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(Photo: AP / Stacie Freudenberg)ANALYSIS - U.S. politicians may unite in obesity battle
** ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, JULY 3 ** Trisha Leu, 17, who has lost 60 pounds since undergoing gastric band surgery in March, weeds the garden in the front yard of her Wheeling, Ill., home, Wednesday, June 28, 2006. The American Medical Association is considering a proposal to label children in the highest weight category as "obese" instead of the current term, "overweight." Trisha dislikes the term obese because she thinks "it sounds mean. It doesn't sound good." (AP Photo/Stacie Freudenberg)...Full Story

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(Photo: AP / Eduardo Di Baia)Davis Cup Short of Stars but Not of Heroes
Members of the Spain's Davis Cup team pose with the Davis Cup trophy after defeating Argentina during the final in Mar del Plata, Argentina,...Full Story

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ANALYSIS - U.S. politicians may unite in obesity battle
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One way to achieve bipartisanship in Washington may be to tackle an issue everyone can agree on -- the childhood obesity epidemic. People line up to buy food at a fast food restaurant in Harlem, New York in this December 16, 2009 file photo. (RE...Full Story
GMA can name next CJ, new justice chief insists
| By Benjamin B. Pulta | 03/10/2010 | Newly appointed Justice Secretary Alberto Agra has said he will push for President Arroyo to have the absolute power to appoint the next chief justice despite the existence of election law against it under the Constitution. | As jus...Full Story
Gov’t power crisis team adopts quick fixes
| By Aytch S. de la Cruz and Marie A. Surbano | 03/10/2010 | Having found no real and permanent solution to the power crisis in Mindanao, President Arroyo and several members of her Cabinet headed by Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes are planning to implement four alternati...Full Story
Fashion must-haves
| 03/10/2010 | Jackets with attitude | Cindy Lauper’s 1980s denim jacket, Jackie Onassis’ elegant 1960s coat, Madonna’s 1990s daring leather jackets — name it, it’s all about the attitude. Promod, the country’s leading expert in French street fashion scene, showcases an...Full Story
Mixed reactions greet Bangit promotion
| 03/10/2010 | Administration lawmakers supporting the appointment of Lt. Gen. Delfin Bangit as the Armed Forces of the Philippine Chief of Staff found a strange bedfellow in Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino standard bearer, former President Joseph Estrada, who doused speculat...Full Story
Gloria plus Bangit equals political longevity
| EDITORIAL | 03/10/2010 | Has Gloria Arroyo given up her quest for political longevity? | Going by her, and the Commission on Elections (Comelec)’s moves, she has far from given up her quest to remain in power and position. | Gloria could have either extended the stay ...Full Story
Davis Cup Short of Stars but Not of Heroes
| Under attack again from inside and outside the game and short on star power, the Davis Cup showed why it is worth saving in a memorable first round that ended, most unusually, on a Monday in Chile. Abel Alonso/European Pressphoto Agency | The Davis Cup trophy during i...Full Story
100, 75, 50 Years Ago
| 1910 Italian Deputy Fights Duel | ROME Signor Chiesa, the Deputy for Milan, has at last been able to fight one of the numerous duels which he has on hand. The encounter, which was with General Prudente, was not brought off without difficulty, and even to secure relati...Full Story
'Bless you Mr Obama' on Myanmar
| By Stanley A Weiss | MANDALAY - In September 1952, Russian dictator Joseph Stalin and Chinese foreign minister Chou Enlai convened an extraordinary meeting to discuss the future of Southeast Asia. As recorded in the book, Mao: The Unknown Story, Chou talked about the ...Full Story
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