Boost in Food-Stamp Funding Percolates Through Economy
DAVENPORT, Iowa -- The lush red strawberries caught the attention of Rachel Patrick, a mother of five shopping at a farmers market along the Mississippi River here. She selected two cartons and ignited a little-noticed chain reaction that is an important
True definition of fast food: 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes
Everyone has their own Fourth of July traditions. On Coney Island in New York, it's all about the hot dogs. Joey Chestnut, America's finest example of a "fast-food eater," set a new world record Saturday by knocking down 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes in th
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Study: Even Cockroaches Get Fat From Bad Food
Cockroaches may be tiny enough to slip through the smallest of cracks, but just like humans, these eternal pests can get fat on an unhealthy diet. As part of a decade's worth of research on cockroaches, Patricia Moore of the University of Exeter studie
The Only Two Reasons to Own Gold
I always get a real kick out of hearing that “the consumer is 70 percent of the economy,” mostly because it gives me a chance to heap ridicule and scorn on whoever said it, and I say that the consumer is 100 percent of the economy! One CAN say that, wi
Out of work pilots: 'Will fly for food'
SEATTLE -- Two out-of-work Seattle-area pilots have tweaked the panhandler's refrain to "Will Fly for Food." Thirty-four-year-old Chris Campbell of Seattle and 35-year-old Steffen Schmidt of Snohomish stood Thursday along a main commuter route into dow