If You're Fit Does It Matter If You're Fat? - MSN Health & Fitness - Weight Loss

We have truly devolved into Orwellian doublespeak! If you are fat---here's a news flash,PC condemnation aside, you are not fit;and the converse is also true.

0

1

America's New Nightmare

0

1

CIA Fired Firms Aiding Questioning

Weeks after President Obama took office, the CIA extended its contract with a firm run by two psychologists who helped introduce waterboarding and other harsh methods to the agency's interrogation techniques, according to a news report.

0

1

News Flash---Apes predate upon each other ----

In this so modern age the great predatory ape continue to predate upon each other as they have for millenia--Nothing new!

0

0

Obama warns of more sacrifices to come

0

2

Pakistan will defend itself against aggression: Haqqani

If one reads this story through the eyes of the East, one sees the verge of war-Eastern style-slippery rhetoric right up to pulling the trigger!

0

1

Citi joins the list of companies too big to fail

Taxpayers may be wondering why they're forking over more money to rescue yet another behemoth, Citigroup, even as their own nest eggs crack and jobs evaporate.

0

1

Wall Street braces for another pivotal week

Wall Street faces another pivotal week, with investors enmeshed in a stock market knocked to 11-year lows amid growing fears about the fate of automakers and banks.

0

3

Afghanistan offers Taliban chief safe conduct

Afghan President Hamid Karzai offered Sunday to provide security for the Taliban's reclusive leader if he agrees to enter peace talks.

0

1

Citigroup suffers fourth straight quarterly loss

Citigroup Inc. suffered its fourth straight quarterly loss due to credit-related missteps and cut another 11,000 jobs.

0

1

Gorbachev to form new political party in Russia

A Russian billionaire said Tuesday he is teaming up with former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev to form a new political party that will challenge the country's recent steps away from democracy.

0

4

House to meet Thursday after rejecting bailout

In a stunning vote that shocked the capital and worldwide markets, the House on Monday defeated a $700 billion emergency rescue for the nation's financial system.

0

1

Wall Street tumbles as fear grips the markets

Fear swept across the financial markets Monday, sending the Dow down over 700 points, after the government's financial bailout package failed to survive a vote in the House.

0

1

House votes down massive bailout measure

The House on Monday defeated a $700 billion emergency rescue for the nation's financial system, ignoring urgent warnings from President Bush and congressional leaders of both parties that the economy could nosedive into recession without it.

0

2

Bailout negotiations break down into bipartisan bickering

0

3

Judge rules saggy pants law unconstitutional

A judge has decided a law banning sagging pants in this town is unconstitutional after a teenager spent a night in jail on accusations he exposed too much of his underwear.

0

1

Near-death experiences: What really happens?

Many reports of near-death experiences sound the same: a welcoming white light and a replay of memories. But now scientists aim to study what really happens to the brain and consciousness when someone is on the verge of dying.

1

2

Man gets Big Mac attack - 23,000 times

A 54-year-old man says his obsessive-compulsive disorder drove him to eat 23,000 Big Macs in 36 years.

0

0

NATO freezes Russian ties over Georgia

By Mark John and Francois Murphy BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on Tuesday the alliance was freezing regular contacts with Russia until Moscow had fully withdrawn its troops from Georgia in line with a peace...

0

1

U.S. election contrasts two types of patriotism

By Matthew Bigg ATLANTA (Reuters) - The U.S. presidential election presents a sharp contrast between two types of patriotism: John McCain stands as a war hero. His rival Barack Obama calls Americans back to the can-do spirit of the nation's...

0

1

Military developing brainwave binoculars

Military binoculars may soon get information directly from the brains of the soldiers using them.

0

1