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Eat this, toss that: How can you tell when food is spoiled? 07/10/2015 11:45am • How long has it been since you cleaned your spice rack? Or checked on those frozen pieces of steak? Food often sits in your refrigerator, freezer and pantry for a long time. Then one day, a light bulb goes off and you start contemplating if the food is actually still edible. Hopefully, these tips wi Vacation time? 4 reasons to try a farm-to-table trip 07/10/2015 11:35am • In the dreary, snowy days of January, the southwestern border town of Yuma, Arizona, is bathed in sunshine and booked with tourists experiencing a unique vacation. The travelers harvest winter produce straight from the field, then deliver their pickings to culinary students who create a meal of loca Baltimore vs. Washington: Whose brand of beltway baseball is better? 07/10/2015 02:36am • WASHINGTON — The Nationals and Orioles head to Baltimore this weekend to square off in a three-game set. That got us thinking — in the spirit of The Battle of the Beltways, which beltway city is a better baseball town? Each year that the Nationals become further entrenched in the Washington s What Is Climate Change Doing to Your Health? 07/09/2015 10:00pm • Temperatures are rising. Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent. Air quality is decreasing. Climate change is not only taking a toll on the environment, but on our health. It's no longer a question of what will happen; it's what's happening right now. The 2014 National Climate Assessme 7 diet mistakes sabotaging your weight loss 07/09/2015 08:00pm • Want to lose weight? Here's what not to do. You've taken the first step: vowing to eat well, starting now. Many dieters are so determined to finally lose that weight that the pounds will indeed start to whittle away. The problem, though, is that many haven't learned from their mistakes -- and wit Are health foods making you fat? 07/09/2015 08:00pm • Supermarkets are filled with more "health foods" than ever before. Still, America's collective waistline has also reached record proportions. Unfortunately, there may be a link. Of course, that's not to say every food lining your supermarket's health-food aisle is the nutritional equivalent of a Va. bid to banish Confederate flag from plates opposed 07/09/2015 06:51pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Southern heritage group says it is going to federal court to keep the Confederate battle flag on Virginia license plates. The Virginia division and the national leadership of the Sons of Confederate Veterans said Thursday they want to stop the state from removing the Wearable Technology Can Now Detect Your Emotions 07/08/2015 08:00pm • Complete calm for Jonathan Palley is cruising on California's scenic roads -- mountains on one side, ocean on the other. But as soon as the 30-year-old from San Francisco turns onto a busy highway or city street, his cool evaporates. "That's just utterly unenjoyable for me," he says.Palley's wearabl Is High-Intensity Interval Training Your Get-Fit Answer? 07/08/2015 08:00pm • Any exercise is better than none. But, for those able to do it, higher intensity exercise -- running, rather than walking, for example -- can further boost the health payoff, such as increasing cardiovascular benefits. Unfortunately, experts say that with roughly two-thirds of Americans considered Trapped trucks a recurring issue on the area parkways 07/08/2015 04:47pm • WASHINGTON — For the second time in a week, an over-height truck became lodged under a low-clearance bridge on the Rock Creek Parkway in D.C., requiring a lengthy extrication and causing long traffic delays. The moving truck was traveling southbound on the Rock Creek Parkway around 11 a.m. Wedn Don't Take a Vacation from Healthy Habits 07/07/2015 08:00pm • I'm eagerly awaiting our upcoming vacation to the Catskills. I've been daydreaming about being off the grid, swimming in the lake and not having to make meals and clean up after my kids each day. As it should be, going on holiday is a letting go of our daily worries, and it often means letting go What You Should Know About Ischemic Stroke 07/07/2015 08:00pm • Last week, staff at a Maryland emergency room sprang into action when a new patient arrived by ambulance, clearly in the throes of a stroke. The middle-aged man had weakness in his left arm and the left side of his face, he couldn't feel the entire left side of his body and his speech was impaired. Feds raid home of Subway's Jared Fogle 07/07/2015 09:20am • WASHINGTON — Federal warrants were being served Tuesday at the home of Subway spokesman Jared Fogle in connection with a child pornography investigation, Fox 59 in Indianapolis reports. A raid Fogle's home in Zionsville, Indiana began around 6:30 a.m. Fogle's foundation, the Jared Foundati Warnings for deck safety after Va. family hurt in collapse 07/06/2015 03:58pm • WASHINGTON — Twenty-four members of an extended Northern Virginia family are recovering after the deck of a North Carolina beachfront home collapsed as they were taking a family picture. Now, experts say there are lessons to protect other families. Two of the family members were critically in Can You Trust a Skinny Chef? 07/06/2015 01:00pm • Before Carla Hall became co-host of ABC's "The Chew" or a contestant on Bravo's "Top Chef" or even a chef at all, she was a skinny little girl who grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, where food and fatness were signs of love. She learned good cooks didn't look like her -- rather, the chubbier they were