Children who are extremely obese and in dangerously poor health should be placed in temporary foster care, a physician and a lawyer argue in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The commentary says foster care is more ethical than obesity surgery because long-term effects of the operation in children are unknown. The JAMA article…

With fringe websites constantly proclaiming that President Obama is either a Communist or a Muslim or both, a Russian government-supported website, Russia Today, says that Obama is a spawn of the CIA, which generally is considered an ultra-conservative agency. According to the Washington, D.C.-based media watchdog group Accuracy in Media, Russia Today, which AIM considers a Russian government propaganda…

Thousands marched in the city center of Lima, Peru, Thursday to protest against a bill that allows homosexuals to express their affections in public places, including schools. The bill was proposed by Senator Manuel Cardenas, who says the bill aims to “promote gender equality and prevent discrimination based on sexual orientation.” Protesters, however, allege that…

The nursing mom was ordered not to breastfeed her baby in public because she was in a “multicultural building,” says Emma Mitchell, 32. She told the British newspaper The Daily Mail, that she was about to feed 19-week-old son Aaron when a receptionist at a town hall warned her to stop. “Last night Mrs. Mitchell condemned…

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