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    February 12, 2012

    Pillheads: On Contraception Issue, Rightbloggers Baptize Insurers and Defend the Faith

    On Friday the Obama Administration revealed its compromise with religious organizations, such as Catholic hospitals, who didn't want to offer birth control in their health insurance plans. The orgs won't have to pay for it if it offends their beliefs, the President said -- the insurers would be obl ... More >>

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    August 1, 2011

    Supermarket Chains Go Local; In John Turturro's Kitchen

    ​The New Orleans snowball maker SnoWizard has pissed off competitors by filing dozens of product patents. Now, the company is being sued for "attempting to manipulate the snowball market through a scheme to assert exclusive monopoly rights." [Wall Street Journal] Ever since Wal-Mart found it ... More >>

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    April 15, 2011

    Target Beats Whole Foods in Sustainable Seafood Rankings

    Tim Pearce/flickrFishy business at Whole Foods​In a recent Greenpeace ranking of seafood sustainability in supermarkets, Whole Foods ranked fourth, behind Target, which came in second, and Safeway, which took the number one spot.

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    January 20, 2011

    8 in 10 Americans Think Prayer Saved Gabby Giffords

    ​According to a new Fox News poll, 8 in 10 American voters (Fox polled 900 of them) say they think prayers helped Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords survive being shot through the brain in a Tucson Safeway parking lot nearly two weeks ago. Giffords continues to improve, today scrolling t ... More >>

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    January 18, 2011

    Gabrielle Giffords Continues to Improve, Is Now Giving Neck Massages

    ​After surviving a bullet through the brain, Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, shot by Jared Lee Loughner on January 8 outside a Tucson Safeway, has been upgraded from critical to stable condition and, apparently, is giving back and neck massages to her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, w ... More >>

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    January 12, 2011

    Jared Loughner: Was It the Family's Fault?

    ​Details on Jared Lee Loughner and what occurred (and what may have occurred) prior to his shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and more than a dozen others, killing six, in a Tucson Safeway supermarket last Saturday continue to unfold. The questions everyone wants answers to, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    How to Have a Green Cookout; Tomatoes Make a Comeback This Year

    ​Target, Wal-Mart, and Costco sell items like recycled aluminum foil, additive-free charcoal briquets, and compostable cutlery for the ultimate green cookout. [Wall Street Journal] Since the launch of Kogi Korean BBQ-To-Go in Southern California in November 2008, dozens of food vendors across ... More >>

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    June 15, 2010

    Worlds Apart

    Federal law gives gay citizens with foreign partners tough choices: Leave the U.S. Lose your love. Break the law.

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    May 18, 2010

    Food Companies Pledge to Remove 1.5 Trillion Calories From Their Products

    thisiswhyyourefat.com1.5 trillion calories...​Yesterday, a coalition of food companies pledged to remove 1.5 trillion calories from their products by 2015. The announcement from the group, the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation, was made yesterday by Michelle Obama at a White House press con ... More >>

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    July 27, 2009

    Unilever to Cut Trans Fats; A Cocktail for Each Borough

    ​In response to popular demand from consumers, margarine maker Unilever has decided to remove all partially hydrogenated oils -- or trans fats -- from its soft-spread brands, including I Can't Believe It's Not Butter and Country Crock. [USA Today] Some 22 percent of restaurants in the city we ... More >>

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    July 22, 2009

    Bloomberg's Biggest Scandal—The Deutsche Bank Fire—Should Be His Downfall. Why Isn't It?

    ​In response to popular demand from consumers, margarine maker Unilever has decided to remove all partially hydrogenated oils -- or trans fats -- from its soft-spread brands, including I Can't Believe It's Not Butter and Country Crock. [USA Today] Some 22 percent of restaurants in the city we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2008

    Bonus Dan Deacon Question: The Origin of the Green Skull

    ​In response to popular demand from consumers, margarine maker Unilever has decided to remove all partially hydrogenated oils -- or trans fats -- from its soft-spread brands, including I Can't Believe It's Not Butter and Country Crock. [USA Today] Some 22 percent of restaurants in the city we ... More >>

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