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...between dietary sodium levels and cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in the U.S. The mortality rate was also slightly lower in the group that reduced sodium intake, although not statistically significant. Most Americans consume much more than the recommended maximum amount of 2,300 milligrams of sodium per day, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s annual dietary guidelines. Yet Cook said the problem is difficult to address because it depends on more than consumer choice. “Most of the sodium we eat comes from processed food and restaurant meals...
Unsurprisingly, the TSA produced an inefficient hodgepodge of rules and regulations that provide little security at great cost. Despite a raft of new restrictions, systematic infringement on civil liberties, and oodles of investment (over $17 million per day), both the General Accounting Office (GAO) and the Department of Homeland Security have found that the TSA is no more effective than the private security providers it replaced. In fact, in comparison with the five airports that are still privately run (Republicans insisted on exempting them from the nationalization), the GAO found that TSA screening was actually worse...
MILITARY $16,000 Estimated cost to the U.S. military per new recruit--spent on bonuses and expenses such as advertising, college funds and other incentive programs...
...Scully-Fahey Field in Hanover, N.H. The Big Green (8-4, 4-2 Ivy) took the game 20-10 as the Crimson (2-10, 0-4 Ivy) lost its seventh straight. While Dartmouth’s offense is undoubtedly potent—it has averaged nearly 15 points per game over the past six contests—one factor in particular made a decisive difference in its most recent win : winning draws. The Big Green dominated the draws and ended up controlling the ball for the majority of the first half. “Draw control was the big difference...
...report that China's economy had grown at 11.1% during the first quarter of 2007. As is often the case with the Chinese economy, that number took a lot of people by surprise - it was much faster than expected. China's real economic growth has averaged more than 10% per quarter for four years now, and Li Xiaochao, an official at Beijing's National Bureau of Statistics, on Thursday addressed the creeping fears that the Chinese economy might be overheating: "One very important lesson we have learned is not to make excessively large policy adjustments, but rather to take small...