Soccer practices, dance rehearsals, playdates, and other scheduling conflicts make family mealtime seem like a thing of the past. Suddenly, we're feeding our kids breakfast bars during the morning commute, sneaking 100-calorie packs at our desks, and grabbing dinner at the drive-thru window.
CNN's Rafael Romo reports on an Arizona tour that takes you to Mexican migrant border-crossing areas.
On a recent sunny Arizona morning, Judy Macintyre, a 72-year-old tourist from Minnesota, is ready to board a bus. But this is not just any tour. To Macintyre, it's an opportunity to take an in-depth look at a controversial issue she wanted to explore for a long time.
Cradling your heap of plastic, you approach the bins, hastily inspecting each item for the number molded on the bottom.
New parents, particularly mothers, devote so much time and energy to their children that they often fail to adequately look after their own health, a new study in the journal Pediatrics suggests.
A unique anniversary at the Supreme Court passed in silence Tuesday, befitting the occasion. It has been five years to the day since Justice Clarence Thomas last spoke at oral argument, another reflection of the complex, dynamic, often misunderstood personality of the court's only African-American jurist.
Just about everyone who worked to build the new Interstate Highway 35W bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, knew that their project would never be "just a bridge." It would never occupy the same category as thousands of other concrete and steel behemoths that millions of American drivers thoughtlessly cross every day.
Sexually active teens may face less academic risk if the sex is taking place within a romantic and committed relationship, according to a new study.
A new study suggests monogomous teens perform as well as teens that abstain, but casual sex leads to worse grades.
A 2,200-year-old gold coin is found hidden in a wall among ancient ruins in Israel.
For years, Theresa Liao heard there were no cures, no treatments, no hope to help her son Jake.
More adults in the U.S. appear to be drinking alcohol, according to a new study of the nation's drinking habits.
I grew up in Oaxaca, Mexico, and Minneapolis, Minnesota. My father was a university professor, and my mother is a beautiful Mixtec woman. (The Mixtec group is one of 16 indigenous groups in the State of Oaxaca, in the southeastern part of Mexico).
In the same way organisms select for characteristics that favor the survival and well-being of its species over successive generations, so too do cultures. With organisms, we call this process evolution and it represents a sort of accumulated wisdom. There is no word for this process in cultures, but there is one for the result. And that word is tradition.
National Geographic writer and explorer Dan Buettner talks about finding the path to long life and health.
Post-traumatic stress is estimated to afflict more than 300,000 veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, but until now, it's been labeled a "soft disorder" -- one without an objective biological path to diagnosis.
The more science learns about how men are different from us (right down to the structure of their brains), the more we find ourselves hoping it will finally explain some age-old mysteries. For instance:
CNN's Kyra Phillips talks to Texas pig farmer J.R. Fortner about swine flu fears and about his business.
The disease most people in the United States and worldwide know as "swine flu" is actually a combination of human and animal strains and has not been shown to be transmissible through eating pork.
Smoking is a lot like Russian roulette: You never know who will end up developing lung cancer and who won't. But Dr. Jian-Min Yuan, as well as other researchers from the University of Minnesota, say they are one step closer to determining a smoker's risk for developing the disease. In a study, they tracked the carcinogen and nicotine levels in nearly 500 smokers through a simple urine test and discovered a link between the level of a specific carcinogen and lung cancer. Their findings were presented at the American Association for Cancer Research conference.
Scientists are one step closer to developing a test that could reveal a smoker's risk of developing lung cancer.
Emily Amici will graduate from college soon but worries about finding a job. She speaks with CNN's Chris Welch.
It's traditionally seen as a time for celebration, but these days Hamline University senior Emily Amici looks at graduation day with nothing but uncertainty.
This holiday season, one of the most valuable gifts you'll give your family won't come wrapped in a box or have a card attached. Instead, it will happen around your dining table, where you'll sit down to share a meal, conversation, and traditions with the people who matter most to you. And as special as family meals are throughout the holidays, they can also significantly enhance the life of your family every day.
A steady stream of motorists crossed the new Interstate 35W "smart bridge" as it opened early Thursday, a little more than a year after the old one collapsed into the Mississippi River and killed 13 people
The first cars travel over the new I-35 bridge in Minneapolis, a little over a year after the previous one collapsed.
Tay Zonday debuts his latest YouTube hit, "Brighter Days"
At the age of 21, Christopher Jenkins appeared to have everything going for him. The University of Minnesota senior was good-looking, had a near perfect grade-point average and had a future in business.
CNN's Randi Kaye investigates the drowning deaths of 40 college students. Were they victims of the 'smiley face' killers?
A new study shows that adopted kids are more likely to require mental health help as teens than non-adopted ones
Record numbers of girls are playing organized sports. But once they quit, staying fit becomes a struggle
Researchers at the University of Minnesota are doing promising research building animal organs from the ground up.
Creating a replacement heart for some of the sickest patients may be one step closer, if new research in rats pans out in humans.
In the first report of its kind, U.S. health officials said the nation's states and cities made a strong effort to prepare for a flu pandemic, bioterrorism or other emergency health crises, but big challenges remain
College senior Lisa Hamlett is looking forward to going home to Crossville, Tennessee, on Wednesday, but she hasn't always been so enthusiastic about spending Thanksgiving vacation with her parents.
In a recent column, Emily Breidbart, a second-year medical student at New York University School of Medicine, expressed concerns about her medical education and the frustrating health-care system she will soon enter.
Here's some good news for those of you who have trouble growing houseplants: The problem could lie in where you put the plants rather than in your being short a couple of gardening genes. Light, temperature and humidity have a lot to do with whether a plant thrives or dies.
Dr. Andrew Weil wasn't sure exactly how he hurt his knee; all he knew was that it was painful. But instead of turning to cortisone shots or heavy doses of pain medication, Weil turned to the ancient Chinese medicine practice of acupuncture. "It worked -- my knee felt much better," says Weil.
Scientists find an enormous empty swath in space. How does it change what we know about the origins of the universe?
Astronomers have stumbled upon a tremendous hole in the universe. That's got them scratching their heads about what's just not there.
Friends remember bridge victim
An interstate bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapsed during rush hour Wednesday evening, sending cars and debris crashing into the waters of the Mississippi River.
What's left behind from the ethanol-making process could be what saves the livestock industry from the high price of corn.
Whoever's rocking your iPod today, do yourself a favor and turn it down. Those tiny earbuds pump music directly into the ear canal, making it easier to do permanent damage. Live music or sports, power tools, and even hair dryers can spell trouble for your hearing, too.
Money Magazine: The Urge to Lose Moneyupdated: Thu Mar 01 2007 00:01:00
FOR MORE THAN 35 YEARS, SANDY YAKIM has recorded every bill in a notebook. She drove a used Honda and shops at thrift stores so that she can enjoy a nice summer vacation. The 57-year-old divorced s...
For more than 35 years, Sandy Yakim has recorded every bill in a notebook. She drove a used Honda and shops at thrift stores so that she can enjoy a nice summer vacation.
The wooden spoon was my undoing.
He dreamed that with the next game, the next jackpot, the next click of his mouse, he would solve all his problems. But as he got sucked deeper into the anonymous world of online gambling, his problems only got worse.
Preaching from the pulpit of St. Mark's Church in lower Manhattan one afternoon, the Rev. Billy Talen looks and sounds a lot like the evangelists on Sunday morning television.
These days nearly everyone knows someone -- a brother-in-law, a college pal, a former hairdresser -- who's become a mortgage broker.
Look ahead to January. It's sleeting outside. The holidays are over, and all you've got to show for it is a monster credit-card bill and five extra pounds around the middle.
Survivors of Hurricane Katrina face multiple health threats such as infectious diseases and respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses, health officials warn.
Weight Watchers is the best overall diet plan, according to new Consumer Reports research.
Money Magazine: Sweating The Small Stuffupdated: Tue Feb 01 2005 00:01:00
So you finally buckled down, did the responsible thing and drew up an estate plan for your family. You wrote the will, spelling out who gets the house, the bank accounts and the investments; maybe ...
Money Magazine: Applying Greaseupdated: Sat Jan 01 2005 00:01:00
Slick is not how my wife would describe my interactions with maître d's. The thought of palming a fifty and sliding it into another person's hand to secure a table without a reservation terrifies m...
As an added bonus to returning to campus this fall, more than 80,000 college students at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Minnesota will get a hefty monthly discount with RealNetworks' online music store.
With your pajamas snug, your feet clad in bunny slippers, and a tub of ice cream on the desk, your computer glows in front of you. The clock reads 2 a.m.
These are the two main contenders to be the new Greek Prime Minister in elections Sunday:
It's hard to imagine pro-lifers and medical researchers ever seeing eye-to-eye on stem cell research (or anything else, for that matter). But a promising new study has led to talk of a detente.
Two pieces of bad news for working women: You're less likely to have health insurance than your male counterparts are. And if you are insured, your coverage probably has serious holes. Those findin...
There's a good reason this man looks happy: Computer engineer Mark Haas, 35, senior software quality manager for Bell-Northern Research, the development arm of Northern Telecom, has the best career...
Like spouses in a healthy marriage, corporations and nonprofit organizations are redefining their relationships to suit a new environment. Once upon a time, corporate largess consisted of one-shot,...
Though still a bit scarred from feminist brickbats hurled after our last discussion of physical attractiveness -- this was in a 1992 report on sex appeal (S.A.) ratings at various universities -- y...
Is Bill Clinton a centrist and moderate, as loudly advertised at the famous clambake in Gotham? Or is he, like mate Hillary, a flaming liberal at heart? Carloads of printer's ink have already been ...
Why do so many workers dislike their jobs? Among the more familiar answers to this question: (a) they believe they are underpaid, (b) the work is dirty and unpleasant, (c) they have otherwise agree...
Media coverage of the latest news about twins was less god-awful than your ever-wary correspondent had anticipated. Many of the newshawks actually got the facts right and managed to report it with ...
Our last communication with Sidney Hook, who died on July 12, was in a telephone conversation on May 19. Hook was one of the titans of American philosophy; he was also a dazzling and inspiring teac...
Sure, George Washington quickly owned up to cutting down the cherry tree, but he wasn't asking his father for a job. Hence the more than $100 million a year industry where corporations screen poten...
For the past year, Jim Wright, 46, has been leading an arduous double life. By day he is a civil engineer, specializing in traffic management for the Minnesota Department of Transportation. At nigh...
MINNEAPOLIS -- The University of Minnesota has banned its dance line of 16 women from men's athletic events because the performance ''sexually stereotyped'' them . . . The university told the dance...
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