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Four Ideas For New Nutrition Labels, From Stars to Traffic Lights

​"The grocery store has become a Tower of Babel," said Louis Sullivan back in 1990. "Consumers need to be linguists, scientists, and mind readers to understand the many labels they see."Sullivan at the time was Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, and he instructed the FDA to ... More >>

Restaurants Lying About the Amount of Calories in Their Food? You Don't Say

​I knew it! Some restaurants, both sit down and fast food are downplaying the amount of calories in their menu items, according to an article at Time.com. Susan Roberts, who directs the Energy Metabolism Laboratory of the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center at Tufts University, says that "healthy ... More >>

STK Steak: DJ Obscene Dinner Tunes

​You're at STK Steakhouse on the Beach grooving to the music. The waiter brings out your bone-in rib steak, done medium rare, just the way you like it.  You sit down to dig in when you hear your favorite 80's tune and then you're on your feet again, dancing, the steak waiting for the music to ... More >>

DNA privacy keeps Aventura cops from solving the city's only murder

Dilema de ADN

Hace ocho años, alquien mató a Al Sicherer. Sigue la busqueda de su asesino.

Last Night: Guster at the Culture Room

The Sweet Fruit of Hard Labor

Living the lychee life

Daddy Dearest

Can the courts order a wronged father to keep quiet? David Ziskind doesn't think so.

The Dumping Ground

When family members or cronies need a job, Dade county politicians drop them off at the airport

Get Shorty

A stubby-legged feline fad has the fur flying between entrepreneurial cat fanciers and animal-welfare activists