It’s not easy watching your own history repeat itself. At first, Jo–a 49-year-old mother of two from Georgia–thought she would be spared having to witness her children relive her long struggle with obesity.
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Obama’s Gay Outreach: All Talk, No Action
Saturday night President Obama charmingly delivered a rather bleak message to the gay community on the eve of its latest march on Washington. In a speech to the world’s largest gay political group, the Human Rights Campaign, Obama essentially said two things: I’m with you
Cab-driving shutterbug chronicles Istanbul’s underbelly
Sevket Sahintas works the night shift driving his taxi around Istanbul Turkey from midnight until dawn. His route takes him past symbols of wealth old and new: the ornate carved stone gates of a 19th-century Ottoman sultan’s palace, the gleaming high rises in the city’s rapidly growing financial district
Consistency pleases Woods despite Mickelson victory
Tiger Woods admitted he was happy with his overall consistency as he landed the FedEx Cup despite missing out on the Tour Championship to Phil Mickelson in Atlanta on Sunday. The court said the abduction and torture in custody of Jestina Mukoko grossly violated her rights.
Tyra Banks talks body image, hair on ‘Larry King Live’
Tyra Banks has gone from supermodel to super businesswoman. With her successful TV talk show, “The Tyra Show,” as well as her duties as host/creator and executive producer of “America’s Next Top Model, it would seem that Banks has scant room left on her plate.
Yale student’s killing ‘completely senseless,’ roommate says
A quiet rendition of “Amazing Grace” capped an emotional candlelight vigil Monday night for slain Yale University student Annie Le, whose body was found on what was to have been her wedding day. Several hundred people turned out on the Yale campus for the vigil, crying and hugging.
FBI seizes letter from Jackie Kennedy to RFK’s widow
The FBI has seized a two-page, handwritten letter of condolence sent by Jacqueline Kennedy to the widow of Robert F.
Gertrude Baines, world’s oldest person, dies at 115
Gertrude Baines, the world’s oldest person, has died in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 115, according to the home where she lived and Guinness World Records said Saturday.
DeGeneres says she won’t be mean as ‘Idol’ judge
Ellen DeGeneres is excited about joining “American Idol” as a judge, and hopes fans won’t see her as the “evil” person who stole Paula Abdul’s job. The 51-year-old comedian will replace Abdul when the singing competition resumes for a ninth year in January
All accounted in Philippine ferry sinking
The last missing person was rescued a day after a ferry carrying more than 900 people capsized in Philippine waters, officials said Tuesday. The woman was pulled from the water about 8 p.m