Heart disease, the number one killer of women, may hit closer to home thanmany realize. The American Heart Association's Go Red For Women movement hasreleased a study, conducted by Sperling's BestPlaces, revealing the nation'sten most -- and least -- heart friendly cities for women. Minneapolis-SaintPaul took the title of Most Heart Friendly City For Women with the lowestcardiac mortality rate for women, low hypertension rates and highest exerciserates. Nashville, on the other hand, finished at the bottom of the rankingswith high obesity and smoking rates.
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NEWSWEEK: America's Best High Schools, 2008
In Newsweek's 2008 annual ranking of America's top high schools, there are22 schools in the top 100 that have graduating classes smaller than 100students. Ten years ago, when the first Newsweek list based on college-leveltest participation was published, only three of the top 100 schools hadgraduating classes that small. For the complete list of the 13-hundred topschools and Frequently Asked Questions, go to Newsweek.com.
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Nation's College Students Know Little About the Politics and History ofAmerican Wars
The Memorial Day tradition of honoring soldiers who died in militaryservice dates back to the American Civil War. As the country prepares toobserve another Memorial Day, newly released data suggests that our nation'scollege students are lacking in knowledge about the Civil War as well as thegeneral politics, causes and history of the wars that have shaped our countryand taken the lives of the brave Americans that we honor.
The data, analyzed by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, shows thatcollege seniors scored an average of 52 percent correct on a series ofquestions about war history and related themes. College freshmen asked thesame questions on average achieved just 47 percent correct. Only 48 percent ofall students were able to identify that the Civil War battles of Fort Sumter,Gettysburg and Appomattox were listed in the correct chronological order.
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