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KVNF Regional Newscast: Wednesday, November 20, 2013

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There's a reason she's out there all alone. Children worldwide are spending less time on sports and active play and more time with TVs and video games.

Kids Are Less Fit Today Than You Were Back Then

Around the world, children are slowing down. Researchers have found that kids don't run as fast as they did in the 1970s. The finding suggests a potential uptick in future heart problems because running speed is a proxy for aerobic fitness and a measure of overall cardiovascular health.

Moscow-based app Bookmate has a subscription e-book service — similar to others on the U.S. market, but with more of a focus on targeting piracy in emerging literary markets.

Russian App Wants E-Book Piracy To End, Happily Ever After

In an attempt to turn a page on rampant literary piracy in Russia, one Moscow-based company created a subscription e-book service that it hopes will decrease the incentive for free, illegal downloads.

From one president to another: Former President Bill Clinton receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from current President Obama.

Bill Clinton, Oprah Winfrey Among 16 Honored At White House

Among others receiving the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom: writer/activist Gloria Steinem, newspaper editor Ben Bradlee and jazz musician Arturo Sandoval. Posthumous honors went to astronaut Sally Ride, Sen. Daniel Inouye and civil rights activist Bayard Rustin.

Rep. Henry "Trey" Radel, R-Fla., at a Capitol news conference on July 9.

Can Congressman Trey Radel Survive A Drug Bust?

After pleading guilty to cocaine possession and admitting an addiction to alcohol, Florida Rep. Trey Radel's political future is unclear. Democrats are calling on the freshman Republican to resign his seat.

In Vancouver, doorknobs are out, levers are in.

City Of Vancouver Shows Doorknobs The Exit

A recent revision in the British Columbia city's building code, designed to improve accessibility, shows the door to the venerable knob, replacing it with the hipper and easier-to-use lever.

U.S., Afghanistan Reach Tentative Security Pact

The agreement involves a continuing role for U.S. troops beyond 2014 — to train, equip and assist Afghan forces.

A screenshot of the iPad game If, which aims to teach kids how to navigate interpersonal challenges and failures.

Video Game Creators Are Using Apps To Teach Empathy

Trip Hawkins founded Electronic Arts, the company behind the Madden NFL video game. His latest venture is heading in a very different direction: using the advances in gaming technology to teach children emotional intelligence.

Filipino men stand in line to fill containers with gas in Tacloban, Philippines, on Sunday. The area experienced widespread gas shortages in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan.

A Chronic Problem In Disaster Zones: No Fuel

Typhoon Haiyan, like many disasters that preceded it, created a critical shortage of gasoline. This hampered ordinary Filipinos trying to rebuild their lives, as well as aid organizations trying to help them. One U.S. group has made it its mission to provide free gas.

Arturo Sandoval rehearsing before his sold-out performance at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica, Calif.

Arturo Sandoval: Free To Blow His Trumpet The Way He Wants

NPR's Shereen Marisol Meraji spent time with Cuban trumpet virtuoso Arturo Sandoval, just days before he accepted his adopted country's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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