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Top chefs join call for gender-neutral Easy-Bake Oven

Kaitlin FunaroDecember 12, 2012 13:52

Some of the country's top male chefs are backing a New Jersey girl's campaign to encourage toy-maker Hasbro to make a gender-neutral Easy-Bake Oven. Bobby Flay, Manuel Trevino of TV's "Top Chef", and Michael Lomonaco of New York's Porterhouse have lent their support to 13-year-old McKenna Pope, whose online petition has reached more than 40,000 signatures, reports CBS News.

Study: TVs in kids' bedrooms doubles obesity risk

Kaitlin FunaroDecember 11, 2012 12:23

Children who watched TV more than five hours a day were at twice the risk for fat around their internal organs, a dangerous precursor for heart disease.

More graves found at infamous boys reform school in Florida

Kaitlin FunaroDecember 11, 2012 12:01

Lawsuits against the school going back decades alleged widespread abuses including forced labor, rape and even murder.

3 dead in shooting on California Indian reservation

Kaitlin FunaroDecember 9, 2012 15:01

The suspect was identified as 31-year-old Hector Celaya.

Bond set at $500,000 for Cowboys' Josh Brent after crash kills teammate

Kaitlin FunaroDecember 9, 2012 12:02

The charge is a second-degree felony punishable by two to 20 years in prison.

Biggie Smalls autopsy report reveals death by single bullet

Alexander BesantDecember 7, 2012 22:58

Fifteen years after the fatal shooting of Christopher Wallace (aka Notorious B.I.G.), police release the autopsy report.

Bus driver not guilty in fatal NY crash that killed 15

Kaitlin FunaroDecember 7, 2012 15:21

The bus driver who prosecutors claimed was so tired that he crashed a bus, killing 15 passengers, was found not guilty of manslaughter on Friday. Ophadell Williams was cleared of all felony charges by a Bronx jury following a dramatic trial that lasted two months, reports the NY Daily News.