A no-smoking program has help overweight people reduce their risk of heart attacks or their need for surgery by 63 percent.

The 2000 Census showed that married couples _____ half of the 2 million households in the state, and 46 percent of those couples had children under roof.

Nearly all the brown bears in the United States _____ in Alaska, which has an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 brown bears, also called grizzlies.

Crushed ice is use to cool drinks, and is often applied to injuries where there is swelling, to remove excess heat generated in the tissues.

Why do traffic jams sometimes _____ to appear out of nowhere?

Men dying sooner than women _____ biologically: because 105 males are born for every 100 females, it would assure that there are about the same number of men and women at reproductive ages.

At colleges across the country, from Ivy League to less exclusive state schools, students _____ mispronouncing the library's name this month will soon feel truly and deeply a part of their college.

A trio of newly discovered worlds are much smaller _____ other planets previously discovered outside of the solar system.

It is no secret that healthy natural environments _____ healthy human lives.

Smokers who try to _____ cigarettes can double their chances of success by using patches, gum, lozenges, inhalers or nasal sprays containing nicotine.

The island of Mauritius _____ from an agricultural to a semi-industrialized country over the past three decades.

Most foreign visitors traveling to the U.S. on a visa _____ have their two index fingers scanned and a digital photograph taken to verify their identity at the port of entry.