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...thing, it's poor. Mississippi is not only the fattest state in the nation, but also the poorest, with 21% of its residents living below the poverty line, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Alabama and West Virginia, the second and third fattest states, are tied for fifth poorest. With a poverty rate of 14%, the South is easily the most impoverished region in the country. "When you're poor, you tend to eat more calorie-dense foods because they're cheaper than fruits and vegetables," explains Jeff Levi, executive director of Trust for America. Poor neighborhoods also have fewer...
...Gist: It's the small silver lining to the twin scourges of high gas prices and economic turmoil: traffic congestion has eased. But only a little. One of the nation's most comprehensive studies of traffic delays and "urban mobility" found a slight drop-off in traffic tie-ups in 2007, the latest year for which data are available. In its study of 439 urban areas around the country, the Texas Transportation Institute, part of Texas A&M University, found American that travelers are spending about one less hour per year in traffic. But we still spend plenty of time...
...Obama wants to be a transformative President. To do that, he must transform the terms of debate - and the greatest impediment to change is the nation's crippling, 30-year tax allergy. He cannot finesse this. He needs to take these issues one at a time, make his argument clearly and hope that the public is finally ready for the sacrifices that make real progress possible...
...pictures of Obama's nation of hope...
...boozehounds in Utah still can't buy malt beverages and can only purchase full-strength beer - as opposed to "near beer," which contains no more than 3.2% alcohol - at liquor stores. As one Park City resident lamented to the Associated Press, "Why can't we all be one nation under God and do what everybody else does?" (See TIME's video "Recession-Proof: DIY Beer...