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Potatoes the new enemy, Should we spud the spud from our diets?

Pete "Pretty Boy" Davekos takes part in the "World Poutine Eating Championship"
Fast food, soda, potato chips, cookies. Fat, carbs, sugar. We've heard it all at one time or another, this makes you fat. A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine reports how much weight a person is likely to gain or lose over four years based on one additional daily serving of a range of specific foods. Is it really potato chips that contribute to overweight and obesity?
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Ryan Dunn Death: 'In hell' says Westboro

The fringe Christian group Westboro Baptist said on Tuesday that it will protest any public service held for 'Jackass' star Ryan Dunn, whose fiery car accident on Monday prompted an outpouring of sympathy and support.
Casey Anthony sits during a break during her murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando

Casey Anthony trial: Expert testifies air samples in car trunk showed traces of gasoline, chloroform

The defense team of Casey Anthony started Wednesday day 25 trial by calling an FBI geologist expert as its first witnesses in her first-degree murder trial, according to a media report. The latest witness was Dr. Michael Sigman, chemistry professor at University of Central Florida, who testified this morning that air samples from Casey's trunk showed traces of gasoline, chloroform and other volatile chemicals.
The Secret Lives of Galaxies Unveiled in Deep Survey

Do distant galaxies sleep without forming new stars?

If some distant galaxies, after being awake many billions of years, do feel tired you could hardly blame them. But if they were caught sleeping 12 billion light years without forming stars what will you do?
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Desperate Robbery Attempt of $1 to Get Health Care in Jail

An RBC Bank in North Carolina was robbed for $1 last Thursday by Richard James Verone to receive medical coverage. Verone, 59, said in an interview with NBC affiliate KUSA-TV that he had no gun at the time and gave a note to the teller.

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