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...changes that excess weight can wreak on the liver. It's this organ, after all, that orchestrates the breakdown and distribution of fats and sugars from the diet. When too much of either comes in, the liver starts to keep some of the excess for itself, converting sugars from soft drinks and the ubiquitous high-fructose corn syrup into fat that remains within its tissues...
...remote outpost in the Volcano Islands is the focus of another pitched battle. This time film directors Clint Eastwood and Spike Lee are sparring over the accuracy of Eastwood's two films about the clash, Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima. Lee has claimed that by soft-pedaling the role of African Americans in the battle, Eastwood has whitewashed history...
Arkansas isn't the only state trying to tackle childhood obesity. In 2003, California led the way by banning sugary sodas from public schools and was soon followed by states across the country, with the result that the major soft-drink companies agreed to withdraw all high-calorie sodas from schools by 2009. In Arizona, the Pima tribe of Native Americans, which has some of the highest obesity levels in the world, is growing school gardens in the desert to supply cafeterias with fresh vegetables and reconnect kids to a traditional cuisine. Today at least 17 states have set nutritional...
...state of Kerala, accused the company's bottling plant there of depleting and polluting groundwater. Two years later, the local government forced Coke to shut down the plant. In 2006, when a New Delhi research group found high levels of pesticides in Coca-Cola and PepsiCo's locally produced soft drinks, several Indian states banned their sale. The incidents were particularly worrisome because they hurt Coke's brand in a rapidly developing market that's considered key to future growth...
...Hugh Shelton, the retired Army general who served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1997 until just after 9/11, has long been seen as a Clinton loyalist. But his soft-spoken nature and paratrooper bona fides might make him a good fit with Obama. He was severely injured shortly after his retirement when he fell from a ladder while working in his yard (something he didn't have to do as a general), but friends say he has recovered well...