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Ana Idolo may be too young to order her own food, but the 2-year-old knows what she wants. As her father Marco unpacks the Happy Meal he ordered for her at a Barcelona McDonald’s, she ignores the chicken nuggets and French fries, and instead holds out...
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Richard Wilson has been a pallbearer for at least five of his “homeboys” in the North Side Tre Tre Gangster Crips, a Sioux imitation of a notorious Denver gang.
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The original punishments — including standing on the gallows for an hour with a noose around the neck — have been softened to a $1,200 fine, yet some lawmakers...
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Long the realm of sci-fi fiction and dreamers, commercial space flight may soon be a reality. A series of private American and one British firm have been working for...
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Next year Texas will hold its governor’s race and it is expected to be as big as Texas (I know cheesy line). Republican incumbent Rick Perry, who inherited his...
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There is news that the United States may open a military base in Algeria. That would be added to the U.S. naval base in Casablanca and Bahrain, the Air base in Qatar,...
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Robert G. Heft, who is credited with designing and sewing the first 50-star American flag, has died. He was 67.
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At once grave and humble, President Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo yesterday and told his audience in the glittering City Hall an uncomfortable...
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Whoever cut down a 7-foot conifer in the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle got a lot more than a typical Christmas tree.
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The US House of Representatives voted today to pass H.R. 4173, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009. Sponsored by Barney Frank (D-MA), this bill...
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It’s been the year of the gun in Tennessee. In a flurry of legislative action, handgun owners won the right to take their weapons onto sports fields and...
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The Zionist hoodlums who staff America’s pro-Israel organization - on the both left and right - have one thing in common: hatred of dissent. They are obsessed with...
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Despite the image here in America, Land of the Arab world as uncouth and uncultured, the Arabs have a rich cinematic history. Arabs have been making movies and hundreds...
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J Street - a new dovish Jewish American lobby that advertises itself as “pro-Israel, pro-peace” - often retorts to its critics that being pro-Israel is not...
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As a biracial child, he stood up to racism.
As a professional golf rookie, he stood up the old boy, Fuzzy Zoeller.
As a Masters winner, he stood up critics and sports...
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It’s not often you relate violence to the older generation. And although not in the same numbers as the younger generation, geriatric folk are as capable of...
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The latest case - five US nationals arrested in Pakistan on Wednesday on suspicion of plotting an attack - deepened concern that militant Islamist groups are...
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here on Thursday for talks with Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, but the prime minister said he was too busy to see Mr....
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Private security guards working for Blackwater USA participated in clandestine CIA raids against suspected insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan, the New York Times has...
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One of the alleged mistresses of Tiger Woods has been accused of giving the golfer a taste of his own medicine by two-timing him with actor George Clooney.
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The public option may be dead, but Democrats have a stronger proposal on the table, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said at a press conference...
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Lincoln University students now have one more hurdle to pass before they graduate: losing weight. According to a recently instituted requirement, university students...
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Venezuela - Call it the Bolivarian battle of the bulge.
President Hugo Chavez said in a televised speech Friday that “there are lots of fat people” in...
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A health care debate is going on in Japan, similar to one in the US. The Japanese lawmakers have made obese people illegal and have set a maximum waistline size for...
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In Japan, being thin isn’t just the price you pay for fashion or social acceptance. It’s the law.
So before the fat police could throw her in pudgy purgatory, Miki...
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Is it cruel to laugh at fat people? Some would say that it is rude and an affront to public decency. But hogwash, I say. Fat people are not the disabled. Fat people...
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No more tacos for you Sr. Gordo, unless of course you have at least 3 helpings of veggies on the side.
Mexico City has announced a new program to trim the fat off...
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Succulent pork tacos. Frisbee-sized disks of fried pigskin. Enchiladas smothered in cream.
Yes, the cuisine in Mexico is divine, but it is downright calorific. And the...
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You have to give it up to America’s food industry. They never fail to devise new ways to maximize the fat. Americans need to butter and sugar up everything. And...
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Health Care is the topic of the summer in these United States. There’s no way to avoid hearing about it. 24-hour news networks have devoted up to half of their...
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The United State if officially the world’s fattest nation. More than a third of American adults are obese, with 40% of children as well. The Southern states with...
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There isn’t a nation fatter than America. Americans are the most obesity-stricken people and paradoxically the most health-obsessed people in the world.
Because...
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A new report has shown New Zealand to be the third fattest nation in the world, after the United States and Mexico. The Health Data 2009 report, published this month,...
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The rising numbers of fat people are blamed for global warming by the researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Each fat person is said to be...
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The Economist introduces us to Hamlin, West Virginia.
Hamlin is one of the fattest, most unhealthiest towns in America where people seem to be content to eat...
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An independent study conducted by economists at the U.S. Department of Labor reports data which show that overweight women makes less than their thinner counterparts....
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To begin with, there are two basic components to lose weight: diet and exercise. You can’t take any shortcuts here; you can’t do one without the other. But...
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Are those expensive, chic-looking jeans that you used to flaunt in college just lying there in your wardrobe because they don’t fit anymore. Is it getting too...
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According to research Obesity is increasing among adult American women. About 34% of them are fighting with obesity. Researchers say there are various constant...
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It is a well known fact that excess fat content in the body is the reason for putting on weight. And we also know that burning more calories than we eat is the best way...
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Biking commuter Jim Richards is shown Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, outside Mast General Store in Knoxville, Tenn. Appalachian-themed retailer pays workers like Richards $4 a day to ride, walk or catch a bus, a save-the-planet stipend that comes with a side...
