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Sugar: The Unhealthy Side Of Chocolate Milk

Hemi Weingarten | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Soft Drink, Raise Your Hand for Chocolate Milk, Chocolate Milk, Ann Copper, Flavored Milk, Karen Kafer, Nutrition, Milk, Food, Renegade Lunch Lady, Yoo-Hoo, Red 40, National Dairy Council, Sugar, Living News
Hemi Weingarten

Children are consuming too many calories from sugar. The additional sugar in flavored milk can add up to an extra 5 pounds of body weight over a school year.

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"Got MILF?" T-Shirt Makers Sued By "Got Milk?" Creators

Carlos Cagin | Posted 11.05.2009 | Business

Read More: California, A.g. Kawamura, Milk, Food and Agriculture, Tagline, Got Milk Tagline, Milf, California Milk Processor Board, Got Milk, Trademark Infringement, Deez Design, Got Milf, Business News

Talk about a serious lack of sense of humor: The dairy producers behind the ubiquitous "Got Milk?" slogan are suing a small T-shirt company that switc...

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Reckless Claims That Hormonal Milk Is Safe

Samuel S. Epstein | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Organic Milk, Fda, Cows, Cancer Prevention, Growth Hormones, Hormones, Rbst, Milk, Living News
Samuel S. Epstein

The rBST hormone is injected in about 20% of USA dairy cows to increase milk production. While the industry claims that it's safe for cows, and that the milk is safe for consumers, this is blatantly false.

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Name Your Cow, Get More Milk

David Becker | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Animal Welfare, Dairy, Dairy-Farms, Cows, Sustainable Food, Milk, Sustainable Dairy, Green News
David Becker

"Just as people respond better to the personal touch, cows also feel happier and more relaxed if they are given a bit more one-to-one attention," explains Dr. Douglas of Newcastle University.

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Is Eli Lilly Milking Cancer by Promoting and Treating It?

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 10.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Richard Burroughs, Colon Cancer, Milk, Diethylstilbestrol, Risk Factors, Rbgh, Diabetes. Settlement, Cell Division, Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1, Consumer Protection Claim, Antibiotic Resistance, Non-GMO., Lung Cancer, Dairy Products, Eli Lilly, Fraternal Twins, Breast Cancer, Fda, American Nurses Association, Hormone, American Medical Association, Cancer, Your Milk on Drugs, Blood Sugar, Wal-Mart, Dairies, Breast Cancer Action, Zyprexa, Obesity, Milking Cancer, Milk Supply, Igf-1, Rbst, Monsanto, Prostate Cancer, Bovine Growth Hormone, Food and Drug Administration, Journal of Reproductive Medicine, Illegally Marketing the Drug, Mastitis, Elanco, Evista, Rbst-Free, Rbgh-Free, Des, Business News
Jeffrey Smith

Would Eli Lilly consciously risk our health just to increase their profit? What kind of company are they, and can we trust them with our food?

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The Truth About Eco-Friendly Milk

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Green-Farming, Eco Living, Organic Food, Cows, Green Eating, Milk, Eco-Friendly, Food, Green Living, Organic-Dairy, Food Politics, Green News

When it comes to finding milk that's green from the source, there are a handful of labels and acronyms that will help you discern green milk from its ...

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Cleve Jones: The Man Behind the Curtain

Bil Browning | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gay History, National Equality March, Equality Across America, Cleve Jones, Gay Rights, Bill Clinton, Milk, Harvey Milk, Hillary Clinton, Politics News
Bil Browning

One outstanding impression from my interview with Cleve Jones was simple and all encompassing: he is no gay God; he has feet of clay.

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When Should Gay Marriage Advocates Try to Reverse California's Prop 8?

William Bradley | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Josh Brolin, Dan White, Proposition 8, Milk, Ohio, George W. Bush, American Association of Political Consultants, Jill Darling, Dianne Feinstein, Equality California, Gale Kaufman, Sean Penn, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Amy Simon, Frank Schubert, Harvey Milk, Barack Obama, 2012, Gavin Newsom, 2010, Bulworth, 2008, John Kerry, California Supreme Court, Jerry Brown, Mark Baldassare, Bruno, Courage Campaign, David Binder, Gay Marriage, Mark Di Camillo, Politics News
William Bradley

This week, a few organizations championing same-sex marriage will announce their opinions as to whether to try to reverse Prop 8 in 2010 or 2012.

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PR 101: Dustin Lance Black Lawsuit Over Leaked Sex Pics

Bil Browning | Posted 09.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Bad Public Relations, PR 101, Milk, Naked Pictures, Public Relations, Dustin Lance Black, Entertainment News
Bil Browning

Milk screenwriter Dustin Lance Black is suing the website that published pictures of the writer having sex with an ex-boyfriend. This is an incredibly bad idea.

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Dustin Lance Black's Naked Photo Lawsuit: 'Milk' Scribe Suing Over Nude Pic Release

New York Post | Posted 09.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Dustin Lance Black Lawsuit, Dustin Lance Black Nude Photos, Milk, Dustin Lance Black Naked, Dustin Lance Black, Entertainment News

DUSTIN Lance Black, who won the screenwriting Oscar for "Milk," wants a Web site that posted X-rated photos of him and an ex-lover to pay. Black is su...

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You're Appointing Who? Please Obama, Say It's Not So!

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 08.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Dr. P. M. Bhargava, President Obama, Infertility, Milk, Revolving Door, Dennis Wolff, Food Safety, Rbgh, Organic Trade Association, Food Safety Czar, Organic, Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1, International Dairy Foods Association, FDA Policy, Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture, Fda, Food Related Illness, GM Foods, Asthma, Michael Taylor. Safety Testing, Cancer, Genetically Modified Foods, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, GMO Labels, Genetically Engineered Foods, Gastrointestinal Disorder, Substantially Equivalent, Inflammation, Immune Problems, Genetically Modified Organisms, Food Labels, Accelerated Aging, Milk Supply, Igf-1, Rbst, Monsanto, Ohio Governor Strickland, Genetically Engineered, Insulin Regulation, Governor Ed Rendell, Food Supply, GE Foods, Bovine Growth Hormone, Gmos, Food and Drug Administration, Allergies, Multiple Chronic Illness, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

The person who may be responsible for more food-related illness and death than anyone in history has just been made the US food safety czar.

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11 Common Health Myths, Busted

nytimes.com | Tara Parker | Posted 07.31.2009 | Living

Read More: Sinus Problems, Women's Health, Men's Health, Nutrition, Milk, Five Second Rule, Doctors, Health Tips, Health Myths, Don't Swallow Your Gum, Superstitions, Sugar, Arthritis, Living News

Myths, half-truths and wives' tales persist in medicine. Sometimes doctors and nurses even believe things that aren't true or at least are unproven. T...

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Perez Hilton Betrays Dustin Lance Black

Mike Alvear | Posted 07.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Dustin Lance Black, X-Rated Pictures, Milk, Best Original Screenplay, Gay Rights, Perez Hilton, Betrayed by Perez Hilton, Entertainment News
Mike Alvear

Dustin Lance Black has heart. Perez Hilton stomped on it with the heel of a heavy, steel-reinforced boot.

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10 Things You Should Know About Raw Milk

Chelsea Green | Makenna Goodman | Posted 07.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Raw Milk, Eating Matters, Milk, Chelsea Green, Green News

Guest post by Chelsea Green's Makenna Goodman In recent years, there's been a crackdown on small dairies producing raw milk, designed as an obstacle ...

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Happy Birthday Harvey Milk (and thanks for giving us hope)

Joe Cutbirth | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: National Lesbian-Gay Journalists Association, Cutbirth Gay, Hope Speech, Cutbirth Come-Out, Kirk Adams, Jack DeVore, Joe Cutbirth, Harvey Milk's Birthday, Ann Richards, Milk, Harvey Milk, You Gotta Give Em Hope, Dukakis-Bentsen, San Francisco-California, Politics News
Joe Cutbirth

The defining moment in my adult life came inconveniently about six months after I got the first big break in my journalism career. At least it seemed ...

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Monsanto Forced Fox TV to Censor Coverage of Dangerous Milk Drug

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: rbST. Corporate Manipulation, Fox TV, Fraudulent Research, Bob Collier, Jane Akre, Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin, Steve Wilson, Rbgh, Roger Ailes, Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone, FDA Policy, Fox Television, Politics News, Monsanto, Milk Production, Animal Welfare, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Genetic Engineering, Kansas Legislature, Increased Risk of Cancer, Growth Hormones, Robert Collier, Food Safety, Genetically Engineered, Milk, Kansas HB2121., Bovine Growth Hormone, Whistleblower, Governor Kathleen Sebelius, Politics News
Jeffrey Smith

The following is the third in a series called Get Our Milk Off Drugs, written in response to pending legislation that would interfere with dairies lab...

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Gay Parents? Don't Be Afraid For The Kids

Mary Liz Thomson | Posted 05.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Harvey Milk, California Gay Marriage, Mormon Church, Gay, Gay Parents, Gay Marriage, Milk, Living News
Mary Liz Thomson

My brother and his partner beam proudly when the kids call them Dad. The people who know them well continue to be impressed.

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China Tainted Milk: Court Rejects Exec's Appeal

AFP | Posted 04.26.2009 | World

Read More: China, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, China Court, Milk, China Milk Scandal, Tainted Chinese Milk, China Tainted Milk, World News

A court in northern China on Thursday upheld a sentence of life in prison for the former head of the company at the centre of last year's scandal over...

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China Milk Scandal: First Court Agrees To Hear Case

AP | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | Posted 04.25.2009 | World

Read More: China, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Tainted Chinese Milk, China Tainted Milk, Tainted Milk, Milk, Melamine, China Products, China Court, World News

BEIJING — A northern Chinese court has accepted a compensation suit against the dairy at the heart of the tainted milk scandal that sickened nea...

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Jason Linkins

Bill O'Reilly Fears 'Milk' Replay In San Francisco

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Media Monitoring, Milk, Bill O'Reilly, Media Monitoring Project, Harvey Milk, Politics News

It seems that as our Media Monitoring Project gets rolling, the enthusiasm of its participants will sometimes gallop away with them. That's the case ...

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Hannity, The Kiss and Barney Frank, Gay Superstar

Paul Jenkins | Posted 04.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Mgmt, Academy Awards, Ellen Degeneres, Barney Frank, Boy Bands, Anderson Cooper, Rock Hudson, Sean Penn, Clay Aiken, Same-Sex Marriage, Jewish Issues, Jodie Foster, Nba, Glaad, Gene Lichtenstein, Elton John, David Bowie, John Amaechi, Oscars, African-American Issues, Congress, Hollywood, Pete Wentz, Flock of Seagulls, Religion, Sports, George Michael, Rachel Maddow, Sean Hannity, Brokeback Mountain, Fox News, Milk, Will Smith, James Franco, Michael Stipe, Gay Issues, Harvey Milk, Entertainment News
Paul Jenkins

It is a measure of Hollywood's insecurity that we are probably months away from it being more acceptable to be a gay soldier than to be a gay actor.

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WHAT ARE YOU DOING WHILE THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT PONDERS PROP 8?

Judy Wieder | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Melissa Etheridge, Florida, Proposition 8, ACT UP, Milk, Academy Awards Milk, California Prop 8, Joan Baez, California, Gay Rights, Arkansas, California Supreme Court, Vietnam War, Kenneth Starr, California Gay Marriage Ban, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Judy Wieder

Mr. No More Nice Gay is pissed off because he suddenly gets it. He may be young, but he is struggling. And worse than that, his struggle is old: He's still not equal.

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Got Milk?

Michael Jones | Posted 04.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Tropic Thunder, Sean Penn Milk, Milk Movie, Roberto Benigni, Academy Awards, Milk, Sean Penn Best Actor, Sean Penn, Best Actor Oscar, Harvey Milk, Entertainment News
Michael Jones

What we see in Milk are straw men erected and blown down, over and over again. Anita Bryant made foolish, how hard is that?

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Sean Penn To Lobby For Harvey Milk Day

AP | Posted 04.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Harvey Milk Day, Milk, Sean Penn, Harvey Milk, Entertainment News

SAN FRANCISCO — Fresh from his best actor Oscar for his performance as Harvey Milk, Sean Penn is pushing California to officially recognize the ...

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How Beijing Butchered Sean Penn's "Commie, Homo-Loving" Oscar Speech

David Flumenbaum | Posted 09.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Star TV, Award Season, Milk, Sean Penn, The Oscars, Cctv, Harvey Milk, Sean Penn Milk, Oscars 2009, Asia Oscars Censorship, China Oscars Censorship, Oscars, Asia, Sean Penn Oscar Speech, Censorship, Chinese Censorship, Dustin Lance Black, Sean-Penn-Oscars-Speech, Sean Penn Prop. 8, China Gay Rights, China Censorship, Dustin Lance Black China, Sean Penn Academy Award, Dustin Lance Black Acceptance Speech, Entertainment News
David Flumenbaum

Around Asia, mentions of "gay" or "lesbian" were muted out of the Oscars broadcast. But the award for the most creative censorship method goes to China's CCTV for its work during Sean Penn's speech.

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