- Docs Debate Red Dress on Diet Coke Logo
A red dress has become the latest symbol in the ongoing debate about pharmaceutical company support of research or continuing medical education... but whose dress is jauntily displayed on cans of Diet Coke? The American Heart Association says its not our red dress, even as leading pharma critic Dr. Steven Nissen claims that it is. - For Some, Obesity is a Living
Donna Simpsons livelihood depends on staying fat. At 600 pounds, Simpson is a successful model on Supersized Bombshells.com, a Web site for men who like large women. I have fans who send me baklava and cheese cake and everything else you can imagine, says Simpson, a pale brunette with slicked-back hair. Im heavy and I wouldnt mind being heavier. Simpson attracted intense scrutiny this week, after the UK newspaper Daily Mail ran a story about her alleged quest to gain another 400 pounds and become the fattest woman on earth. But Simpson, a stay-at-home mother of a three-year old girl, says the Mail twisted the truth. The whole thing about the 1,000 pounds is a fantasy I provide to my fans, she tells ABCNews.com, upset about the exaggerated coverage. - Holder: 9/11 Trial Decision Weeks Away
Tuesday in testimony before Congress Attorney General Eric Holder said the administration was weeks away from reaching a decision on prosecuting 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and that it was unlikely that Osama Bin Laden would ever be captured alive.
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- WATCH: Middle Class Struggles for Survival
Many Americans no longer believe they can move up the economic ladder. - WATCH: Nightmare on Flight 404
What was meant as a six-hour flight became a 16-hour ordeal. - WATCH: Tiger Woods Returns to Golf
After four months of scandal, the golf great will play in the Masters. - WATCH: MJs New Record Deal
Sony and the Michael Jackson estate sign a $250 million record deal. - WATCH: Hillary Clinton Changes Attitude Toward Israel
The secretary of state alters her opinion of the new Israeli settlements. - WATCH: Waters Rise Across the Country
Many states prepare for major flooding. - WATCH: A Legislative Card Trick
Democrats consider a controversial maneuver to pass the health care bill. - Prozac Heist: Thieves Steal $70M in Prescription Pills
Thieves staged a brazen heist at a pharmaceutical warehouse over the weekend, scaling a wall, cutting a hole in the roof and rappelling inside to steal about $70 million in antidepressants and other prescription drugs, authorities said Tuesday. The thieves disabled the alarm at the Eli Lilly Co. warehouse early Sunday in Enfield, where they spent at least an hour loading pallets of drugs into a waiting vehicle at the warehouses loading dock during a wind-whipped rainstorm, police said. - GQ Responds to Rielles Sexy Photo Spread
The GQ magazine reporter who penned a bombshell interview with John Edwards mistress, Rielle Hunter, reacts to Hunters criticism of the spread while other players in the scandal react to the articles content. - Ivy Leagues Cornell Responds to 3 Gorge Deaths
Ivy Leagues Cornell takes extraordinary steps after 3 student gorge deaths in month - Disappearance of Mom, Son Baffles Cops
Shantina Smiley and her 8-year-old son Azriel Carver have been missing from their home in Washington state since Saturday night. - Virgin America Red-Faced After 19-hr Ordeal
A plane en route to JFK from LAX was diverted and then held for 4.5 hours before passengers were bused to the airport, which took another two hours. - Mysterious Disappearance of Woman, Son Baffles Cops
Shantina Smiley and her 8-year-old son Azriel Carver have been missing from their home in Washington state since Saturday night. - Advertisement:
- 4.4 Magnitude Quake Rattles Los Angeles
Nerves rattled but no damage from magnitude-4.4 earthquake that awakened Southern California - Foreshock: Could Calif. Quake Signal Worse?
Officials are reporting little damage after an early morning, 4.4 magnitude earthquake shook southern California. - Mexico-Bound Bus Overturns in Texas, Killing 2
Official: Bus headed for Mexico overturns in Texas, killing 2, injuring at least 30 others - Erin Andrews Meltdown After Stalker Sentenced
ESPN sportscaster Erin Andrews told Good Morning America she allowed herself a pretty big metdown after her sttalker Michael Barrett was sentenced to 30 months in prison Monday for videotaping her through her hotel peephole. - Health Care Reforms Final Countdown?
President Obama ups the pressure on wavering Democrats to vote for the health care bill as Capitol Hills security warns staffers of protestors this week. - Youve Got Mail: Marijuana Shipments Skyrocket
More marijuana is now being shipped through the U.S. Mail than in recent memory, according to the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, whose seizures of marijuana parcels have increased by more than 400 percent since 2007.