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Front Page: Citizens Get Angry at Healthcare Town Halls
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- Emotional citizens are turning town hall meetings on health care, like this one with Senator Specter, into shouting matches because they are afraid President Obama's proposed reform will take coverage away from them. — CNN
- Actress Molly Ringwald has penned an op-ed honoring the late director John Hughes. — New York Times
- The White House is protesting ads that invoke the Obamas' daughters by asking: "President Obama's daughters get healthy school lunches.
Did Hugo Chavez Call Bio-Diesel Lover Sean Penn a Criminal?
In the ever complicated environmental tussle between clean fuel and responsible use of resources the differing opinions over the use of biofuels has produced an interesting contrast of ideas — fueled by Ethanol.
Sean Penn, actor/activist has just initiated a cross-country trek using a fleet of biodiesel buses carrying about 300 people that will burn the corn fuel for 1,800 miles from the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival and ending in New Orleans for the annual jazz festival. Penn appeared twice yesterday at Coachella.
Rationing! It's Not Just For Your Grandparents Anymore
Call it the Big-Box Tipping Point, but you know the global food crunch has solidified from sad headline to international reality when your local Costco gets walloped.
Shoppers at the Costco in Mountain View, CA felt the first tremors of the clamp down this week — no rice! The usually packed shelves held but a few jumbo bags of rice and shoppers faced something the US hasn't really seen since WWII: rationing.
Is Your Pantry Partisan? Having Our Vote and Eating It Too?
In a tight race, political advisers have to stop at nothing to figure out how voters are thinking — all the way down to scrutinizing what's in their shopping carts. By looking closely at consumer behavior, including how people eat, savvy advisers are seeing a way to scavenge for votes. In the voting biz it's called microtargeting (hello Soccer Moms!) and it's as much political discipline as cute concept.
USDA Closes School Lunch Meatpacker, Kids Don't Know Pork
The USDA just shut down an LA slaughterhouse that had been the distributor for Westland Meat Company, the ground beef supplier for the National School Lunch Program.
Meanwhile, on the UK side of the pond, LEAF, Linking Environment and Farming, just released a video to help kids learn that sausages don't grow on trees. The video "demonstrates the sausage-making process, from farm to plate."
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The Simple Food: Can Obama Change the Way We Eat?
Everyone wants food reform. Parents want better school lunches. Consumer groups call to improve food-safety regulations.
The How-To Lounge: Tips for Eating at your Desk
If you're anything like me, you very rarely have time to sneak out of the office for a lunch break, which leaves you with no other place to eat your lunch then at your desk. Below are some tips to live by when you can't break away for a quick bite.
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Missouri State Rep: Do Poor Kids Really Need Free Lunches?
"Hunger can be a positive motivator."
— Missouri State Representative Cynthia Davis, responding to a press release from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services on a Summer food program that provides “food during the summer for thousands of low-income Missouri children who rely on the school cafeteria for free or reduced-price meals during the regular school year.” According to Feeding America, one in five kids in Missouri often goes hungry. To watch Stephen Colbert's response, read more
Briefing Book! Coulter: Chris Matthews Wants Obama, Sexually
- Ann Coulter says media's love for Obama is sexual. — Real Clear Politics
- No indication that Bernie Madoff bought even a single stock. — Huffington Post
- Will Obama's housing bailout save the octuplet mom's home?
Ask E. Jean For DearSugar: We've Both Gained the Newlywed 15 — Help!
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My husband and I have been married one year and we're very much in love. What's the problem?
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