Playing couch potato on the weekends may be even worse for your weight than working at a desk all week, new research suggests. Exercise scientists reported that even a 20-minute reduction in sedentary time on Saturdays and Sundays added up to a loss of more than 2 pounds and 1.6 percent of body fat after a year. But the same association was not seen with sedentary time during … [Read more...]

Cutting the cost of fruits and veggies, while bumping up prices on junk food, could prevent thousands of deaths from heart disease and stroke each year in the United States, two new studies suggest. … [Read more...]

 Chocolate milk is becoming more and more popular as the go-to post-race recovery beverage. Not only is it a delicious option, but it is also cheap and readily available, compared to more expensive energy drinks such as Gatorade or Endurox. … [Read more...]

Another Earth Day is just around the corner. Let’s get a head start on saving the planet with these eco-friendly green living lifestyle tips that’ll also save you moolah every month.  … [Read more...]

Las Vegas is not only about gambling, partying and making certain that everything that you do there stays there: it’s just mostly about those things. If you’re feeling a little grimy from the previous night or need to soothe your hurt pride from losses incurred at the blackjack table, take solace in the knowledge there’s a wealth of natural beauty and interesting side trips at … [Read more...]

Have you ever made pasta with vodka sauce? It’s a velvety creamy tomato sauce that happens to be cooked with a splash of vodka, which remarkably makes this simple sauce taste simply sublime. … [Read more...]

What appears to be a bizarre love triangle at London Zoo has resulted in a lot of hurt feelings, and cost a zookeeper her job. … [Read more...]

Punxsutawney Phil didn’t see his shadow this year, which means spring is right around the corner. For the winter weary, however, summer is still too far away and the lure of blue-green seascapes under sunny skies is strong. … [Read more...]