First Lady On A Mission To Tackle Child Obesity

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Armed men likely linked to drug gangs blocked highways with trucks and buses in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey on Friday in an apparent attempt to hamper army operations near the U.S.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Whether it's fomenting revolution or telling people what you had for breakfast microblogging service Twitter seems to have it all.

(By Adrienne Johnson Martin, adrienne.johnson@newsobserver.com) Think of dating as a symphony: When the elements - what you see, hear, feel, maybe smell - come together, there's beautiful harmony. But oh, when they don't.Divorced and dating again, Chicago interior designer Anne Coyle kept meeting men who were hitting wrong notes.

(By Andrew Dys, adys@heraldonline.com) On Monday morning, 85-year-old John Williams was late for his 9 a.m. appointment at Southern States Physical Therapy.The little old man with the bright eyes and the brighter smile had been coming since September.

(By Helen Schwab, hschwab@charlotteobserver.com) Watch Joe Kwon pivot from pot rack to burner to sink in his red kitchen.He's toasting garlic, salting water, tending to his All-Clad stainless with a precise grace and perfect posture.