Texas has 13th highest rate of obesity in U.S., study says

Jason Roberson reports:
Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, two nonprofit health research groups, said the state's adult obesity rate is 29 percent.


Their report, "F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future 2010," shows regional and income disparities in the obesity epidemic. It says 10 out of the 11 states with the highest rates of obesity were in the South, with Mississippi's 33.8 percent obesity rate leading the way. Colorado, at 19 percent, had the lowest obesity rate.
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NASA chief: Cut won't stop advances

The Washington Post and The Associated Press report:

NASA wants to spend more than $12 billion over the next five years to develop a rocket engine capable of propelling astronauts into deep space and to fund cutting-edge space technologies, the agency's leader said Thursday.

Obama condemns U.S. consulate killings in Mexico

MEXICO CITY — Mexican drug cartel enforcers are being blamed for the weekend gang-style slayings in Ciudad Juárez of an American Consulate office worker, her American husband and a Mexican employee of the consulate office, an outbreak of violence President Barack Obama called an outrage. Alfredo Corchado reports from Mexico.

Job openings up sharply in January to 2.7M

AP Economics Writer Christopher Rugaber reports on new employment figures.