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Burning coals unattended to buy beer. the fire is 50% contained. wildfire across that state burned more than 700,000 acres in just the past week. politicians, doctors and health experts from around the nation are meeting in cleveland this week to figure out how to help fat children lose weight. nearly one in three american children are overweight. nearly one in five is obese. and it is getting worse. the department of health and human services says the number of adolescents who are overweight has tripled since 1980. oklahoma city mayor mit cornett will speak at the conference. he challenged ...

Account for our direction to children. first of all, we're building new gymnasiums in all 44 of our inner city grade schools. we have taken the fried foods out of the cafeterias. but largely our work has been on the infrastructure. we're trying to design a city where life revolves around people and not cars. it is a cultural shift that will take many years to take place, but we're pretty focussed. >> were there other cities you looked at and said, yes, oklahoma city wants to be like that? >> well, we want to be a more walkable pedestrian friendly community. we don't have the density of new yor...