Conflicting studies flummox best health intentions

In a world swirling with studies, stories, online health forums, and several thousand pounds of conflicting research, it’s hard to figure out what to do and who to believe when it comes to truly healthy behavior.

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Health reform idea: Put down the doughnut

A growing chorus of medical professionals, researchers and ordinary citizens contend that the touchy topic of individual responsibility has been ignored in the health reform debate.

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Obama calls for 'era of responsibility'

President Barack Obama is calling for a "new era of responsibility" in America.

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Text-message ruling could change corporate policies

Most employees know their bosses are usually within their rights snooping on workers' e-mail, but text messaging has been in murkier territory.

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DOUGLAS (WBZ) ― A boy reported missing in Douglas State Forest was found safe Saturday afternoon. The 5-year-old boy from Pascoag, Rhode Island apparently wandered off from a group and into the woods around 10:30 a.m. Douglas police told WBZ he is autistic.

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In a recent discussion with a colleague, I lamented the fact that too few American citizens understand their obligation, before all others, to support and defend our Constitution, much less, engender the ability to do so.

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Benjamin Disraeli's most famous advice to aspiring politicians was: "Never complain and never explain." For the greatest orator of our time, a man who makes Churchill, Lincoln, and Henry V at Agincourt look like first-round rejects on Orating with the Stars, Barack Obama se …

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Society, Sex Offenders, and You

It occurs to me, tonight, as I see the headlines, and I observe the natural flow of conversations that drift to Somer Thompson, sex offenders, and violent crimes against children, to pose a question to you.

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LOS ANGELES -- An apologetic David Letterman trotted out before the cameras Monday night with a quip that raised questions and fetched laughs: "There's a possibility," he said, "that I'll be the first talk-show host impeached."

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Let Me Get This Straight..Adoptions come with return policies?

I cannot shake my feeling about the recent news story of a couple giving an adopted baby back after 18 months because, "it wasn't bonding". A BABY....WTF? I have returned a car once or twice in my life because it just wasn't what I wanted...but a baby?

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Seattle Children's admits mistakes made by hospital doctors and staff led to a teenage autistic boy's death after a dental procedure.

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Nike and Johnson & Johnson among corporations resigning from business organisation in protest over chamber's resistance to 'cap-and-trade' legislation

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Is the Way it Was, The Way it Should be?

A couple of months ago my husband and I made a decision. The decision has sparked an interesting (and sometimes angry) debate within our family about the "man's role" in the family dynamic.

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A German court has ruled that a motorcyclist who collided with a drunken pedestrian during the Munich beer festival Oktoberfest was partly to blame because she should have expected the road to be full of party-goers.

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9.11, opportunity lost, and our responsibilities in Afganistan.

I'm sure today many will be writing and talking about remembrances. We all have stories about 9.11; where we were, how the country felt, how we all came together. The whole world, even our supposed enemies cried with us.

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Virtually all Korean War and World War II veterans are over age 65 and hence covered by Medicare. However, 645,628 Vietnam-era veterans were uninsured (8.5% of the 7.56 million Vietnam-era vets).

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Another Piece Of America Lost II Taking Back America

Another thing I learned these last two years, driving my 200 mile circle. Was there is a hunger of monumental proportions out there. Good America people, looking for answers and many just hoping someone will listen to their voice.

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Harry Potter fans looking to live out the magic of their favorite fantasy series are being blamed for a rapid increase in pet owls being sold worldwide. In the Potter books and movies, Harry keeps an exceptionally obedient snowy owl named Hedwig as a pet.

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It only took me 35 years, but I finally found a way not to hate doing my chores.

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M. Vick gets to play football and make millions and Mr. Hatch gets shafted by the same system. Could it be because Mr. Vick is black and Mr. Hatch is white? Both men owe millions in back everything. One gets to go to work.

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The urge to put up signs everywhere is now totally out of control: the warning sign, the laying-down-the-law sign, the no-responsibility-taken sign, the do-not-leave-your-valuables sign.

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"In 2009, Cost of Government Day falls on August 12. Working people must toil 224 days out of the year just to meet all costs imposed by government - a full 26 days longer than last year."

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A widow claims the Veterans of Foreign Wars lodge in Hernando Beach is responsible for her husband's death

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Are We Too Soft on our Kids?

As a generation of parents, are we too soft on our kids? Do we give them enough responsibilities and teach them to treat others with respect and concern?

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It seems that having a black American as President of these United States has in fact not made racism obsolete.

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The world laughs at the Unites States, as President Obama continues his 'change' for the people. Call me silly, but it looks like we are going to repeat history if we don't stop Obama's march of 'change'. Russians see this, because they have been through this 'change' before.

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I wondered if some might have found his remarks, like Bill Cosby's some year's back, a bit patronizing.

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The Waking American Public

While Obama continues the Bush wars, the American people are beginning to wake up to the reality of the corruption that pervades their government. U.S.

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4th of July Flag Protest

Earlier this year I wrote an article about a planned protest on the Fourth of July which received mixed reviews. The plan is to fly the American flag upside down at half-mast to signal the sad state of distress this country is in.

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