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Feds want to overhaul school lunches

Your School lunch might actually get better, keep your fingers crossed! Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Thursday proposed overhauling the nutrition guidelines for public school meals for the first time since 1995, when Americans were mostly alarmed by the fat content of food. The proposed rules are far more wide-ranging and would gradually reduce sodium, limit starchy vegetables, ban most ... Read More »

Briton convicted for throwing snowball

A British court on Wednesday convicted a man of assault and placed him under a two-week curfew for throwing a snowball at a female police officer. Dean Smith was shopping with his family before Christmas in the town of Swadlincote, central England, when he chucked the snowball at the officer. The 31-year-old pleaded guilty to common assault at the court ... Read More »

Breast implants catch eye of tax agents

Breast implants, a luxury cruise ship and bank robbery victims have become the latest targets of Argentine tax inspectors battling rampant evasion in the South American country. Argentines are notorious for evading taxes, and it is common to pay for everything from new cars and houses to breast enlargements with wads of cash, while savers stash their money in off-shore ... Read More »

Arizona Shooting: House pays tribute to the victims

The House is honoring victims of Saturday’s shootings in Tuscon, including one of its own. Republican Speaker John Boehner opened the session of remembrances and tributes to the 19 people shot, six fatally. Later Wednesday, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California and other lawmakers are flying with President Barack Obama to Arizona to console the victims and their families. New ... Read More »

Atlanta Airport Delays

Atlanta Airport Delays, Flights were essentially frozen in and out of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport for days because of snow, and the state of emergency was issued in Georgia. Parts of Atlanta have received up to five inches of snow, which is very rare for the region. Four of the five runways at Atlanta airport are open Tuesday morning, but ... Read More »

Cherry Creek School District

Cherry Creek School District, The Cherry Creek School District Board of Education is considering a major review of the district nutrition policy at its regular meeting on Monday. Cherry Creek Assistant Superintendent Scott Siegfried is scheduled to deliver the special report on diet and nutrition during the January 10 meeting. The presentation is less than a month after President Barack ... Read More »

American Renaissance Linked to Jared Loughner?

A law enforcement memo based on information provided by DHS and obtained by Fox News suggested strong suspicion linking Jared Loughner, the man accused in the Tucson shooting on Saturday, to what it called an “anti-ZOG (Zionist Occupational Government) and anti-semitic” group known as American Renaissance. In an effort to counter those charges, the head of the organization responded directly to ... Read More »