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We’ve all seen the scary headlines about the obesity epidemic. And there are no shortage of initiatives aimed at getting Americans — particularly kids — to eat right.

The tricky part is making eating right cool and the sort of habit that kids will want to do for a lifetime.

So what do the earnest health officials who are always talking about this do to get their message to break through? Enlist HBO and iCarly.

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At the ripening age of 80 years old — more than 35 of them spent in Congress — Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., is scrapping for political survival. On Tuesday he faces State Treasurer Richard Mourdock in his party’s primary.

In many ways, contemporary American politics — at least in the upper echelons — is an older person’s game. The average age of lawmakers in the 112^th Congress, according to the Congressional Research Service, “is among ...