Mexican authorities find massive marijuana plantation
Tijuana, Mexico (CNN) — Hidden between tomato stalks, the Mexican army found what officials describe as the largest marijuana plantation in the nation, a top military official announced Thursday. Gen. Alfonso More...
How One Company Got Very Hot, Very Briefly
In November 2009, an anonymous solitary entrepreneur hacked together a service that randomly paired up strangers in video chats. The phenomenon, known as Chatroulette, was bizarre, often sexually explicit, and always More...
Fashion Icons and eBay Join Forces to Fight Knockoffs, Counterfeits
Calvin Klein doesn’t want you to buy counterfeit goods. Nor do Tommy Hilfiger, Diane von Furstenberg and Donna Karan, for that matter. Those are just a few of the fashion industry luminaries who partnered More...
Get in Fighting Shape with Mayweather and Mosley
Floyd Mayweather was dressed in a nice suit, standing on a stage in Manhattan in front of journalists and fans. His soon-to-be opponent, Shane Mosley, was equally dapper and only a few feet away. The press conference More...
Drew Brees’ Championship Plan
The champion slept well for 1 month as he savored the big victory, the biggest he’s had so far. Then, in late March, he went back to work. Training. Conditioning. Now it’s early summer, a quiet Wednesday More...
What to Eat to Beat Skin Cancer
You got the pale-is-the-new-tan memo years ago and have the sun smarts to prove it. Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States, and women age 39 and under have a higher probability of developing More...
A diet to feel full, lose weight
Researchers in Aberdeen are working on an ‘intelligent diet’, which they believe will allow people to enjoy eating and feeling full, but still loseweight. Professor Julian Mercer, the head of obesity More...
Drinking 8 Glasses Of Water A Day Is ‘Nonsense,’ Doc Says
The health recommendation to drink six to eight glasses of water a day is “thoroughly debunked nonsense,” a doctor wrote this week in a commentary in the British Medical Journal. Many health departments More...
Menu descriptions that make me salivate
I study menus every night, so I should be immune to their literary charms. However, a few well chosen words can hook me like a fish going after a brightly colored lure. Menus that merely list ingredients, and that More...
Kellogg To Curb Kids’ Unhealthy Food Ads
WASHINGTON — The nation’s largest food companies say they will cut back on marketing unhealthier foods to children, proposing their own set of advertising standards after rejecting similar guidelines More...