Baby News
Time cover mother defends extended breastfeeding
NEW YORK | Fri May 11, 2012 2:14pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – An American mother shown breastfeeding her three-year-old son on a controversial cover of Time magazine that has sparked a national debate about attachment parenting defended the practice on Friday, saying it was a personal choice. Jamie Lynne Grumet, a 26-year-old mother from [...]
New Yorkers: No smokes, no fats, no salt? Enough already!
NEW YORK | Fri May 11, 2012 11:26am EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – New Yorkers may like “Mayor Mike” but are less certain they want him playing the role of “Mayor Mom.” A new poll shows the Big Apple’s denizens are divided over City Hall’s efforts to correct their bad habits, which in recent years [...]
Big-wave surfer enters record books by riding 78-foot "monster"
By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES | Fri May 11, 2012 9:49pm EDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Big-wave surfer Garrett McNamara has been recognized by Guinness World Records for surfing the largest wave ever ridden, a towering 78-foot (24-meter) wall of water he says he caught at Nazare, Portugal, in November while “totally in the moment.” [...]
Travel Picks: Top 10 cycling destinations
Fri May 11, 2012 12:15pm EDT (Reuters) – While most travelers know that Copenhagen and Amsterdam are ideal for exploring by bicycle, the rise of bike-sharing and bike tours in other cities is making discovering other destinations by bicycle easier than ever. That’s why the members and editors of travel website VirtualTourist.com (www.virtualtourist.com) have compiled [...]
Artist Kapoor finds beauty in London’s Olympic orbit
By Avril Ormsby LONDON | Fri May 11, 2012 2:00pm EDT LONDON (Reuters) – Turner prize-winning artist Anish Kapoor said on Friday that Britons would grow to love his spiraling red tower on London’s Olympic Park, just as people had come to appreciate other structures initially loathed, including the Eiffel Tower. The 115-metre tall structure, [...]
