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Is When You Eat More Important Than What You Eat?

Attention, dieters: stop counting calories and start watching the clock.

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Verizon Wireless Will Soon Phase Out Unlimited Data Plans — Dollars and Sense

If you’re a Verizon Wireless customer who was grandfathered in with an unlimited data plan after the company eliminated the option for new customers, enjoy it while it lasts — the company will be moving you to a tiered plan soon.

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Autopsy Reveals Mary Kennedy Died of Asphyxiation Due to Hanging

Mary Richardson Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert Kennedy Jr., was found dead on Wednesday, and an autopsy has now revealed her cause of death: she died of asphyxiation due to hanging.

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Disco Legend Donna Summer Dead at 63

Disco legend Donna Summer has died after a battle with cancer, TMZ is reporting. She was 63 years old.

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Is Joss Whedon Still Torn About Returning For ‘Avengers 2?’

An ‘Avengers’ sequel is happening. That much is set in stone. Beyond that, there’s nothing but questions, the largest being whether or not director Joss Whedon will return to a franchise that raced past the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office and has a decent shot at knocking ‘Avatar’ off its perch as the highest-grossing film of all time.

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Jobs Can Cause Depression Among Men and Women — In Different Ways

There are many different elements within the workplace that can increase a person’s risk of depression, but a new study suggests that men and women are affected differently.

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Heroic 12-Year-Old Rescues Younger Siblings from House Fire

When fire engulfed 12-year-old Justin Jackon’s Milton, FL, home on Sunday at 2AM, his mother was at work and his father was out of state. So if anyone was going to save his four younger siblings, it was going to have to be him.

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Wanna Live Longer? Drink Coffee

Coffee drinkers no longer need to fret over health concerns and their beloved beverage, according to a new study by the National Cancer Institute. In fact, feel free to pour an extra cup in the morning because, the study suggests, coffee may actually prolong life.

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Americans Are Living Longer, Despite Also Getting Fatter

It seems that all of the junk food that we’ve been eating might not be killing us off as quickly as some might think.

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Students Won’t ‘Like’ This — Elementary School Threatens Expulsion If Kids Use Facebook

A while back, we told you about the Jewish girls’ school in Brooklyn that instituted a Facebook ban for its students, saying using the social media site violated its religious tenets.

Now an elementary school in Australia is following suit, but its demand that kids delete their Facebook pages has an entirely different reason: it’s an attempt to wipe out cyber-bullying.