Yoga halves irregular-heartbeat episodes - US study * Study examines yoga 's effect on atrial fibrillation * Patients urged to continue standard medical therapy , too * Study released at American College of Cardiology meeting By Ransdell Pierson and Bill Berkrot NEW ORLEANS , April 2 -LRB- Reuters -RRB- - Yoga , already proven to lower high blood pressure and cholesterol levels , can cut in half the risk of a common and potentially dangerous irregular heartbeat , according to a U.S. study released on Saturday . The small study was the first to examine the benefits of yoga on atrial fibrillation - a problem that is a leading cause of stroke and is most common in the elderly . In addition to halving the episodes of atrial fibrillation , the study found that yoga also reduced symptoms of anxiety and depression related to the condition . '' `` These findings are important because many of the current conventional treatment strategies for atrial fibrillation include invasive procedures or medications with undesirable side effects , '' '' said Dr. Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy , an associate professor with the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City , Kansas , who led the study . He presented his findings at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology being held in New Orleans . The study involved 49 patients with the heart rhythm disorder who had no physical limitations and no prior experience with yoga . Their episodes of irregular heartbeat were measured for a six-month period by researchers at the hospital . During the first three months , patients were allowed to participate in any physical activity they liked . For the remaining three months , they underwent a supervised yoga program that involved breathing exercises , yoga postures , meditation and relaxation . Forty-five minute yoga sessions with a certified professional were held three times each week , and patients were encouraged to practice daily yoga exercises at home . Heart monitors measured episodes of irregular heartbeat throughout the trial , and patients completed short self-administered surveys to assess their levels of anxiety , depression and overall quality of life . '' `` SIGNIFICANT IMPACT '' '' On average , yoga cut episodes of the irregular heartbeat in half , while also significantly reducing depression and anxiety scores and improving scores in physical functioning , general health , vitality , social functioning and mental health , the researchers found . '' `` It appears yoga has a significant impact on helping to regulate patients ' heartbeat and improves the overall quality of life , '' '' Lakkireddy said . Atrial fibrillation causes blood to pool in the upper chambers of the heart , where it can clot and travel to the brain , causing strokes . Millions of patients with the condition take the blood thinner warfarin every day to lower the risk of such clots , and thereby prevent strokes . Considering its low cost and benefits , Lakkireddy said yoga should be considered in overall treatment of atrial fibrillation and other heart rhythm problems . But Lakkireddy cautioned that larger studies are needed to bear out the findings of his study , and that patients should continue with standard medical therapy . '' `` Based on my findings , one should not tell patients that yoga will fix everything and they can stop taking their anticoagulants . Yoga is strictly a supplement for everything else they are doing medically , '' '' he said . A new wave of promising medicines to prevent such strokes is being developed by several drugmakers , one of which - Xarelto being developed by Bayer -LRB- BAYGn.DE : Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz -RRB- and Johnson & Johnson -LRB- JNJ.N : Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz -RRB- - will be highlighted at the heart meeting . But the pills come with side effects , and are expected to cost thousands of dollars a year , when they reach the market . -LRB- Reporting by Ransdell Pierson and Bill Berkrot -RRB-

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Jan Brewer Offers To Restore Life Saving Transplant Program In Exchange For Taking Health Care Away From 160,000 Arizonans The blogosphere was abuzz yesterday with the big news that Arizona Governor Jan Brewer-who last year cut off $ 1.2 million in Medicaid funding required to provide life-saving organ transplants to Arizonans in need - was ready to restore the funding and set things right for the nearly 100 people who remain on the list awaiting transplants . While the change of heart has come late for the two unfortunate souls who have already passed away as a result of the budget cut , at least those who remain alive would now have a chance to survive . That 's some pretty good news - if only it were true . Contrary to yesterday 's happy reports , Governor Brewer has done nothing to restore this funding . What she did do was send a letter to HHS Secretary Sibelius wherein she offered a rather intriguing trade . If the Secretary would agree to Brewer 's desire to cut some $ 500 million from the state 's Medicaid program , Governor Brewer would reciprocate by restoring the $ 1.2 million in funding for the transplant program . Brewer 's proposal would eliminate all new enrollments for Arizona adults who do not have children , along with ending the availability of Medicaid services to those who earn 75 % of the federal poverty level or more . To be clear , that 's not 75 % above the poverty level . Brewer seeks to cut off Medicaid services to those who earn 25 % below the federal poverty line . The result of the governor 's plan would be the denial of Medicaid to approximately 160,000 Arizonans . And , if it 's all good with the HHS Secretary , Governor Brewer would also like to increase payments for approximately 200,000 Arizonans who wish to stay on Medicare . Some deal , right ? All Sibelius has to do is allow Brewer to completely cut off vital medical services to some 160,000 Arizonans while raising the costs of care for 200,000 more who would struggle to pay the extra charge and , in return , the governor will reciprocate by giving up her 100 hostages waiting to die due to lack of money to pay for the transplants that would save their lives . What a gal . As luck would have it , that $ 500 million figure Brewer seeks to cut from state Medicaid services fits snuggly into a rather gaping hole in the Arizona state budget - the one created when Governor Brewer pushed through a $ 538 million corporate tax cut package earlier this year But what 's a governor to do ? Finding an extra $ 1.2 million to save 100 lives is no easy chore . Never mind that the Governor found $ 5 million to give to the Pinal County Sheriff for an immigration-enforcement fund that his own county supervisors refused to provide . Never mind that Brewer spent $ 1.7 million of the stimulus money given her by the federal government to fix the roof of Veterans Memorial Coliseum - money that could have legally been spent on the transplant program . But a governor 's got to do what a governor 's got to do . And if 100 people have to die so that Pinal County can track down one more illegal alien , then I suppose that 's just the price and privilege of being an Arizonan .

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Popping off on calories WASHINGTON - Movie-going tubbies wo n't have to worry about their tubs of popcorn giving them a guilt trip . Even though the Food and Drug Administration is instituting new calorie-labeling requirements for food , movie theaters will be exempt . A tub of butter-laden popcorn can contain well above 1,000 calories . Along with movie emporiums , exemptions have been made for airplanes , bowling alleys and other businesses whose primary business is not to sell food , according to the FDA . Movie theaters pushed to be exempted after guidelines published last year included them . The FDA is imposing new requirements that will force chain restaurants with 20 or more locations , along with bakeries , grocery stores , convenience stores and coffee chains , to clearly post the number of calories in each food item . The rules will also apply to vending machines . The calorie counts will apply to an estimated 280,000 establishments .

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David Edelstein Talks Lincoln Lawyer , Rand Paul ’ s Toilet Issues Comment Over on his blog The Projectionist this week , New York movie critic David Edelstein weighs in on two disparate but equally critical topics : the '' `` vastly underrated '' '' Matthew McConaughey movie 's The Lincoln Lawyer , and the recent toilet-based rant of the junior senator from Kentucky , Rand Paul . -LSB- Projectionist -RSB-

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FDA proposes calorie counts on menus WASHINGTON • Like it or not , many restaurant diners will soon know more about what they are eating under menu labeling requirements proposed Friday by the Food and Drug Administration . The requirements will force chain restaurants with 20 or more locations , along with bakeries , grocery stores , convenience stores and coffee chains , to clearly post the amount of calories in each item on menus , both in restaurants and drive-through lanes . The new rules will also apply to vending machines where calorie information is n't already visible on the package . The calorie counts will apply to an estimated 280,000 establishments and could be on menus by 2012 . Required as part of health overhaul legislation signed into law last year , they are designed to give restaurant diners information that has long been available on packaged goods cooked at home . The FDA estimates that a third of calories are consumed by eating out . '' `` We 've got a huge obesity problem in this country and its due in part to excess calorie consumption outside the home , '' '' says Mike Taylor , FDA deputy commissioner for foods . '' `` Consumers generally when you ask them say they would prefer to have that information . '' '' But do n't expect calorie shock when ordering at the movie theater , where a tub of popcorn can contain well north of a thousand calories - movie theaters are exempt , along with airplanes , bowling alleys and other businesses whose primary business is not to sell food , according to the FDA . Movie theaters pushed to be left out after guidelines published last year included them . Alcohol will also be exempted , according to the agency . Margo Wootan , director of nutrition policy at the advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest , says that could be misleading to consumers . '' `` I think it 's going to be confusing if customers see the calories for soft drinks and juice labeled on the menu but not other drinks such as beer and wine , '' '' she said . '' `` It will make it seem like they are better choices . '' '' Still , Wootan says the guidelines are a positive step . Story continues below '' `` You wo n't have to get out of line and go back to some poster by the bathroom and look at some item in a tiny font size , '' '' she says . '' `` It will be right there on the menu where you are getting your other information about what to order . '' '' The idea is to make sure that customers process the calorie information as they are figuring out what to eat . Many restaurants currently post nutritional information in a hallway , on a hamburger wrapper or on their website . The new law will make calories immediately available for most items . Menus and menu boards will also tell diners that a 2,000-calorie diet is used as the basis for general nutrition advice , noting that individual calorie needs may vary . The labeling requirements were added to the health bill with the support of the restaurant industry , which is facing a smattering of different laws from cities and states . New York City was the first in the country to put a calorie posting law in place . Since then , California , Seattle and other places have done so . Dawn Sweeney , president and CEO of the National Restaurant Association , said the calorie postings will provide customers with consistent information . '' `` The new standard , '' '' she said , '' `` will help chain restaurants provide the same type of nutrition information to consumers in any part of the country . '' '' Copyright 2011 The Associated Press . All rights reserved . This material may not be published , broadcast , rewritten or redistributed .

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In the World Brain swelling tied to bear death BERLIN - The Berlin zoo 's celebrity polar bear , Knut , drowned after swelling of his brain caused him to collapse and fall into his enclosure 's pool , experts said Friday . A necropsy of the four-year-old bear who died suddenly two weeks ago showed he was suffering from encephalitis , an irritation and swelling of the brain that was likely brought on by an infection , pathologist Claudia Szentiks said . It remains unclear what that infection was , but Achim Gruber , a professor of veterinary medicine at Berlin 's Free University , said it likely was a virus . Knut , who was born at the zoo , quickly rose to celebrity status as an irresistibly cute cub who had been rejected by his mother . Knut died March 19 in front of hundreds of visitors , turning around several times and then falling into the water in his enclosure . Experts who examined Knut found large quantities of fluid in his lungs , supporting the conclusion that the immediate cause of death was drowning . But they said that even if he had n't fallen into the water he likely would n't have survived . - AP Suicide bomber kills 3 in Fallujah BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber disguised as a street cleaner walked up to soldiers outside a mosque and blew himself up Friday , killing two of the troops and a worshiper in a western Iraqi city that was once an al-Qaeda in Iraq hotbed . The blast wounded six people , including four soldiers who were stationed outside the Fallujah mosque to protect worshipers , according to a senior city police official . The unit 's commander , an army colonel , was among the dead , the official said . Also Friday , about 65 people were wounded in a demonstration in the Kurdish city of Sulaymaniyah when protesters demanding jobs and better services began hurling stones at security forces . City health official Rekard Rasheed said at least 38 of the injured were policemen . - AP Anarchist group claims bombings ATHENS , Greece - An Italian radical anarchist group has claimed responsibility for three mail-bomb attacks on a Greek prison , an office of the Swiss nuclear power industry , and an Italian military barracks , authorities said Friday . Two of the bombs exploded , injuring two people in Switzerland and one in Italy , while officials at the maximum-security Korydallos prison in Athens defused the third device Thursday . Greek police said the Informal Anarchist Federation , or FAI , expressed solidarity with suspected radical anarchists in prison in Greece , Switzerland , Chile , and Germany , in a proclamation found inside the parcel . - AP Elsewhere : The Israeli military said Friday that its aircraft had attacked a group of Palestinians in Gaza it says was planning to abduct Israelis . A military spokeswoman said the group was plotting the attacks for the Jewish festival of Passover later this month , in Israel as well as in the popular Egyptian resort of Sinai . Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Adham Abu Salmia said three men were killed .

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FDA proposes calorie counts on menus WASHINGTON -- It could get harder to indulge in a double cheeseburger and fries without feeling guilty . Menu labeling requirements proposed Friday by the Food and Drug Administration will require chain restaurants with 20 or more locations , along with bakeries , grocery stores , convenience stores and coffee chains , to clearly post the calorie count for each item on their menus . '' `` We 've got a huge obesity problem in this country and it 's due in part to excess calorie consumption outside the home , '' '' says Mike Taylor , FDA deputy commissioner for foods . '' `` Consumers generally when you ask them say they would prefer to have that information . '' '' The new rules will apply to menus , both in restaurants and drive-through lanes . They will also apply to vending machines if calorie information is n't already visible on the package . The calorie counts will apply to an estimated 280,000 establishments and could be on menus by 2012 . Required as part of health overhaul legislation signed into law last year , they are designed to give restaurant diners information that has long been available on packaged goods cooked at home . The FDA estimates that a third of calories are consumed by eating out . But do n't expect calorie shock when ordering at the movie theater , where a tub of popcorn can contain well north of a thousand calories -- movie theaters are exempt , along with airplanes , bowling alleys and other businesses whose primary business is not to sell food , according to the FDA . Movie theaters pushed to be left out after guidelines published last year included them . Alcohol will also be exempted , according to the agency . Margo Wootan , director of nutrition policy at the advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest , says that could be misleading to consumers . '' `` I think it 's going to be confusing if customers see the calories for soft drinks and juice labeled on the menu but not other drinks such as beer and wine , '' '' she said . '' `` It will make it seem like they are better choices . '' '' Still , Wootan says the guidelines are a positive step . '' `` You wo n't have to get out of line and go back to some poster by the bathroom and look at some item in a tiny font size , '' '' she says . '' `` It will be right there on the menu where you are getting your other information about what to order . '' '' The idea is to make sure that customers process the calorie information as they are figuring out what to eat . Many restaurants currently post nutritional information in a hallway , on a hamburger wrapper or on their website . The new law will make calories immediately available for most items . Menus and menu boards will also tell diners that a 2,000-calorie diet is used as the basis for general nutrition advice , noting that individual calorie needs may vary . The labeling requirements were added to the health bill with the support of the restaurant industry , which is facing a smattering of laws from cities and states . New York City was the first in the country to put a calorie posting law in place . Since then , California , Seattle and other places have done so . Dawn Sweeney , president and CEO of the National Restaurant Association , said the calorie postings will provide customers with consistent information . '' `` The new standard , '' '' she said , '' `` will help chain restaurants provide the same type of nutrition information to consumers in any part of the country . '' '' © Copyright 2011 Associated Press . All rights reserved . This material may not be published , broadcast , rewritten , or redistributed .

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FDA Panel Delays Action on Dyes Used in Foods It calls for more research , but many parents and scientists fear link to ADHD THURSDAY , March 31 -LRB- HealthDay News -RRB- - Foods that contain dyes used to enhance color do n't need warning labels , a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel said Thursday . The advisers ' 8-6 vote came in response to concerns , especially from parents , that the commonly used dyes might be linked to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder -LRB- ADHD -RRB- in some children . The advisory panel made its recommendation based on the FDA 's evaluation of existing data , as well as testimony from researchers . It was the lack of rigorous studies , as well as a lack of data , that prompted the panel to ask for more research into the issue and delay a recommendation on artificial food colorings , CNN reported . The issue pitted the food industry against some parents , public watchdog groups and academics who 've long agitated for a closer look at the additives . The FDA advisers , concluding two days of hearings that featured parents , scientists and food-industry representatives , said there was n't enough evidence to definitively say that food dyes contribute to ADHD . The FDA is not required to follow the recommendations of its advisory panels , but it usually does so . Artificial dyes are added to many foods including JELL-O , Lucky Charms , Pop-Tarts , Nestles Butterfinger bars , Hostess Twinkies and Frito-Lay Doritos , to name a few , according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest . The FDA does have regulatory authority over food additives . For example , in 1976 , Red No. 2 was banned because it might be cancer-causing . This week 's meeting was significant because it was '' `` the first time the FDA has acknowledged that food dyes may affect children in a limited way , '' '' said Dr. David Schab , a psychiatric researcher and an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center and the New York State Psychiatric Institute in New York City . Schab , who was scheduled to testify at the hearing , called it '' `` a big step forward . '' '' The question the panel was dealing with was whether the dyes cause ADHD , or might they simply trigger some nonspecific behaviors , such as irritability and insomnia , Schab said . Jeff Cronin , a spokesman for the Center for Science in the Public Interest , which has long lobbied for a ban on the dyes , said '' `` the evidence that artificial food dyes worsen some children 's behavior is pretty convincing . '' '' Cronin had hoped that the FDA panel would recommend warning labels on foods with these additives , and encourage companies to switch to safer colorings . Given the studies done so far , Schab said he also favored eliminating artificial colorings from foods . '' `` I would like the FDA to eliminate dyes , but I would also be very happy if we would have a label warning , like the ones that protect Europeans , '' '' Schab added . '' `` Labels that warn that these dyes have potential detrimental effects on behavior . '' '' Based on its review of published studies , the FDA at this point said '' `` a causal relationship between exposure to color additives and hyperactivity in children in the general population has not been established . '' '' However , it did go on to say that for some children with ADHD and other behavioral problems , these dyes may exacerbate their problems . But dyes may not be the only food additive that has this effect , the FDA noted . On the other side of the debate , Brian Kennedy , a spokesman for the Grocery Manufacturers Association , contended that '' `` the safety of artificial colors has been affirmed through extensive review by the FDA and the European Food Safety Authority , and neither agency sees the need to change current policy . '' '' Kennedy added that '' `` all of the major safety bodies globally have reviewed the available science and have determined that there is no demonstrable link between artificial food colors and hyperactivity among children . '' '' Another industry voice said that food aesthetics matter to American consumers . In a statement , David Schmidt , president and CEO of the International Food Information Council , said that '' `` food colors add to our enjoyment of food by maintaining or improving their appearance . '' '' '' `` Without sufficient scientific evidence that a causal link truly exists between food colors and hyperactivity in children , communications that suggest a link could have unintended consequences , including unnecessarily frightening consumers about safe ingredients that are consumed every day , '' '' he said . '' `` Misguided theories dilute the impact of advice from health professionals on methods that have been found through scientific research to be truly effective in treating ADHD , such as medication and behavior modification . '' '' However , Dr. Roberto F. Lopez-Alberola , chief of pediatric neurology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine , believes the dyes could have neurological effects on children . '' `` The European Food Safety Authority has made it law that foods that contain these additives have a warning label , '' '' he said . '' `` This is already old news in the Old World . '' '' Lopez-Alberola said these dyes make foods more attractive , especially to children , and he speculates that part of the increase in ADHD and autism has resulted from food additives . '' `` It 's not the sugar , it could well be these colorants , '' '' he said . Cronin , the spokesman for the Center for Science in the Public Interest , said there are alternatives to chemical colorings . He said that when warning labels were put on foods in Europe , it caused many U.S.-based food companies to market natural-based food-colored products in Europe . More information

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State tests for radiation in Metro East SPRINGFIELD , Ill. • Illinois ' emergency management agency is testing for elevated radiation levels in the Metro East area , after finding trace materials elsewhere believed to be related to Japan 's earthquake-damaged nuclear power reactors , officials confirmed Friday . They stressed that the radioactive materials found in grass clippings from upstate Will County and in Springfield air samples are in minuscule amounts , far below established safety levels . '' `` These levels are very low and present no hazard to people in Illinois , '' '' Jonathon Monken , director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency , said in a statement . '' `` We will continue to track the deposition of radiation in Illinois to ensure there is no impact on public health and safety . '' '' Agency spokeswoman Patti Thompson said officials are now testing grass in Madison and Clinton counties and milk from local cows in Clinton and Bond counties , with additional testing in West Chicago and the Springfield area . The Metro East counties were chosen because of their proximity to the agency 's Springfield facilities and the fact that they 're not near any of Illinois ' six operational nuclear facilities . In Missouri , officials of the state 's Department of Health and Senior Services regularly monitor air , water and local milk , at monitoring sites in St. Louis , Jefferson City and Springfield . '' `` We have not received any reports of elevated radiation , '' '' said department spokeswoman Jacqueline Lapine . At least 15 other U.S. states have found trace levels of radioactivity apparently resulting from releases half a world away , at Japan 's Fukushima nuclear power reactors . The reactors were severely damaged in the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami that hit Japan on March 11 , sparking worldwide concern about radioactivity . Thompson describes the radioactive levels found so far in Illinois as being about 200,000 times lower than the regulatory limits set for nuclear power plants . '' `` It was almost impossible to detect , '' '' she said . The intent with continued testing '' `` is to let people know we 're watching for it ... and to make sure we do n't see levels later that are of concern . '' '' Thompson said there is little doubt the readings are from the Japan disaster . '' `` This is a material that you really only find from a fission process , and this is the only thing we know of in the world with that kind of release . '' '' The material in question has an eight-day '' `` half life , '' '' meaning it loses half its radioactivity in eight days , and in effect will be gone in seven weeks .

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FDA proposes calorie counts on menus -LRB- AP -RRB- - It could get harder to indulge in a double cheeseburger and fries without feeling guilty . Menu labeling requirements proposed Friday by the Food and Drug Administration will require chain restaurants with 20 or more locations , along with bakeries , grocery stores , convenience stores and coffee chains , to clearly post the calorie count for each item on their menus . '' `` We 've got a huge obesity problem in this country and it 's due in part to excess calorie consumption outside the home , '' '' says Mike Taylor , FDA deputy commissioner for foods . '' `` Consumers generally when you ask them say they would prefer to have that information . '' '' The new rules will apply to menus , both in restaurants and drive-through lanes . They will also apply to vending machines if calorie information is n't already visible on the package . The calorie counts will apply to an estimated 280,000 establishments and could be on menus by 2012 . Required as part of health overhaul legislation signed into law last year , they are designed to give restaurant diners information that has long been available on packaged goods cooked at home . The FDA estimates that a third of calories are consumed by eating out . But do n't expect calorie shock when ordering at the movie theater , where a tub of popcorn can contain well north of a thousand calories - movie theaters are exempt , along with airplanes , bowling alleys and other businesses whose primary business is not to sell food , according to the FDA . Movie theaters pushed to be left out after guidelines published last year included them . Alcohol will also be exempted , according to the agency . Margo Wootan , director of nutrition policy at the advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest , says that could be misleading to consumers . '' `` I think it 's going to be confusing if customers see the calories for soft drinks and juice labeled on the menu but not other drinks such as beer and wine , '' '' she said . '' `` It will make it seem like they are better choices . '' '' Still , Wootan says the guidelines are a positive step . '' `` You wo n't have to get out of line and go back to some poster by the bathroom and look at some item in a tiny font size , '' '' she says . '' `` It will be right there on the menu where you are getting your other information about what to order . '' '' The idea is to make sure that customers process the calorie information as they are figuring out what to eat . Many restaurants currently post nutritional information in a hallway , on a hamburger wrapper or on their website . The new law will make calories immediately available for most items . Menus and menu boards will also tell diners that a 2,000-calorie diet is used as the basis for general nutrition advice , noting that individual calorie needs may vary . The labeling requirements were added to the health bill with the support of the restaurant industry , which is facing a smattering of laws from cities and states . New York City was the first in the country to put a calorie posting law in place . Since then , California , Seattle and other places have done so . Dawn Sweeney , president and CEO of the National Restaurant Association , said the calorie postings will provide customers with consistent information . '' `` The new standard , '' '' she said , '' `` will help chain restaurants provide the same type of nutrition information to consumers in any part of the country . '' '' © 2010 The Associated Press . All rights reserved . This material may not be published , broadcast , rewritten or redistributed .

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FDA proposes calorie counts on menus WASHINGTON - Like it or not , many restaurant diners will soon know more about what they are eating under menu labeling requirements proposed Friday by the Food and Drug Administration . The requirements will force chain restaurants with 20 or more locations , along with bakeries , grocery stores , convenience stores and coffee chains , to clearly post the amount of calories in each item on menus , both in restaurants and drive-through lanes . The new rules will also apply to vending machines where calorie information is n't already visible on the package . The calorie counts will apply to an estimated 280,000 establishments and could be on menus by 2012 . Required as part of health overhaul legislation signed into law last year , they are designed to give restaurant diners information that has long been available on packaged goods cooked at home . The FDA estimates that a third of calories are consumed by eating out . '' `` We 've got a huge obesity problem in this country and it 's due in part to excess calorie consumption outside the home , '' '' says Mike Taylor , FDA deputy commissioner for foods . '' `` Consumers generally when you ask them say they would prefer to have that information . '' '' But do n't expect calorie shock when ordering at the movie theater , where a tub of popcorn can contain well north of a thousand calories - movie theaters are exempt , along with airplanes , bowling alleys and other businesses whose primary business is not to sell food , the FDA said . Movie theaters pushed to be left out after guidelines published last year included them .

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Ultra low calorie diet advertisement is banned from TV An advertisement for a diet involving a calorie intake of around a quarter of normal recommendations has been banned for misleading viewers . LighterLife was criticised by the Advertising Standards Authority -LRB- ASA -RRB- for not living up to its promise of medical support . The commercial said the diet was ` subject to GP 's health check and monthly reassessment ' . But the ASA found the medical support offered was inadequate . It ruled that the advertisement , which showed a slim woman dancing with an obese cardboard cut-out of herself , also created the false impression that the diet was a long-term solution . The ASA had received a complaint from a customer who said the promised support failed to materialise . Dieters with three stone or more to lose eat four ` foodpacks ' a day consisting of soup , shakes or cereal bars . They take in 530 calories a day -- compared with the 2,000 recommended for a woman and 2,500 for a man . The advertisement was taken off air in 2009 but LighterLife , based in Harlow , Essex , had appealed .

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FDA Proposes Calorie Counts On Restaurant Menus It could get harder to indulge in a double cheeseburger and fries without feeling guilty . Menu labeling requirements proposed Friday by the Food and Drug Administration will require chain restaurants with 20 or more locations , along with bakeries , grocery stores , convenience stores and coffee chains , to clearly post the calorie count for each item on their menus . '' `` We 've got a huge obesity problem in this country and it 's due in part to excess calorie consumption outside the home , '' '' says Mike Taylor , FDA deputy commissioner for foods . '' `` Consumers generally when you ask them say they would prefer to have that information . '' '' The new rules will apply to menus , both in restaurants and drive-through lanes . They will also apply to vending machines if calorie information is n't already visible on the package . The calorie counts will apply to an estimated 280,000 establishments and could be on menus by 2012 . Required as part of health overhaul legislation signed into law last year , they are designed to give restaurant diners information that has long been available on packaged goods cooked at home . The FDA estimates that a third of calories are consumed by eating out . But do n't expect calorie shock when ordering at the movie theater , where a tub of popcorn can contain well north of a thousand calories - movie theaters are exempt , along with airplanes , bowling alleys and other businesses whose primary business is not to sell food , according to the FDA . Movie theaters pushed to be left out after guidelines published last year included them . Alcohol will also be exempted , according to the agency . Margo Wootan , director of nutrition policy at the advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest , says that could be misleading to consumers . '' `` I think it 's going to be confusing if customers see the calories for soft drinks and juice labeled on the menu but not other drinks such as beer and wine , '' '' she said . '' `` It will make it seem like they are better choices . '' '' Still , Wootan says the guidelines are a positive step . '' `` You wo n't have to get out of line and go back to some poster by the bathroom and look at some item in a tiny font size , '' '' she says . '' `` It will be right there on the menu where you are getting your other information about what to order . '' '' The idea is to make sure that customers process the calorie information as they are figuring out what to eat . Many restaurants currently post nutritional information in a hallway , on a hamburger wrapper or on their website . The new law will make calories immediately available for most items . Menus and menu boards will also tell diners that a 2,000-calorie diet is used as the basis for general nutrition advice , noting that individual calorie needs may vary . The labeling requirements were added to the health bill with the support of the restaurant industry , which is facing a smattering of laws from cities and states . New York City was the first in the country to put a calorie posting law in place . Since then , California , Seattle and other places have done so . Dawn Sweeney , president and CEO of the National Restaurant Association , said the calorie postings will provide customers with consistent information . '' `` The new standard , '' '' she said , '' `` will help chain restaurants provide the same type of nutrition information to consumers in any part of the country . '' ''

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Donald Trump Lands a Fox News Gig -- Sublime television clown Donald Trump 's pretend presidential candidacy is chugging along splendidly as it rains gold , laughs , and a deeper appreciation for the surreal across this great nation . It 's fun to write about , it 's chilling to read about , and it 's lucrative for Donald Trump . His Celebrity Apprentice ratings are up , he 's getting more headlines than any other '' `` real '' '' GOP presidential contenders , and now he 's landed another television gig . This why he 's running a pretend presidential campaign , of course , and the con should keep bearing fruit until he suddenly '' `` drops out '' '' of the race to spend more time with his latest family , during sweeps week . Fox News has made Donald Trump a contributor , folks . It 's happened . Supposedly Fox News ' policy was to cut its contributors who are considering presidential runs , but that was at least a week or two ago and conditions on the ground have changed . Thank goodness . Because he wo n't be on any terrible Fox News show , either . His weekly segment will be on Fox & Friends , the network 's illiterate dementia variety hour . '' `` Monday Mornings with Trump , '' '' as it will be titled , consolidates three of Americans ' least favorite things into four words . Have you set your TiVo yet ?

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Fake Weed Claims Another Naval Academy Student -- The synthetic fake weed known as '' `` spice '' '' -- the scourge of America 's armed forces -- has claimed the career of another Naval Academy midshipman , bringing the total number of students expelled for taking bong rips of expensive oregano to 12 . From Reuters : '' `` Our purpose is to produce leaders , and as such , we will not graduate or commission any illicit drug user . This type of character flaw is simply incompatible with leading the Sailors of the 21st century , '' '' Vice Admiral Michael H. Miller , Superintendent of the Naval Academy , said in a statement . It 's bad enough that they 're being expelled , but at least they could go down for smoking real weed . What a disgrace .

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Federal Plan Would Streamline Medicare Emphasis Shifts From Hospital Visits to Preventative Medicine Health and Human Services proposed new regulations Thursday it hopes will reduce Medicare costs and improve care by focusing funds on prevention and quality , rather than the number of times a patient sees a doctor . Affordable care organizations could save Medicare $ 960 million over the next three years , Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said . She emphasized the need for preventive care , saying that 1 in 5 Medicare patients who make a visit to the hospital are back within 30 days , and that 1 in 7 suffer a harmful mistake . An additional 100,000 patients die from infections every year . '' `` These results are unacceptable , '' '' she said . Under the proposed system , which would begin in 2012 , hospitals and other medical facilities serving more than 5,000 Medicare patients could form teams of primary care doctors , nurse practitioners and specialists to coordinate a patient 's care . The patient would still be able to choose his own doctor , and the system is voluntary . The regulation comes as part of the federal health care law , but is open for public comment before it is finalized later this year . Half of Medicare beneficiaries have more than one chronic condition and often receive care from several doctors , according to Health and Human Services . If doctors do n't talk to each other , they can make mistakes in prescribing medications that should n't be taken with the patient 's other prescriptions , or could administer care or tests the patient has already received . '' `` It describes what we 've been up to for 10 years , '' '' said Steve Safyer , president of Montefiore Medical Center in New York City . '' `` It really is what people are moving toward . '' '' Safyer said coordinated care emphasizes quality and safety , and at his hospital , it means going out to visit elderly patients who live in four-story walk-ups in the Bronx , or making sure patients can get all of their care in one place . One doctor takes charge of each patient 's care , while a team nurse coordinates appointments . The care manager makes sure a patient knows what to avoid with his heart-disease medications , as well as calling to ensure a diabetic patient has her blood sugar under control . '' `` From a financial point of view , 80 % of our payments are Medicare and Medicaid , '' '' he said . '' `` This is the only system , in my mind , that can manage the expense . '' '' The organizations would be eligible for bonuses if they improve the quality of their care and reduce wasteful practices . But there 's some risk : The government will create a benchmark that each organization must reach to assess whether it will receive a bonus from the savings created , or repay shared losses . Mike Nugent , co-author of '' `` Accountable Care Organizations : Your Guide to Strategy , Design , and Implementation , '' '' said there are at least 50 affordable care organization projects being considered across the country . A small number do it because of the shared-savings aspect of the plan , he said , but more do it because they need to cut costs . '' `` The bigger issue is that -LSB- Medicare -RSB- reimbursement is not going to increase as it has in the past , '' '' he said . In the past , Medicare payments have increased about 3 % every year , but now those payments will be capped , and doctors will have to cut costs to keep their services competitive . '' `` Competition preempts reform . Competition preempts these regulations . '' ''

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Gillard wakes up to long-term threat BOB Brown wants the Australian Greens to be a mainstream political party . The long-term Green dream is to shift from power-sharing with Labor in government to supplanting the ALP . Julia Gillard , after entering a formal alliance with the Greens to form a minority government , has realised , in the wake of the NSW electoral disaster for Labor , that the Greens are a threat to her short-term credibility and long-term political appeal . After relying on written undertakings with the Greens and rural independent MPs to form a government last year , the Prime Minister has become increasingly alert to the need to frame herself as a conservative , middle-road Australian than she is perceived to be . At the same time , she is distancing herself from the Greens , who find themselves facing real media scrutiny for the first time . Gillard has been putting herself in the middle and setting Labor against the '' `` extremes '' '' of the Coalition and the Greens . The Labor leader and some of her ministers have started using strident language to condemn the Greens ' policies and paint them as being unworldly and not a party of government . At the same time , the Greens ' leader has been pushing his party as mainstream , reasonable and responsible as he tries to pick up Labor voters and any Liberals who want action on climate change . While blaming '' `` the hate media '' '' - specifically The Australian for reporting the Greens policy of a boycott of Israel - Brown conceded yesterday that it cost the Greens votes in NSW and was wrong . It put the Greens back in the extreme shade and made the long-term hope of replacing a major party -LRB- Labor -RRB- less likely . As Nationals ' senator Ron Boswell noted yesterday , the Greens in the Senate opposed a motion moved last week to denounce the Israeli boycott but yesterday was saying it was the wrong thing to do . The Greens ca n't keep having a bob each way , as Boswell said last night .

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Budget Cuts Head To Latest Showdown Democrats and Republicans have until Friday , April 8 , to reach an agreement on funding the federal government through the rest of the fiscal year before it shuts down . Host Scott Simon talks with Sen. Tom Coburn about the federal stopgap funding measure .

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Swaziland serial killer sentenced to death MBABANE , Swaziland -- Media in Swaziland say a serial killer has been sentenced to death . State TV showed David Simelane listening calmly as Judge Jacobus Annandale sentenced him Friday . Executions , carried out by hanging in Swaziland , are rare in this southern African kingdom . The last to be carried out was in 1983 . Simelane was convicted last month in the deaths of 28 people , most of them women and children . The case has moved slowly through the courts since Simelane was arrested in 2001 .

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Ten trapped underground in coal mine accident in China 's Xinjiang URUMQI , April 2 -LRB- Xinhua -RRB- - Ten people were trapped underground in a coal mine Saturday in northwest China 's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region . Initial investigation shows that the accident was a coal and gas outburst at 1:08 p.m. Saturday in the provincial capital Urumqi , said a spokesman of the region 's coal mine safety supervision bureau .

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Ivory Coast : Fighting rages near president 's palace Heavy fighting is raging near Ivory Coast 's presidential palace and mansion , as armed forces loyal to the elected leader closed in on the strongman who has held on to power in defiance of the results of elections held in November . Alassane Ouattara , who won November 's UN-supervised election , also ordered the country 's borders closed in an attempt to prevent strongman Laurent Gbagbo and his allies from fleeing . Residents of Abidjan locked up in their homes reported barrages of heavy arms fire punctuated by detonations throughout the night . On the peninsula where the presidential palace is situated , buildings were shaking with each explosion , witnesses said . Patrick Achi , a spokesman for Mr Ouattara , said the fighters had breached the city limit overnight and were waging battles at the palace and the residence . Mr Achi said the forces , who are former rebels who fought in a civil war a decade ago that left Ivory Coast divided , had seized Radio Television Ivoirienne , the government-owned broadcaster . Choi Young-jin , the top United Nations envoy in Ivory Coast , told French radio on Thursday that as many as 50,000 soldiers , police and members of the security force have abandoned Mr Gbagbo in recent days . Sanctions imposed on Mr Gabagbo and his inner circle failed to dislodge the strongman , but analysts say the armed offensive will force the regime out within days . '' `` It 's over -- except for the shooting , '' '' said a diplomat stationed in the city . A Swedish woman working for the United Nations was killed by a stray bullet during the fighting in Abidjan on Thursday night , the Foreign Ministry in Stockholm confirmed . Some 500 foreigners have sought refuge at a French military base . Since the election , up to 1 million people have fled the fighting and at least 494 people have been killed , most of them Ouattara supporters .

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Judge sentences Swaziland serial killer to death by hanging MBABANE , Swaziland - Media in Swaziland say a serial killer has been sentenced to death . State TV showed David Simelane listening calmly as Judge Jacobus Annandale sentenced him Friday . Executions , carried out by hanging in Swaziland , are rare in this southern African kingdom . The last to be carried out was in 1983 . Simelane was convicted last month in the deaths of 28 people , most of them women and children . The case has moved slowly through the courts since Simelane was arrested in 2001 .

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Facing Budget Deficit , Ariz. . Shifts Costs To Cities Like many other states , Arizona is facing a crippling budget deficit . And like other states , it 's trying to balance the books by shifting some large costs to county and local governments . And that 's not going over so well on the local level .

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Entrenched Ivory Coast leader calls for resistance ABIDJAN , Ivory Coast -LRB- AP -RRB- - A rebel offensive aiming to unseat Ivory Coast 's strongman appeared to encounter resistance Saturday , as soldiers loyal to the entrenched ruler seized back the state television station and broadcast a call to arms . In a televised address on Saturday morning , Laurent Gbagbo 's military spokesman Lt. Col. Alphonse Guano called on security forces to report for duty and to resist attacks by fighters loyal to internationally recognized president Alassane Ouattara . A disheveled TV announcer said Gbagbo was at his residence Saturday and that it had not been attacked . In just five days , the force aiming to install the democratically elected Ouattara had succeeded in taking nearly 80 percent of Ivory Coast , before entering Abidjan and encircling both the presidential residence and the palace . Overnight , however , the shooting near the palace and the residence died down , suggesting that the armed group had been pushed back . A fighter with Ouattara 's forces , Boubacar Drame , said that they were waiting for reinforcements . Gbagbo 's Europe-based adviser Toussaint Alain told reporters in Paris that Gbagbo is still in his residence '' `` like Sarkozy at the Elysee and Obama at the White House , '' '' referring to the French and U.S. presidents . However , Gbagbo 's whereabouts could not be confirmed Saturday and the phones of his close aides rang unanswered . And a resident living near Gbagbo 's residence in Abidjan 's Cocody neighborhood said that at around 9 a.m. the shooting restarted after a mostly quiet night . '' `` I am just 1 kilometer -LRB- 0.6 mile -RRB- from the residence . There are volleys of shots , '' '' said Yeo N'Dri . Heavy machine-gun fire erupted just after noon at one end of the lagoonside highway leading to the palace , around two city blocks from the gate of the presidential compound . An adviser to Ouattara who asked not to be named because he is not authorized to speak to the press said the loss of the TV station was a setback , but that Ouattara 's forces were still at both the residence and the palace and were readying for battle . He said Ouattara told him fighters had surrounded the palace but that they stopped shooting , to give Gbagbo time to surrender overnight . '' `` He said there has been too much blood , '' '' said the adviser . '' `` Ouattara does not want for Gbagbo to die . But he also said that patience has a limit . '' '' The battle for the country 's most important city has come at a terrible price . On Tuesday , the day after Ouattara 's forces took the western town of Duekoue , intercommunal fighting broke out , killing at least 800 people , according to the International Committee of the Red Cross . Patrick Nicholson , spokesman for the Roman Catholic charity Caritas , told The Associated Press that Caritas workers visited one neighborhood in Duekoue that was filled with bodies of victims killed by gunshots and hacked to death with machetes . He estimates the death toll was as high as 1,000 . It 's unclear if Ouattara 's forces were involved in the attack , and Duekoue has been the scene of communal violence before . Ouattara 's government Saturday denied their fighters were involved in any atrocities , and blamed the killings on Gbagbo forces acting as they retreated . Gbagbo , 65 , has not been seen in public since the offensive began , but those in his inner circle said Friday he was still in Abidjan and would fight until the end . Ouattara has ordered land and sea borders closed to seal all the exits in case Gbagbo attempts to flee . Ouattara 's victory with 54 percent of the vote in last November 's election was recognized first by the country 's electoral commission and then by governments around the world . Leaders from U.S. President Barack Obama to French President Nicolas Sarkozy have made personal appeals to Gbagbo to step down . At least 1,500 foreign nationals have taken refuge since the offensive began at the French military base in Abidjan , said Cmdr. Frederic Daguillon , spokesman for the French forces in Ivory Coast .

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Strategic Ivory Coast Towns Fall To The Opposition Opposing forces in Ivory Coast are bearing down on the disputed leader Laurent Gbago in the main city Abidjan . The U.N. Security Council gave him a last chance to relinquish power peacefully to Alassane Ouattara , the internationally-recognized president-elect .

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Chelsea enter the race for & #xa3 ; 8m QPR playmaker Adel Taarabt Chelsea are expected to join the chase this summer for QPR forward Adel Taarabt . The 21-year-old Morocco international , who has two years left on his contract , looks set to leave Loftus Road in the summer even if Rangers win promotion to the Premier League and would command an asking price of around # 8million .

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'' `` NEVER ! He is a lowlife bully '' '' You got to be kidding Colleen Rubino NEVER ! He is a lowlife bully . CATCH US on Facebook at www.facebook.com/jerseyjournal . The comments below are on the same subject but from the Internet version of The Jersey Journal opinion pages at www.nj.com/hudson/voices . downrowner President of WHICH COUNTRY ? Our present president seems to care for every country but the United States MasterMix At this point and time , no ! Still much too do in NJ . YEAHISAIDITANDWHAT YOU CAN LOOK AT CHRISTIE AND SEE HE DO N'T EVEN HAVE CONTROL OF HIMSELF - JUST LOOK AT HIS WEIGHT . WHY WOULD I WANT HIM AS PRESIDENT ? OBAMA IS DOING A GREAT JOB COMPARED TO THE MESS BUSH HAD LEFT THIS COUNTRY IN , SO STOP COMPLAINING AND JUST DO YOUR PART TO GET THIS COUNTRY BACK IN SHAPE ... THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT CHRISTIE ARE THE MILLIONAIRES ... ALL THE REPUBLICANS DO IS LIE ; SINCE THEY TOOK OVER THE HOUSE THEY HAVE N'T DONE ANYTHING BUT BLOCK WHATEVER THE PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO IMPLEMENT TO HELP EVERYONE ... Jehu Christie is Governor only because everyone voted NO to Corzine . shellnation It was n't Corzine , it was the spending . And where is the spending worse than in Trenton ? The answer is D.C. UCBS69 Fat chance I would vote for him , all bark and no bite . He should cut the budget for his meals . shellnation I guess you would have preferred a 25 % tax hike and no spending cuts ? That is what Corzine pretty much was going to hand to you if re-elected to pay for that $ 10 billion budget deficit that Corzine left for Christie to deal with when he took over . YEAHISAIDITANDWHAT SHELLNATION , IF CHRISTIE DID N'T SPARK THE CORRUPTION IN NEW JERSEY RIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION CORZINE WOULD HAVE WON . CHRISTIE WAS HEAD PROSECUTOR , SO HE ONLY WON BECAUSE IT HAPPENED ON CORZINE 'S WATCH . AT LEAST CORZINE TURNED DOWN THE PAY FOR BEING GOVERNOR AND GAVE THE MONEY BACK TO THE STATE . CHRISTIE CA N'T SAY THAT ... PLEASE SHELLNATION , CHRISTIE MUST HAVE PROMISED YOU SOMETHING FOR YOU TO DEFEND HIM ... rob YEAHISAIDITANDWHAT , commenting on christie 's weight and saying he can not be president because of it is no better than somebody saying Obama could not be a good president because he is black . Who cares the color of the skin ? who cares how much somebody weighs ? Also it is kind of hard to read your posts with all the CAPS . You see how you 're the only person typing in caps -LRB- those large letters bigger than these -RRB- ... I support Christie and I am not a millionaire -LRB- another fallacy pointed out in your post -RRB- . YEAHISAIDITANDWHAT IF YOU DO N'T LIKE THAT I WRITE IN CAPS ; DO N'T READ WHAT I POST ! ... YOU MUST HAVE A WEIGHT PROBLEM SINCE THAT 'S WHAT YOU JUMPED ON . ... PEOPLE ARE DONE WITH THE WHOLE REPUBLICAN , TEA PARTY , OR INDEPENDENT ...

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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows : ABC 's '' `` This Week '' '' - Retired Gen. James Jones , President Barack Obama 's former national security adviser ; Sens. Chuck Schumer , D-N.Y. , and Jeff Sessions , R-Ala . ___ NBC 's '' `` Meet the Press '' '' - Sen. Dick Durbin , D-Ill. , and Rep. Mike Rogers , R-Mich . ___ CBS ' '' `` Face the Nation '' '' - Sens. Harry Reid , D-Nev. , and Lindsey Graham , R-S.C . ___ CNN 's '' `` State of the Union '' '' - Jones ; Sens. John Cornyn , R-Texas , and Mark Warner , D-Va . ___ '' `` Fox News Sunday '' '' - Rep. Paul Ryan , R-Wis. , and Sen. Marco Rubio , R-Fla . Advertisement

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Will Haley Barbour 's Wife Let Him Run for President ? -- Running for president is perhaps the most surefire way to destroy your family life and depress your close relatives forever . Just imagine if your spouse came in and said , '' `` I 've decided I want to run for president . '' '' Does anyone ever react positively to this announcement ? '' `` Oh great THANKS A LOT , FUCKO , '' '' seems like the appropriate response . Because within 24 hours , the national news will find and play that S&M porno you shot in college , on repeat . '' `` Does America want a president , '' '' the news anchor will say , '' `` whose spouse is a whore ? '' '' Presidential runs are bad news all around when you 're the family . And that 's why possible candidate Haley Barbour 's wife , Marsha , for one , is spending her days in constant terror these days . From the Wall Street Journal : Marsha Barbour , the wife of Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour , told WLOX-TV on Thursday that the prospect of her husband running for president in 2012 '' `` horrifies me . '' '' '' `` It 's been a lot to be the first lady of the state of Mississippi , and this would be 50 times bigger , '' '' she told the television station . '' `` It 's an overwhelming task , and he 's going out and doing some things just to see if he gets that fire in his belly , '' '' Marsha Barbour told the station . '' `` If he 's not passionate about it , there 's no reason for him to run . '' '' Take a hint , Haley . Do n't do it . Wife does n't want it ; you ca n't have it . But like many presidential candidate wives in the past , she 'll put up with it if she has to . But only if God cuts her a deal : '' `` If God and Haley decide to do it , I 'm sure God will give me strength to be a good partner . '' '' Ca n't you just hear her sighing when you read that sentence ? She 's not into this at all .

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Skewed priorities Re '' `` Activists in GOP work for repeal of guest-worker law '' '' -LRB- Tribune , March 26 -RRB- : One need look no further than the tea party and the current outrage of Salt Lake County Republicans to truly gauge their skewed and perverted priorities . Are they putting forth their effort and financial resources to unseat those in the Legislature who passed one of the most inflammatory laws , House Bill 477 , or to repeal it ? Of course not ! They 'd rather focus on unseating Gov. Gary Herbert , Sen. Curt Bramble , R-Provo , and Rep. Holly Richardson , R-Cedar Hills , for supporting an immigration bill that is n't prejudiced against minorities , even after it got a stamp of approval from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , the faith of a large percentage of legislators . Colt Herrera Taylorsville Copyright 2011 The Salt Lake Tribune . All rights reserved . This material may not be published , broadcast , rewritten or redistributed .

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New daily paper for Zimbabwe A new newspaper has made a surprise appearance on the streets of Zimbabwe 's capital , Harare . Dummy copies of the paper , called The Mail , were handed out free yesterday ahead of its official launch next week . According to SW Radio Africa correspondent Simon Muchemwa , the paper appears to be apolitical , but there are rumours that it has been financed by a youth wing of ZANU-PF , the party headed by President Robert Mugabe . The Mail joins the Daily News , NewsDay , The Chronicle , and the state-friendly Herald to become Zimbabwe 's fifth daily paper . Source : SWRadioAfrica

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