science/beavers_to_return_after_400_year/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7419183.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/beavers_to_return_after_400_year/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/casino_mogul_hosts_wounded_vets_/ All too familiar with the gambles of war, Jimmy Kinsey, Kyle Riley and a few dozen fellow soldiers landed in the desert. But for these guys this Memorial Day, the most at stake is a few bucks. The soldiers-turned-high rollers took a private jet to Las news us 2008-05-26 08:16:44 http://www.newsique.com/us/casino_mogul_hosts_wounded_vets_/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24826015/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/casino_mogul_hosts_wounded_vets_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/clinton_could_face_uneasy_senate/ When Hillary Rodham Clinton made a rare stop in the Senate last week, she spoke from a lonely outpost at the end of the Armed Services Committee dais, eight empty chairs emphasizing the gulf between her and real Senate power at the chairman’s spot. I news politics 2008-05-26 08:16:38 http://www.newsique.com/politics/clinton_could_face_uneasy_senate/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24823868/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [9] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/clinton_could_face_uneasy_senate/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/nasas_phoenix_probe_lands_on_mar/ Sunday's touchdown was the first successful soft landing on Mars since the twin Viking landers touched down in 1976. NASA’s twin rovers, which successfully landed on Mars four years ago, used a combination of parachutes and cushioned air bags to bounce news science 2008-05-26 08:16:37 http://www.newsique.com/science/nasas_phoenix_probe_lands_on_mar/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24811991/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [11] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/nasas_phoenix_probe_lands_on_mar/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/officials_storms_kill_8_in_iowa_/ Worst twister season in a a decade The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch about 6 p.m. for 45 of Wisconsin's 72 counties, but canceled the alert five hours later as the storms began to ease. Slide show•Twisted mess View images of th news us 2008-05-26 08:16:36 http://www.newsique.com/us/officials_storms_kill_8_in_iowa_/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24801518/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/officials_storms_kill_8_in_iowa_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/man_dies_after_shooting_on_highw/ An injured man who died after being taken to a California Highway Patrol parking lot in Corte Madera was an associate of the Hells Angels motorcycle club and had been shot on Highway 101, authorities said Sunday. The victim, a 27-year-old San Leandro m news us 2008-05-26 08:13:31 http://www.newsique.com/us/man_dies_after_shooting_on_highw/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/297811728/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/man_dies_after_shooting_on_highw/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/chinese_troops_deal_with_dangero/ Chinese soldiers Monday moved in to explode earthquake debris blocking a river where quickly rising waters threatened to flood disaster victims. Two weeks after the magnitude 7.9 earthquake hit central Sichuan province, lakes formed by obstructed river news world 2008-05-26 08:13:21 http://www.newsique.com/world/chinese_troops_deal_with_dangero/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/297893689/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/chinese_troops_deal_with_dangero/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/italy_to_revive_nuclear_power/ Italy says it is to restart its nuclear energy programme, more than 20 years after it was scrapped by referendum in the wake of the Chernobyl disaster. Since then Italy has become the world's biggest net importer of electricity. Industry Minister Cl news science 2008-05-23 08:23:25 http://www.newsique.com/science/italy_to_revive_nuclear_power/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7415496.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/italy_to_revive_nuclear_power/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/vents_on_mars_could_have_support/ Scientists have found signs that water may once have gurgled up through the Martian soil in hydrothermal vents similar to those in Yellowstone National Park. The site of these proposed vents could possibly contain preserved traces of ancient Martian li news science 2008-05-23 08:22:55 http://www.newsique.com/science/vents_on_mars_could_have_support/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24779377/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/vents_on_mars_could_have_support/#comments http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/un_chief_myanmar_will_let_in_all/ The junta has accepted relief flights into Yangon from many countries, including the United States, its fiercest critic, but has largely kept Western disaster experts out of the delta. However, it has allowed a senior U.S. aid official on a 3-day gover news conflicts 2008-05-23 08:18:24 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/un_chief_myanmar_will_let_in_all/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24787010/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [12] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/un_chief_myanmar_will_let_in_all/#comments