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A national health objective for the U.S. is to reduce the prevalence of obesity among adults to less than 15 percent by the year 2015, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, unless Americans are willing to change their lifestyles, that goal may be impossible to reach. Many people live sedentary lives. In fact, 40 percent of adults in the U.S. do not participate in any leisure-time physical activity. Less than one-third of adults engage in the recommended amount of physical activity, at least 30 minutes most days.
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The man came up behind her on the escalator. He demanded her gold necklace. He pulled out a black snake and held it near her face. When she gave him the necklace, he ran up the escalator, got off, and disappeared into the crowds. Ms Pearson said that the man was a tall, thin Chinese, aged in his twenties. He was wearing a dirty white T-shirt, purple trousers and black leather cowboy boots. He had a black tattoo in the shape of a snake on his left arm. Police are now searching for the man.
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Over 214 people died and 311 were injured when two trains crashed in northern India yesterday afternoon. Indian army soldiers are helping to take the dead bodies and the injured people to Bondas, the state capital. According to reports, the accident happened in a wide valley when a train travelling from Melcutta to Bondas hit a cow and stopped. The second train, which was travelling in the same direction, then hit it from behind. The cause of the crash appears to be human error. Passengers have confirmed that the signals were all set at green. A signaler who should have changed the signals to red, has disappeared.
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I have reserved three tickets for the Hong Kong Children's Choir on 19th November at 8 p.m. These tickets cost $55 each, and your two children are half price only, so the cost is $110. This choir was founded in 1969, and is one of the top children's choirs in the world. Its performance this year includes both traditional and modern works. I have also reserved tickets for the famous Hungarian Puppet Theatre, on 20th November at 4 p.m. The puppets are very colorful and funny, and they act out children's stories. This show is in English. These tickets will cost $200, so the total cost is $310, which I have debited from your credit card.