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...this weekend. The 2004 presidential shopping season is under way--with the rich Democrats who write big campaign checks browsing for a candidate to support--and Gore may be a too familiar face in a crowded field. In 2000 he had the party's nomination and its fat-cat donors all to himself--but blew the race. This Friday, Saturday and Sunday the big-money players will be wooed at two competing events: Gore's "donor retreat" at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tenn., and North Carolina Senator John Edwards' gathering of givers on St. Simmons Island, Georgia. And Edwards...
...says Cowell, who is not one to agonize over his opinions. How long does it take him to know if someone can sing? "Five seconds." What does he have to say about the singers who got nixed because they were, um, big boned? "The biggest moaners are always the fat people," says the small-framed judge. Has he ever said something he wishes he could take back? "Honestly...
...pledge has the comfort of custom about it, and should certainly be preserved. It's too bad the highly dispensable "under God" language cannot be quietly dropped. Fat chance, of course. Still, the ideal solution, I think, would be to render unto Caesar an affirmation of flag and country but to keep God in our hearts, where he belongs, and out of politics. Christ himself was scathing about pharisaical display. Don't try to nationalize the deity; it's a little cheap. The Almighty likes to work on a case-by-case basis anyway. I'm all for patriotism...
Eggs may be a staple, but they're not basic anymore. The variety of specialty eggs on the market can be baffling. So can the claims: less fat, more vitamins, more humane treatment of chickens. These select (and costly) yolks make up 5% of eggs consumed in the U.S. but are a growing business. They all tend to taste the same, so what are the differences? --By Sora Song...
SUPERSIZE BLUES High-fat, high-calorie fast-food meals don't just make you fat; they may also raise the level of free radicals in the blood, triggering inflammation that can damage the lining of blood vessels. That's the bad news. The good news is that taking a few antioxidant vitamins such as E and C with your fast food can nullify the inflammatory response...