Small declines in obesity among young kids could help stem bigger problems in the future. Ocean/Corbis hide caption

Pedersen Glacier, 1917 Louis H. Pedersen/climate.gov/National Snow and Ice Data Center hide caption

Nate Pike fears that wells, like this one that supplies his ranch with water, will dry up completely after years of water pumping and irrigation in Kansas. Frank Morris/KCUR hide caption

Newark Mayor Cory Booker speaks about his Senate campaign, outside the Grove Path Station in Jersey City, N.J., last month. Ashlee Espinal/The Jersey Journal/Landov hide caption

Buddy Guy's new two-disc set is titled Rhythm & Blues. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Tim Curry as Pennywise in a 1990 TV adaptation of Stephen King's It. Come on, tell us you aren't just a little creeped out. The Kobal Collection hide caption

The Washington Post is now in its seventh straight year of declining revenues, says the paper's chairman, Donald Graham. Rather than continue to watch the paper struggle, Graham and Publisher Katharine Weymouth decided to look for a buyer. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters /Landov hide caption

Trains that once deposited travelers for shopping and dining in dusty Sierra Blanca, Texas, no longer stop here. Interstates further eroded the local economy as more people chose to live and shop in El Paso, 85 miles away. G.W. Schulz/The Center for Investigative Reporting hide caption