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“Grabbing a diet soda may seem like a smart choice for the calorie-conscious consumer. But a new study suggests that products containing artificial sweeteners have the potential to actually promote weight gain.
A recent Purdue University study suggests that artificial sweeteners (like the kinds found in diet sodas) might lead to biological or behavioral changes […]

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“Ration cards. Genetically modified crops. The end of pile-it-high, sell-it-cheap supermarkets.
These possible solutions to the first global food crisis since World War II — which the World Food Program says already threatens 20 million of the poorest children — are complex and controversial. And they may not even solve the problem as demand continues to […]

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“Contaminated heparin products have now been found in at least 10 countries, not including the United States, leading to ongoing surveillance measures to ensure the safety of the blood thinner, U.S. health officials announced Monday.
In addition, officials said contaminated lots of the blood thinner have been traced to 12 different Chinese companies that were somehow […]

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“In an effort to meet its recruitment targets, the Army has begun granting more waivers to people who would otherwise be ineligible to serve—including overweight recruits. What’s the Army policy on fat people?
They’re not particularly welcome. The Army’s basic recruitment standard is linked to a candidate’s body-fat percentage, measured (PDF) by an equation involving height […]

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“I’m usually a glass-half-full kind of person, and I found reason for optimism in the National Retirement Risk Index’s predictions that not all of us are doomed for a financially impoverished retirement.
The index, developed for the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College a couple of years ago, attempts to predict the percentage of households […]

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“Yahoo’s earnings came after a disappointing day for stocks, which tumbled as crude oil nearly reached $120 a barrel. The Dow Jones industrials were down nearly 105 points to 12,720. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index was off 12 points, or 0.9%, to 1,376 and the Nasdaq Composite Index was down 31 points to 2,377. […]

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“The home-mortgage crisis in the United States has spawned problems in the mortgage, real-estate and banking industries, and many consumers now face mortgage-payment increases in the coming months that could cause the number of foreclosures to climb even higher.
And all of those financial woes, experts say, may be spawning another problem: an increase in divorces.
“Historically, […]

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“Yikes! Oil at $117 a barrel. It has to go down from here, right?
Wrong. In the short term — say, the next two years or so — we’re looking at bad news about global oil supply that could take the price of a barrel of crude to $180.
Needless to say, today’s $3.50-a-gallon gasoline would look […]

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“The Basics
New to the whole “green” scene? Here’s some fun content to get your feet wet:
> What is Earth Day? | How green are you? | Eco-myth or eco-truth?
> Check out some of the biggest festivals across the country
> Calculate your carbon footprint |Take the eco-footprint quiz
> The 2008 Heart of Green Award winners | […]

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You can read the rest of the story here….   http://lifestyle.msn.com/green/greenstaticslideshowoprah.aspx?cp-documentid=6903887
Oprah is promoting “going green” on Earth Day.
“Going Green” promotes safe, environmental friendly products that can be used around kids and pets.  There are enough toxins in our environment, so try switching to a safer alternative.  You owe it to yourself, your family, your kids, your health and […]

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