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Plenty of reasons to Fill the Fridge

People poured into Price chopper Tuesday in Shawnee to donate entire carts of food for the 41 Action News Fill the Fridge perishable food drive. There were all kinds of people that decided to donate Tuesday, and many donated for different reasons. Betty Sims says when she grew up, her family struggled to put food on the table. "It was import to donate because as a child, there were days I ...
Dad Teacher saved childrens lives

MOORE, Okla. (AP) - The father of an 8-year-old Oklahoma boy says a teacher saved his son's life as a tornado tore into their school Monday. David Wheeler says the teacher at Briarwood Elementary in Moore took students into a closet and shielded them with her arms as the tornado collapsed the roof and starting lifting children upward. He says the pull was so strong that it sucked the ...
Former IRS agent in Kansas faces sentencing for theft

As an affordable getaway, Travel + Leisure magazine said Kansas City is one of the few cities where hotel prices have stayed the same or even dropped in the past year. According to Kayak.com, the aveage summer rate here is $137 a ...
Kansas State corrals Big 12 baseball awards tournament postponed a day

Travel + Leisure ranks KC as nations most affordable getaway As an affordable getaway, Travel + Leisure magazine said Kansas City is one of the few cities where hotel prices have stayed the same or even dropped in the past year. According to Kayak.com, the aveage summer rate here is $137 a ...
Missouris social service director resigns

The service, called Digital Life, represents AT&Ts bid to tap into the growing market for customized security and home management systems that can be accessed from smartphones, tablet computers and personal computers. In March, Time Warner Cable rolled out its IntelligentHome wireless security and home management service in the Kansas City ...

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Movie Review

Grosse Pointe Blank

"Grosse Pointe Blank" is a rather odd movie that seems to exist in a world that is just slightly askew of our own. Granted, everything looks the same -- houses, trees, cars, stores -- but all the characters and situations presented here are just a little off balance; everything people in this movie do or say is just weird enough to constantly keep you on your toes. Of course, this is hardly surpri ... ...

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YRC Freight network optimization process begins

YRC Worldwide Inc. started their network optimization process over the weekend as part of an on-going effort to reduce subsidiary YRC Freight's network to a size more appropriate for the company's business. As part of the process, the Overland Park less-than-truckload carrier (Nasdaq: YRCW) will consolidate redundant terminals and distribution centers, relocate employees and reduce the ...
Rescuers search board by board for survivors

Amid downed power lines, hissing gas pipes and immense devastation, rescuers searched "board by board" Tuesday for survivors and victims of a massive tornado that pulverized a vast swath of the Oklahoma City ...
Joplin survivor rides out Moore tornado

MOORE, Okla. - It wasn't long after the EF-4 tornado hit near Oklahoma City on Monday that the comparisons started to the Joplin tornado of 2011. One woman who spoke with 41 Action News may be better suited than anyone to make that parallel. Katie Ratliff survived the Joplin storm, and was in Moore for work on Monday when the tornado touched down. She says she and her friend couldn't ...
Kan. lawmakers budget tax negotiations to resume

Kansas legislators were preparing to resume their negotiations on budget and tax issues as freshman Republicans in both chambers gathered for a joint ...
Kansas City Red Cross sends help to Oklahoma tornado victims

Wichita Business Journal employee Gary Nickel received this photo from his son, Justin Nickel, who was in the Moore, Okla., area Monday afternoon. The Greater Kansas City chapter of the American Red Cross is seeing an outpouring of generosity from metro-area residents. The receptionist at the Kansas City office, 211 W. Armour Blvd., is being flooded with calls from Kansas Citians, asking how ...

On the record

Nothing will ever completely replace playing the game I love, however I feel like I'm starting a new adventure and I'm genuinely excited about what lies ahead. I'm fortunate to have been given many opportunities throughout my career and now I feel it's my time to give back.

David Beckham

The world's best known footballer was speaking after formally announcing his retirement.

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The Westin Resort & Spa, Whistler, Canada

After getting off the Greyhound bus I trudged through the Whistler Village to the bottom of Whistler Mountain, and there ...

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Statins may cut exercise benefits for obese adults

University of Missouri researchers have found that simvastatin, a generic type of statin previously sold under the brand name "Zocor," hindered the positive effects of exercise for obese and overweight adults.

Statins, the most widely prescribed drugs worldwide, are often suggested to lower cholesterol and prevent heart disease in individuals with obesity, diabetes and metabolic syndrome, which is a combination of medical disorders including excess body fat and/or high levels of blood pressure, blood sugar and/or cholesterol.

"Daily physical activity is needed to maintain or improve fitness, and thus improve health outcomes. However, if patients start exercising and taking statins at the same time, it seems that statins block the ability of exercise to improve their fitness levels," said John Thyfault, an associate professor of nutrition and exercise physiology at MU.

Thyfault said that many cardiologists want to prescribe statins to all patients over a certain age regardless of whether they have metabolic syndrome; the drugs also are recommended for people with Type 2 diabetes. He recommends that cardiologists more closely weigh the benefits and risks of statins given this new data about their effect on exercise training. ...