America Needs a Makeover

Let’s face it; America isn’t what it used to be. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing. The problem lies with America’s image crisis. “Since 2000, the United States' standing has deteriorated in all parts of the world, and anti-Americanism has grown intense.” This creates all kinds of issues other than the obvious complications. There are global problems that need to be addressed by the international community. America cannot tackle these alone. Without help from other nations things can potentially get complicated very fast. Therefore, this is the time for change. Not campaign talk change, but real policy change.
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Facebook Bans Breast-feeding?

The social network giant Facebook is making some mothers very unhappy. In an effort to protect its 120 million members, Facebook has made the choice to remove photos that expose too much of a mother's breast. This has sparked a huge online debate of whether photographs of a mother breast-feeding are indecent. This debate has spilled out of the online world and into reality. Protesters even went as far as holding “a small demonstration outside Facebook's office in Palo Alto, California.”
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Forget the Vitamin C

It’s cold outside. The wind is blowing. You step into the office and everyone is sick. Doesn’t this seem to be a reoccurring theme every year? What do you do to avoid getting sick? Like most Americans you’ve been told the usual – “eat right, rest and drink plenty of fluids.” However, if you’re one of those that trust in vitamin c tablets and zinc to help you heal think again. “Numerous studies over the last few years have shown that some of the so-called immune-boosting supplements, such as echinacea or high doses of vitamin c, really don't do much good.”
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Tina Fey Wins AP Entertainer of the Year

If you don’t know who Tina Fey is you may have mistaked her for the real Sarah Palin. The SNL veteran and star of NBC’s hit show 30 Rock is now getting more then just laughs. Tina Fey was voted The Associated Press' Entertainer of the Year, an annual honor chosen by newspaper editors and broadcast producers across the country. “Fey was selected by AP members as the performer who had the greatest impact on culture and entertainment in 2008.” This notorety came mostly due to Fey’s amazing impression of Govenor Palin.

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Love Has Gone Hathaway

Actress Anne Hathaway is opening up about her breakup with ex Raffaello Follieri. Follieri was convicted for conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering. Anne is moving on with her love life and looking for another guy to fill the void. Ms. Hathaway “has recently been linked to little-known actor Adam Shulman,” and is ready for another shot at love.
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Face Off

What used to be science fiction and the focus of the blockbuster Face Off is now reality. A few weeks ago the first face transplant was successfully performed on a woman at the Cleveland Clinic. “Reconstructive surgeon Dr. Maria Siemionow replaced nearly all of the woman’s face – 80 percent – with that of a dead female donor.” “The world’s first partial face transplant occurred in France three years ago on a woman who had been mauled by her dog. Two others have been announced since then – a Chinese farmer attacked by a bear and a European man disfigured by a genetic condition”
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Let’s Talk Babies!

Why is it always interesting when celebrities get knocked up? Or even might be knocked up. The latest celebrity with baby rumors is the diva of meltdown Mariah Carey. It all started two weeks ago when Mariah “told Ellen DeGeneres that she wasn't baking a Nick Cannon-beget bun in her oven even as she turned down a proffered glass of champagne.” Who wouldn’t sip the bubbly – someone who is pregnant.

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Addicted to Sugar?

The sweetness may have a real darker side. A recent study shows sugar may actually be addictive. This has long been joked about but now there is scientific data to back it up. Lead researcher Bart Hoebel, a professor of psychology at Princeton University, said "evidence from an animal model suggests that bingeing on sugar can act in the brain in ways very similar to drugs of abuse.” A "sugar addiction" may even act as a "gateway" to later abuse of drugs such as alcohol, Hoebel said
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