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'Green Reaper' Wants US to Be Green to the Grave

(April 22) -- Being dead as a doornail is apparently no excuse for not being concerned with the environment. That's why one mortician in Boring, Ore., is taking it upon herself to tell her customers how they can spend eternity without harming Earth -- by creating urns out of their leftover laundry lint. She's Elizabeth...

In 9 Years, 43 Percent of Americans Will Be Obese

(Nov. 17) -- America, we have a weight problem. According to a new 20-year study released by the United Health Foundation, obesity is poised to become the No. 1 health problem over the next few years. If current trends are not curbed, the study says, more than 43 percent of U.S. citizens will be classified as "obese" by...