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...what if instead of running your car on gasoline, you could run it on pure electricity? Not only would that help the environment - one-third of U.S. carbon emissions come from cars and trucks - but in an era of ever-increasing gas prices, it would help your wallet as well. Unfortunately, the auto industry has consistently failed to build and sell a truly marketable electric car. They were either too expensive or too weak on the road - or too often both; and back in those halcyon days when our chief climate fear was a new ice age, low gas prices...
Many overweight children already show abnormal levels of liver enzymes, and fully one-third suffer from fatty liver, a condition in which the organ becomes streaked with fat. "I worry about the outcome of these children 10 to 20 years from now," says Dr. Miriam Vos, a pediatrician and liver expert at Emory University. "In adults, we know that 3% to 5% of those with fatty-liver disease will progress on to cirrhosis or to an advanced stage where you might need a liver transplant." While not all cases reach such a dangerous state, Vos notes that in about...
...what goes on students' trays has become everyone's business. And while efforts are being made by governments to ensure that cafeterias offer healthier meals, many schools are still failing to make the grade. According to a report issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture last year, fewer than one-third of public schools meet the recommended standard for either total or saturated fat in their meals. Here's what kids used to eat, what they still do eat and, most important, what they could...
...approximately 190 prisoners at the base who are never expected to be charged, the ruling could bring a change. One-third of them have already been cleared for release but are being held until a country can be found to accept them. Roughly 50 are considered refugees, meaning they might face torture or other mistreatment if they are returned to their countries of origin. Others are still being held as a possible danger to the U.S., in case they decide to return to the battlefield. Lawyers for detainees in these categories are likely to file cases under the new ruling...
...must say the result is a laff riot. Well, all right, a laff scuffle - a picture that isn't quite as funny as it might be, but is as funny as it needs to be. Agreeably directed by Dennis Dugan, conceived by its star, Adam Sandler, and one-third written by him (his co-conspirators are Robert Smigel and Judd Apatow), the picture bears many of the latter's trademark moves. That is to say it is simultaneously a little bit vulgar and a little bit sentimental and comes out as a virtually bullet-proof blend for the mass, summertime...