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• Diet, not exercise, plays key role in weight loss
Yet results of the new study are similar to those of a 2007 study of men and women in Jamaica. Researchers from Loyola and other centers found there was no association between weight gain and calories burned during physical activity. "Evidence is ...
• Songwriter Ford dies penned Marley tunes
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Vincent Ford, a songwriter credited with composing the Bob Marley reggae classic "No Woman, No Cry," has died in Jamaica. He was 68. Ford died Sunday at a hospital of complications from diabetes, said Paul Kelly, a spokesman for ...
• Play it safe during spring break
Among the warnings about popular spring break destinations in Mexico, the Bahamas, Belize and Jamaica, the site notes that “Americans have been badly injured or have been killed in automobile accidents, falls and other mishaps. Many of these ...
• GM finds surprising success in China
For Lisandra Rickards, the first person in her family to go to college, it began in Kingston, Jamaica.  In August she said goodbye to her friends and family and became one of Harvard Business School’s select few. Just 900 students were admitted to ...
• Sports quirks were prevalent
It's pretty amazing," said Lloyd Bremner, general manager of the Jamaica Pegasus. "Some people request to be in it; some want to be on the same floor." Some oldsters were still going strong in 2008. Leo Fiyalko, 92, made a hole-in-one in Clearwater ...