Eating At fast-food restaurants more than twice per week is associated with more weight gain and insulin resistance in otherwise healthy young adults. Young adults who eat frequently at fast-food restaurants gain more weight and have a greater increase in…

From Fortune magazine, no lessPocasting. From MTV to MP3. In the ’80s ponytailed heartthrob Adam Curry broke ground as one of MTV’s first veejays. Two decades later Curry, 40, has popped up at the intersection of blogs and radio. In…

U.S. apparently underestimated size of insurgency, top commander says “Apparently?” U.S. forces killed or captured about 15,000 suspected militants in Iraq last year, the top U.S. commander in the country said Wednesday, suggesting that the American military has underestimated the…

Reader Steve Betheil emailed us about his water secrets blog. Check it out. It covers “purification, filtering and the safety issues of bottled water, well water and municipal water supplies.” Among his recent postingsStudy: Bottled water no safer than tap…

British Prime Minister Tony Blair and French President Jacques Chirac urged political and economic leaders Wednesday to take drastic action against poverty and global warming as the World Economic Forum began its annual meeting here. And where were Dubya and…

As reported here, German protestors have been planting US flags in dog poo in parks. Well, now the US version of this has appeared – planting a Bush flag in dog poo. Poo Protest has all the details. And they…

White House officials said Tuesday that this year’s budget deficit would reach a high of $427 billion, propelled by President Bush’s request for an additional $80 billion for war costs in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hospitals are closing. Schools are underfunded.…