Rebiana fact sheet

Rebiana fact sheet: "For more than two decades, companies have been looking for a great-tasting, natural, zero-calorie sweetener and none were successful – until now. Rebiana, developed by Cargill and The Coca-Cola Company gives consumers natural sweetness without calories and companies a powerful new way to reduce calories in their products."

Br-r-r! Where did global warming go? - The Boston Globe

Br-r-r! Where did global warming go? - The Boston Globe: "THE STARK headline appeared just over a year ago. '2007 to be 'warmest on record,' ' BBC News reported on Jan. 4, 2007. Citing experts in the British government's Meteorological Office, the story announced that 'the world is likely to experience the warmest year on record in 2007,' surpassing the all-time high reached in 1998.

But a funny thing happened on the way to the planetary hot flash: Much of the planet grew bitterly cold."

Shocking News About Processed Meat

Shocking News About Processed Meat: "The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) has just completed a detailed review of more than 7,000 clinical studies covering links between diet and cancer. Its conclusion is rocking the health world with startling bluntness: Processed meats are too dangerous for human consumption. Consumers should stop buying and eating all processed meat products for the rest of their lives.

Processed meats include bacon, sausage, hot dogs, sandwich meat, packaged ham, pepperoni, salami and virtually all red meat used in frozen prepared meals. They are usually manufactured with a carcinogenic ingredient known as sodium nitrite. This is used as a color fixer by meat companies to turn packaged meats a bright red color so they look fresh. Unfortunately, sodium nitrite also results in the formation of cancer-causing nitrosamines in the human body. And this leads to a sharp increase in cancer risk for those who eat them."

Lansing State Journal: Concealed weapons permits on the rise

Lansing State Journal: Concealed weapons permits on the rise: "Six years after new rules made it much easier to get a license to carry concealed weapons, the number of Michiganders legally packing heat has increased more than six-fold.

But dire predictions about increased violence and bloodshed have largely gone unfulfilled, according to law enforcement officials and crime statistics.

The incidence of violent crime in Michigan in the six years since the law went into effect has been, on average, below the rate of the previous six years. The overall incidence of death from firearms, including suicide and accidents, also has declined."

Why I Believe Bush Must Go

Why I Believe Bush Must Go: "Nixon Was Bad. These Guys Are Worse.

By George McGovern

Sunday, January 6, 2008"

Ron Paul's 10% In Iowa Shocks Establishment Media

Ron Paul's 10% In Iowa Shocks Establishment Media: "Ron Paul's double digit support in Iowa has shocked establishment media figures who have long derided the Congressman as an insignificant candidate with just 2 or 3 per cent of the vote. Even Fox News' own talking heads now agree that Paul should not be excluded from the upcoming presidential forum as campaign momentum builds."

BBC NEWS | Technology | One laptop project loses partner

BBC NEWS | Technology | One laptop project loses partner: "Intel has pulled out of a project to put cheap laptops in the hands of children in the developing world."

BBC NEWS | UK | Low-energy bulb disposal warning

BBC NEWS | UK | Low-energy bulb disposal warning: "The Environment Agency has called for more information to be made available on the health and environmental risks posed by low-energy light bulbs.

It says because the bulbs contain small amounts of mercury, more information about safe recycling is needed.

It also wants health warnings printed on packaging and information on how to clear up smashed bulbs in the home."

RIA Novosti - Opinion & analysis - A cold spell soon to replace global warming

RIA Novosti - Opinion & analysis - A cold spell soon to replace global warming: "Astrophysics knows two solar activity cycles, of 11 and 200 years. Both are caused by changes in the radius and area of the irradiating solar surface. The latest data, obtained by Habibullah Abdusamatov, head of the Pulkovo Observatory space research laboratory, say that Earth has passed the peak of its warmer period, and a fairly cold spell will set in quite soon, by 2012. Real cold will come when solar activity reaches its minimum, by 2041, and will last for 50-60 years or even longer."

Iowa Live Blogging: Ron Paul defeats Republican national front-runner in Iowa - Tales from the Trail: 2008

Iowa Live Blogging: Ron Paul defeats Republican national front-runner in Iowa - Tales from the Trail: 2008: "Though Paul finished fifth in the Iowa Republican caucuses, the 72-year-old maverick placed far ahead of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who is running first in national polls."

Top economist says America could plunge into recession - Times Online

Top economist says America could plunge into recession - Times Online: "Losses arising from America’s housing recession could triple over the next few years and they represent the greatest threat to growth in the United States, one of the world’s leading economists has told The Times."

Charity's take from snowbank rises above $10,000

Charity's take from snowbank rises above $10,000: "A Quebec family that paid $3,550 for a snowbank in St. Eustache has found a way to make the purchase even more valuable.

The family has raised more than $7,000 extra for a children's charity by selling $25 bags of the snow to passersby as they cheerfully cleared it from Michel Levesque's property."

The Airport Security Follies - Jet Lagged - Air Travel - Opinion - New York Times Blog

The Airport Security Follies - Jet Lagged - Air Travel - Opinion - New York Times Blog: "Six years after the terrorist attacks of 2001, airport security remains a theater of the absurd. The changes put in place following the September 11th catastrophe have been drastic, and largely of two kinds: those practical and effective, and those irrational, wasteful and pointless."

Honey-drenched dressings touted as the bee's knees for wounds

Honey-drenched dressings touted as the bee's knees for wounds: "'It's been used on wounds where nothing else will work,' said biochemist Peter Molan, a professor at the University of Waikato in New Zealand who has researched honey and other natural antibiotics for 25 years.

He's found manuka honey can kill the toughest bacteria even when diluted 10 times and recommends it especially for people with weak immune systems."

Casual blogging not just lunch money now - Yahoo! News

Casual blogging not just lunch money now - Yahoo! News: "It's no longer unusual for blogs with just a couple thousand daily readers to earn nearly as many dollars a month. Helping fill the pockets of such bloggers are programs like Google's AdSense and many others that let individuals — not just major publications — tap into the rapidly growing pot of advertising dollars with a click of the mouse."

Snorting a Brain Chemical Could Replace Sleep

Snorting a Brain Chemical Could Replace Sleep: "In what sounds like a dream for millions of tired coffee drinkers, Darpa-funded scientists might have found a drug that will eliminate sleepiness.

A nasal spray containing a naturally occurring brain hormone called orexin A reversed the effects of sleep deprivation in monkeys, allowing them to perform like well-rested monkeys on cognitive tests."

New Statesman - Has global warming stopped?

New Statesman - Has global warming stopped?: "The fact is that the global temperature of 2007 is statistically the same as 2006 as well as every year since 2001. Global warming has, temporarily or permanently, ceased. Temperatures across the world are not increasing as they should according to the fundamental theory behind global warming – the greenhouse effect. Something else is happening and it is vital that we find out what or else we may spend hundreds of billions of pounds needlessly."

Mexican marijuana is still plentiful -- and cheap | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

Mexican marijuana is still plentiful -- and cheap | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle: "'You never hear of people getting killed over a few pounds of marijuana, but you do over a few ounces of cocaine. Marijuana is pretty much an open market. Nobody controls it, nobody wants to control it.'"

Crisis may make 1929 look a 'walk in the park' - Telegraph

Crisis may make 1929 look a 'walk in the park' - Telegraph: "As central banks continue to splash their cash over the system, so far to little effect, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard argues things are rapidly spiralling out of their control

Twenty billion dollars here, $20bn there, and a lush half-trillion from the European Central Bank at give-away rates for Christmas. Buckets of liquidity are being splashed over the North Atlantic banking system, so far with meagre or fleeting effects."

Ron Paul will win by a landslide

Ron Paul will win by a landslide: "Republican presidential candidate and Texas Congressman, Ron Paul, can win the presidency. Contrary to the pundits and media propaganda, Ron Paul is best positioned to win the GOP nomination."