Swift wins 2nd straight BMI award for top song

Taylor Swift started what could be an interesting week with her second straight song of the year award at the BMI Country Awards Tuesday, when Kris Kristofferson was honored as an icon.

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Canadian carriers cram to obey obesity ruling

“You’ve dawdled this whole year. Now stop all that bellyaching and get on with it.”

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Swift, Williams big winners at BMI awards

Taylor Swift's "Teardrops On My Guitar" won country song of the year, and Hank Williams Jr. was honored as a music icon during the 56th Annual BMI Country Awards.

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Tips to ensure the TSA doesn't swipe your stuff

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Ed Cash wins big at BMI's Christian Music Awards

Ed Cash won songwriter of the year honors and his composition "Made to Worship" was named song of the year Saturday at BMI's 2008 Christian Music Awards.

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Willie Nelson to Receive BMI Icon Award

Willie Nelson received BMI's icon award Tuesday during the organization's 55th annual Country Awards, and several of his friends showed up to help him celebrate.

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As if there weren't enough problems with health insurance companies: a new report reveals that insurance companies now deny coverage to babies that are above the 95th percentile for height or weight after they are born, effectively considering their size a "pre-existing condition …

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The "WiFi Body Scale" from French company Withings records your weight and BMI and automatically uploads it to a secure website, which would be a lot easier to make fun of if it weren't for Wii Fit, which does that stuff but doesn't upload it anywhere.

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A new study finds obese people have 8 percent less brain tissue than normal-weight individuals. Their brains look 16 years older than the brains of lean individuals, researchers said today.

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The secret to a long life could lie in following four golden rules.

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Weekend Edition Saturday, July 4, 2009 · Americans keep putting on the pounds — at least according to a report released this week from the Trust for America's Health. The study found that nearly two-thirds of states now have adult obesity rates above 25 percent.

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People who are a little overweight at age 40 live six to seven years longer than very thin people, whose average life expectancy was shorter by some five years than that of obese people, the study found.

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Should stewardesses flying to Saudi Arabia be required to wear head-to-toe coverings and walk behind men?

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British airline BMI has apologised after in-flight maps on its London-Tel Aviv service did not identify Israel. The moving maps marked Islamic holy sites but showed only the city of Haifa in Israel, identified by its Arabic name, Khefa.

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British airline, BMI, removed Israel from its electronic maps used to orient passengers during flights. The move was done to 'avoid making a political statement', on flights which cater mainly to Muslims, so as 'not to offend Islam'.

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"A BRITISH air stewardess was sacked for refusing to fly to Saudi Arabia after she was ordered to wear a traditional Islamic robe and walk behind male colleagues.

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"This epidemic has been constructed to the benefit of the medical industry that has in part medicalized the treatment of obesity over the years," adds the prof. "While there may be a rise in 'obesity,' the BMI is not always accurate.

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Two people with BMIs of 34, for instance, are both considered obese, but one might have high blood pressure, sleep apnea and diabetes, while the second person could be healthy and quite active.

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Oh, Playboy, why do you want your "readers" to lust after androids? That's the only explanation we can think of for the proportions of your lovely ladybots.

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"What is beauty? It's a question Israeli fashion photographer Adi Barkan has been wrestling with for seven years, ever since he launched a crusade to rid the fashion industry of its dirty little secret: presenting unhealthy body images that promote eating disorders among young wo …

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Using the word 'obese' should be taboo when it comes to children, [UK] Whitehall health chiefs say. The guidance is part of a Government drive to inform parents of their child's weight and height at the ages of five and 11. However, the term 'obese' will not be used.

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Excerpt: In a recent study, eating two eggs for breakfast, as part of a reduced-calorie diet, helped overweight or obese adults lose 65 percent more weight and reduce their body mass index (BMIs) by 61 percent...

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The journal Nutrition published a study this month that shows people who eat food with a high water content have lower BMIs than people whose fluid intake is mostly from liquids (maybe from such sources as disposable water bottles).

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The results suggest that adult gamers have an average body mass index of 25.2, compared to the overall American average of 28. The average gamer also engages in vigorous exercise once or twice a week, which the researchers say is more than most Americans.

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama, pushed to second in national obesity rankings by deep-fried Southern favorites, is cracking down on state workers who are too fat.

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A PLANE carrying 183 passengers was forced to return to Manchester Airport after being struck by lightning. The flight from Manchester to Prague was struck about 15 minutes after taking off at 7:40 last night as electrical storms affected the region.

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CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- You can look great in a swimsuit and still be a heart attack waiting to happen. And you can also be overweight and otherwise healthy.

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Bryan Ferry, lead singer of Roxy Music and an influential producer and songwriter, will be named a BMI Icon at a London ceremony later this year. Broadcast Music Inc., the U.S.

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Passengers of airline British Airways (BA) lose more bags and suffer more delays than any other large European airline, according to a confidential report seen by The Times.

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It could be your neighborhood that's making you fat — or keeping you slender.

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Highlights of the article:

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