Food is sustenance; it provides necessary nutrients to sustain life and, when done right, it can be a gratifying gustatory experience. Unfortunately, far too often, food can also just make you sick -- or worse. More than four in 10 Americans say they've become ill during the past two years because of something they've eaten.
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As frustrating as air travel has gotten in recent years, there's something particularly galling about how far certain carriers have taken the nickel-and-diming of passengers. here are some "extras" for which we suspect most passengers would happily pay $10 more.
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Unemployed? If you're looking for something to get you out of the house, the Census Bureau will be adding 700,000 people during the spring and summer.
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In a recent Gallup Poll, Obama was losing by 14 points among these swing voters in a 2012 matchup to something called the "generic Republican." Will Obama become a one-term president or stick it out?
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Ohio State head football coach Jim Tressel did something recently that shouldn't be a very big deal -- but is a big deal, at least symbolically: He granted an interview to Outlook Columbus, a magazine that caters to the area's gay community.
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Scott Fujita, a LB on the winning Super Bowl team, recently signed as a free agent with the Browns. Before leaving town he gave half of his Super Bowl check to charity. He said "The people of this city and region have been so good to me and my family that we just felt strongly about doing something to protect the city we have come to love so much"
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A series of easily preventable events and sheer stupidity led a Texas man to receive a whopping 35 year prison sentence for something as minor as marijuana possession.
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This year's ceremony promised something for everybody. So why did it feel like it was meant for nobody? Here are five ways the Academy can fix the Oscars in the future.
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As far as mobile, ad-hoc medical labs for developing countries go, you can’t get any more mobile or ad-hoc than something the size of a postage stamp. One Harvard University chemist has developed an ultraportable “paper” chip that can diagnose killer diseases like malaria, HIV, hepatitis, and tuberculosis for just a penny at a time.
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In September, 2006, then-CEO of Ford Motor Company William Clay Ford Jr. took a risk. In search of his own replacement, his offers were passed up by a pair of respected automotive leaders, so he did something few (if any) anticipate: he hired an aeronautical engineer to lead his own company. The rest is turning into history.
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But instead of just whining about it, some organizations are actually doing something. A refreshing change.
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Hoppa the dog was born four years ago without his two front two legs. He was lucky enough to be adopted by Avi Kozi, chairman of Israel's Society for the Protection of Animals. "From the moment I took him to my house, I knew I had to build something that would help him to move." Kozi said.
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Animal photography can be really fun, especially if you are lucky enough to capture that special moment where animals express their emotions, do something crazy or just look funny.
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The elders at Ecclesia Church were expecting something tame from Jackson Potts II for their annual Stations of the Cross art display.Instead, the 10-year-old produced a photo of his kid brother being beaten by a police officer. Jackson says it's a modern-day interpretation of Roman soldiers beating Jesus.
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