By Melinda Smith Washington 10 April 2008 Recent studies show that children who do not get enough sleep tend to have some emotional problems as well as weight gain later in life. As VOA's Melinda Smith reports, the research seems to blame the parents

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Fast cars, attractive people, a stone face, monotone Vin Diesel - must be the new Fast And Furious movie. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS) VIN DIESEL: (As Dom) I think I found my team. CORNISH: This week, the eighth i

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Well, hes gotta get a pair of lungs though, and thats for sure. Hes a big boy, hes quite heavy. But were still working on a name, so well have that soon to come. But its about time we see him already, so were having a proper chance to catch up what t

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Mahmoud: My brother emailed about an emergency situation. He needs $300 by tomorrow, but how can I get cash to him within 24 hours if Im here in Mexico City and hes in New York? Sharon: Thats easy. You can wire him the money from here and he can pick

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Hi, Mike. Haven't seen you for a while. How's Cathy? We are not seeing each other anymore. What happened? Did you break up? Yeah! I got sick and tired of her nagging all the time. Oh, I'm sorry. Maybe you were just emotional at that moment. Do you th

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What's in your basket when you go to the supermarket? This question is food for thought for the British government when trying to calculate the rate of inflation. Experts have cooked up a hypothetical shopping basket of food and household goods which

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