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All eyes in the food industry are scanning the recently-released Federal Dioxin study for what it will mean for them. They're especially concerned that the Obama administration will place more costly restrictions on what American consumers can expect to see in the grocery store...

That Snickers Bar you pick up at the store is about to get smaller;  And - you can thank Michelle Obama's Let's Move! campaign. The company that produces M&Ms, 3 Musketeers, Snickers and Twix bars has vowed to stop shipping any Mars chocolate products that exceed 250 calories per portion by the end of 2013. ...

Apparently the healthy lunch a California woman packed for her preschooler wasn't healthy enough;  A state agent following the mandates handed down by the  Federal government replaced it and then billed the mother for the cost. A preschooler at West Hoke Elementary School ate three chicken nuggets for lunch Jan...

In the wake of the religious backlash against Barack Obama's heath insurance mandates (see "Obama Tells Catholics To Go To Hell"), a Catholic organization has filed suit against the law;  This marks the third such lawsuit against Obama's health care plan...

Similar to the reversal he made during the 2008 campaign - when he was first against public financing for the general election and then for it once he became the Democratic nominee, Barack Obama is again changing course mid-stream on one of his campaign issues...

In a move that has stirred the Catholic rank and file, Barack Obama is holding fast to the demands that his health care package will place on Catholic hospitals, universities, and service centers. The Obama administration's regulations under the health-care law requir religiously affiliated entities to provide free sterilization and contraception, including some drugs that cause abortions, to thei

As we still suffer from the effects of the economy over the last three years - it seems like rising (or high prices) have become the norm.  That's why this piece of news should come as no surprise:  beef prices are expected to continue to skyrocket over the next year...

Counting calories or watching your fat grams has never been easy when you're trying to make healthy choices.  VendScreen - a vending company - is aiming to make it easier. VendScreen, a fancy touch-screen device, stores nutrition content information for all the goods stocked in a vending machine...

The Let's Move! coalition rolled out their new nutrition standards today;  The move will immediately effect public school lunches nationwide. According to The New York Times, the Obama administration recently announced the new federal nutrition standards for school meals...

As more information surfaces in regards to the "exchange" between Barack Obama and Governor Jan Brewer on the airport tarmac in Arizona, comes the detail that Brewer felt "threatened". I felt a little bit threatened, if you will, and the attitutude that he had because I was there to welcome him," Brewer told reporters following the exchange...

It was damage-control gone wrong - as Barack Obama scolds Arizona Governor Jan Brewer for a second time. Three months after she published her unflattering description of him, it appears President Obama is still miffed with Gov. Jan Brewer...

It's a sign of the economy:  Walmart is cutting greeter positions from it's 3rd shift. The move will save money and ensure Wal-Mart has the right staffing levels during peak and non-peak hours, David Tovar, a spokesman, said in a telephone interview...