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The researchers determined that the consumption of caffeinated beverages and food—such as coffee, soda, and chocolate—was not significantly associated with an overall increased risk of malignant growth. The collected data showed that the women who drank more than four cups a day exhibited the...

Author: By Marianna N Tishchenko, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Coffee, Soda Pose No Cancer Risk for Women | 10/24/2008 | See Source »

I found Elizabeth Gilbert's essay "A Family Divided" to be eminently sad [Oct. 20]. An Obama supporter, Gilbert tells us she is "losing sleep" over the possibility that her father will vote for McCain. She worries that it "could somehow threaten our affection." Really? I understand that many people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

Even in this annus horribilis for the GOP, Coleman until a month ago looked like he might coast to victory over his unlikely Democratic challenger, comedian turned author turned liberal radio host turned politician Al Franken. In the most expensive Senate race in the country, Coleman portrayed himself as ordinary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Races to Watch '08: Franken May Get Last Laugh in Minnesota | 10/22/2008 | See Source »

Some 7% of the houses scouted by the researchers had at least one visible display of affection, which the authors cataloged in the paper's most entertaining paragraph. There were six different ways fans expressed their feelings for Auburn football, they noted. They were: "1) flying an AU flag, 2...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: College Football Fans More Likely to Go to the Polls | 10/17/2008 | See Source »

And while the morbid pull of China's brutal twentieth century history is ever present, it's the portraits of the migrant workers and their lives - at once exciting and mind-numbingly boring, crowded and starkly isolated - that are at the book's heart. The painstaking work Chang put into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside China's Factories | 10/15/2008 | See Source »

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