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• Students to see healthier school lunches under new USDA rules

  Wed Jan 25, 2012
  • I agree about the blood-sugar spiking carbs, but studies are increasingly showing that dietary fat does not raise bad cholesterol. In fact, diets high in saturated fats actually lower triglycerides while raising HDL and the good large-particle sizes LDL.

• Gingrich, missing applause, demands audience participation at debates

  Tue Jan 24, 2012
  • We should encourage audience participation at Republican debates as much as possible.

• It's your child's birthday. Do you invite the whole class?

  Tue Jan 17, 2012
  • My understanding of basic etiquette is that you don't discuss a party in front of people who aren't invited. It's not too early to teach your children this basic rule.

• Tax return often an issue for White House hopefuls

  Wed Jan 18, 2012
  • This year's return isn't the issue. Romney has plenty of time to not take deductions he normally would or claim income that he would normally defer.

• Romney pegs his tax rate at around 15 percent

  Tue Jan 17, 2012
  • Mitt is unemployed and has no income. He actually claimed that he was living in the basement of his son's home when he vote for Scott Brown for the Senate. All of you who had to move in with your children when your unemployment ran out can surely identify with that.

• Underwater views of the cruise ship Costa Concordia

  Mon Jan 16, 2012
  • I've been on three cruises, two different cruise lines. On every one of them we had a lifeboat drill before we left port. On my last cruise we had a very rough passage, but the entire crew was calm and helpful.

• Mrs Obama: Tired of 'angry black woman' stereotype

  Wed Jan 11, 2012
  • Bill

• Mrs Obama: Tired of 'angry black woman' stereotype

  Wed Jan 11, 2012
  • Mackie

• Automakers shedding CD players

  Tue Jan 10, 2012
  • I have a 6-disc CD player in my car. It makes it easy to change the music that I want to listen to. I'm not sure how fumbling with an MP3 player (which I also have) to try to find the album I want to listen to would be safer on the road. You thought texting while driving was bad.

• Study shows people are moving to ... Michigan?

  Tue Jan 10, 2012
  • gardner Maybe you could have gotten a job if you had paid attention in school and learned how to write a coherent sentence.