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In a country with a rampant obesity epidemic, many patients say their doctors don't spend enough time talking with them about losing weight. But doctors often complain that when they do bring up the issue, nothing changes.

It took more than a decade, Harrisburg's Patriot-News reports, for authorities to believe that former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was abusing young boys — even though there were many clues. Sandusky says he's innocent.

At Penn State, authorities missed chances to stop alleged abuse of young boys. In Europe, new leaders in Italy and Greece rush to tackle financial crises. In the Mideast, Jordan's King Abdullah calls on Syria's Assad to step down.

Astrophysicist Saul Perlmutter is part of the team that was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in physics for the discovery that the expansion of the universe is not slowing down but is accelerating. The results of that research suggest the universe is filled with dark energy.

If you've been waiting anxiously for the tablet you pre-ordered from Amazon.com, it may already be headed your way.

Police are getting tougher on 'Occupy' demonstrations across the country, working to break up encampments. Police made dozens of arrests on Monday morning in Oakland, Calif. Host Michel Martin learns more from reporters who are covering the Occupy Oakland movement: Martin Kaste of NPR and Bob Butler of KCBS Radio.

In an interview with Bloomberg, Mahmoud Jibril said Gadhafi was "killed based on a request by a certain foreign power."

Economist Mario Monti replaces the flamboyant Silvio Berlusconi as Italy's prime minister. The austere and dignified former EU commissioner and political outsider is likely to face opposition from both left and right as he tries to implement reforms and put the debt-burdened country back on track.

A decision striking down the law in its entirety would end provisions affecting millions of Americans.

By Ben Adlerhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kazu/local-kazu-490680.mp3So two penguins walk out of an elevator...Monterey, CA – The…