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Feds: Fat Americans Need More Space on Buses

Michelle Obama's war on obesity is getting some support from the Federal Transit Administration: It wants to beef up bus-testing regulations to account for the increased poundage of its passengers. After studying the fats, er, facts, the FTA is proposing to change the average passenger weight from 150 to 175 pounds and...

British Town Pays $12,000 ... for Two Light Bulbs

(Aug. 11) -- And I thought that fixing the potholes on 10th Street in Atlanta was an ordeal. For nearly nine months, I've been swerving and dodging the deadly wheel traps while taking my wife to work. Finally last week, the city "repaired" the holes by pouring concrete in some and placing metal plates over others. Nine...

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Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy and/or increased health problems.

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