That’s right. As of this month, according to at least one survey, Australia is the reigning champion of bursting waistlines, beating out the United States at its own game.
The latest figures show 4 million Australians — or 26% of the adult population — are now obese compared to an estimated 25% of Americans. A further [...]

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Check out this amazing photo of houses literally being floated away by rising flood waters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
The Big Picture has a couple more images to show concerning the recent flooding that has overtaken the area.

Slate has a humorous little article about our reading habits online. [via]
It’s funny and it’s true. There’s so much information being shoved in front of us daily that sometimes we require this sort of writing just to sift through it all.
What do you think?

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Maybe you remember the little boy in the image above. Maybe you don’t. But that kid is Elian Gonzalez, and he was at the center of a huge custody and immigration battle back in 1999/2000. He basically became an international news sensation at the time for two reasons: everybody thought he was cute [...]

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The “great Iowa flood of 2008” looks to be receding finally after pretty much destroying Cedar Rapids for the past couple of days. Over the past week, I’ve seen some videos of citizens literally watching helplessly as their livelihood was swept away by rising flood waters. It’s incredibly sad to watch.
Check out this video [...]

Watch this video news report from the Associated Press about the recent 7.2M earthquake in Northern Japan, and then tell me if I’m hearing it wrong.
DID THE AP JUST USE A COMPUTER SPEECH PROGRAM TO TRANSLATE A JAPANESE NEWS CONFERENCE?!
Ok, maybe it wasn’t really the speech program translating the speech, but it sure as heck [...]

This is one of the best online videos I’ve ever seen. [via]
If you’re not too sure about what’s going on in American politics lately, then this video just might catch you up to speed with everything.